Tag Archives: extreme metal

Artist: Vader Album Title: Solitude In Madness Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 1 May 2020 I thought long and hard about reviewing this album. After all, I’ll admit to only having a slim, passing knowledge of Vader, despite their legendary status within the extreme metal underground. The Polish band have been at the forefront  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sinisthra Album Title: The Broad And Beaten Way Label: Rockshots Records Date of Release: 15 May 2020 Cards on the table, if this album didn’t feature Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis on vocals, I’d probably never have looked at it twice. The name is not one with which I am familiar and the cover is  Continue Reading »

Artist: Naglfar Album Title: Cerecloth Label: Century Media Date of Release: 8 May 2020 Naglfar are one of the very first wave of black metal bands that I discovered back when I first found out about the genre in the mid-90s. It was thanks to their song, ‘Enslave The Astral Fortress’, which was the opening  Continue Reading »

Artist: Wolfheart Album Title: Wolves Of Karelia Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 10 April 2020 When you’re a prisoner in your own home, on lockdown during the icy grip of a pandemic that is claiming thousands of human lives every day, it seems fitting to be listening to music that is dark and aggressive.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Asenblut Album Title: Die Wilde Jagd Label: AFM Records Date of Release: 17 April 2020 Lift your hunting horns, your axes, and your tankards to the sky, and praise the Gods of ancient mythology, for Asenblut are back with their latest Viking/melodic death metal album, entitled ‘Die Wilde Jagd’ (The Wild Hunt). I ended  Continue Reading »

Artist: Black Dahlia Murder Album Title: Verminous Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 17 April 2020 Regardless of whether or not you love a specific sub-genre of music, there will always be a band or three that are exceptions to the rule; bands that, for some reason, just don’t float your boat or get  Continue Reading »

Artist: Omega Infinity Album Title: Solar Spectre Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 27 March 2020 You’ll have to excuse the fact that I’m late to the party with this review, but after listening to it, I was sucked into a black hole in the far reaches of space. Or at least, that’s how  Continue Reading »

Artist: Symbolik Album Title: Emergence Label: The Artisan Era Date of Release: 10 April 2020 I am convinced that The Artisan Era must dabble in the arcane arts. Either that, or they have a hidden battery farm where they produce band after band deep in the shadows that deliver heavy and complex progressive death metal.  Continue Reading »

Some people have suggested that 2020 has been a poor year for music. Whilst I’d never dare to disagree with you, I do believe that this opinion will depend greatly on the genre or subgenre of music you happen to like. If you like a broad range of rock/metal styles, I happen to think that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dawn Of Ouroboros Album Title: The Art of Morphology Label: Rain Without End Records Date of Release: 30 March 2020 I love it when an album makes me scratch my head and wonder how on earth I am going to review it. I revel in the challenge, especially when it is an album that  Continue Reading »