Tag Archives: extreme metal

Artist: Mourning Dawn Album Title: Dead End Euphoria Label: Aesthetic Death Date of Release: 26 March 2021 The strange nuances of music never cease to amaze me. I first listened to this album whilst working at home for the umpteenth day in a row. At the conclusion, I felt exhausted, and I was somewhat relieved  Continue Reading »

Artist: Wythersake Album Title: Antiquity Label: Scarlet Records Date of Release: 26 March 2021 The great thing about listening to a debut, is that you never quite know what you’re going to get until you press play and listen. You can read as many press releases as you wish, that will mention this genre or  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ghosts Of Atlantis Album Title: 3.6.2.4 Label: Black Lion Records Date of Release: 26 March 2021 There be witchcraft around these parts, that’s for sure. I wasn’t happy with my first draft of my review for Ghosts Of Atlantis so, somehow, it disappeared. Gone. Vanished. Being a Suffolk boy born and bred, I know  Continue Reading »

Artist: Memoriam Album Title: To The End Label: Reaper Entertainment Date of Release: 26 March2021 With an impressive regularity that many of my local service providers could learn from, Memoriam return for the fourth time since their inception five years ago, with their latest full-length opus ‘To The End’. I was heartily impressed with their  Continue Reading »

Artist: Aversed Album Title: Impermanent Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 19 March 2021 Less is more, right? Right? It’s the clichéd phrase that we always hear and to which many will subscribe. Not in the case of Aversed though. It’s clearly an old adage that has passed them by based on the content of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Iotunn Album Title: Access All Worlds Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 26 February 2021 Oh my goodness, here’s a find and a half ladies and gentlemen. And the fact that this review comes a good week or more after its release will tell you just how close I was to missing this  Continue Reading »

Artist: Stortregn Album Title: Impermanence Label: The Artisan Era Date of Release: 12 March 2021 I can count on the fingers of my hands the number of Swiss heavy metal bands that I am familiar with, and still have digits left over. I need even fewer fingers to count the ones that I like. However,  Continue Reading »

Artist: Plague Weaver Album Title: Ascendant Blasphemy Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 26 February 2021 It’s funny how there are albums you’ll start listening to and you’ll think early on ‘this really isn’t my thing’ and yet, half an hour or more later, you find that you’re still listening. And, what’s more, you find  Continue Reading »

Artist: Epica Album Title: Omega Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 26 February 2021 My history with Epica dates back to 2007 and the release of their third full-length album, ‘The Divine Conspiracy’. I was writing for Powerplay Magazine at the time and Epica were one of three bands to feature as part of a  Continue Reading »

Artist: Forhist Album Title: Forhist Label: Debemur Morti Productions Date of Release: 26 February 2021 Another day in 2021, another self-titled album to bring you. This time, it is the turn of Forhist to find itself front and centre of my gaze. I generally find that there are two reasons for an album being self-titled;  Continue Reading »