Tag Archives: extreme metal

Artist: Evile Album Title: Hell Unleashed Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 30 April 2021 Evile are a name synonymous with the UK thrash metal scene. Actually, scrub that. Since their inception in 2004, rising from the ashes of Metal Militia, they have delivered music that has made them well-known the world over, and rightly  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ninkharsag Album Title: The Dread March Of Solemn Gods Label: Vendetta Records Date of Release: 30 April 2021 On one of my infamous evenings of ‘research’ where I trawl my inbox, promo databases, and the web at large to identify new music to listen to, review, and bring to a wider audience, I happened  Continue Reading »

Artist: Bodom After Midnight Album Title: Paint The Sky With Blood Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 23 April 2021 My history with Children Of Bodom was an interesting one. I discovered the band when I came across a promo copy of ‘Follow The Reaper’ on sale at a long-defunct record shop in Colchester. I  Continue Reading »

Artist: Throne Album Title: Pestilent Dawn Label: Redefining Darkness Records Date of Release: 9 April 2021 If you are on the lookout for a pulverising half-hour of extreme death metal music, then you may wish to read on. If you’re into more fluffy forms of heavy metal, then you may instead wish to give this  Continue Reading »

Artist: Exanimis Album Title: Marionnettiste Label: Klonosphere Records Date of Release: 5 March 2021 Billed as an album that should find favour with fans of Fleshgod Apocalypse and Septic Flesh, it was a given that I would venture into the world of Exanimis and their debut full-length release ‘Marionnettiste’. After all, I do love a  Continue Reading »

Artist: Cannibal Corpse Album Title: Violence Unimagined Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 16 April 2021 Over the following paragraph, I expect my metal credentials to take a bit of a battering. You see, I’m not what you would call a fan of Cannibal Corpse. I have a couple of their albums in my  Continue Reading »

Artist: Maestitium Album Title: Tale Of The Endless EP Label: Black Lion Records Date of Release: 5 February 2021 The subject of this review is another happy discovery, made via a recommendation that I am delighted to have followed up. Maestitium is the moniker of a one-man project, the highly talented Swedish musician and songwriter  Continue Reading »

2021 has continued where 2020 left off. Many of us around the world are still locked down, prisoners to a pandemic that refuses to go quietly. In this respect, Covid-19 is very much like our beloved heavy metal; it endures in the face of adversity. Musicians the world over have basically raised two fingers to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Wode Album Title: Burn In Many Mirrors Label: 20 Buck Spin Date of Release: 2 April 2021 Manchester, England. Home to some of the most irritating things on Earth: not one, but two hideous football teams, an annoying soap opera, and…Oasis. The least said about them, the better as far as I’m concerned. But  Continue Reading »

Artist: Unflesh Album Title: Inhumation Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 2 April 2021 Formed in 2014, New Hampshire-based metal band Unflesh have been bubbling around the extreme metal fringes since their inception. Releasing an EP in 2016, and then their full-length debut in 2018, entitled ‘Savior’, it is now that the time feels right  Continue Reading »