Tag Archives: extreme metal

Artist: Hand Of Kalliach Album Title: Corryvrekan Label: Prosthetic Records Date of Release: 23 February 2024 There’s something in the water right now in Scotland. The land to the North has never been the most prolific in terms of heavy metal exports, with only a small handful of names coming to mind when I try  Continue Reading »

Artist: Job For A Cowboy Album Title: Moon Healer Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 23 February 2024 I’ve written each of the four words independently hundreds of times. However, I never thought I’d ever put them all together in this order: Job For A Cowboy. When this ridiculously named band burst on to  Continue Reading »

Artist: Borknagar Album Title: Fall Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 23 February 2024 For some reason, completely unknown to me at this point, ‘True North’ completely passed me by. Released towards the end of 2019, I can only assume that I took a temporary leave of my senses. Under any normal circumstances, new  Continue Reading »

Artist: Ihsahn Album Title: Ihsahn Label: Candlelight Records Date of Release: 16 February 2024 I have spent several hours of my life listening to this new self-titled album, or should I say ‘double album’, from Ihsahn. However, it’s possible that I’ve spent even more time thinking about it, the music that appears on it, and  Continue Reading »

Artist: Hauntologist Album Title: Hollow Label: No Solace Date of Release: 8 January 2024 What in the name of the Gods have I inadvertently stumbled into? It was a drab, dreary day and whilst looking after a poorly child, I took the opportunity as she slept next to me to scroll through a couple of  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vitriol Album Title: Suffer & Become Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 26 January 2024 There’s a time and a place to have your face, ears, and every other appendage ripped off by some extreme music and, for me, that time is now, courtesy of this beast of an album, ‘Suffer & Become’  Continue Reading »

Artist: Persefone Album Title: Lingua Ignota: Part I Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 2 February 2024 Receiving one score in the high 90s could be put down to a bit of luck, the stars aligning to produce a special record. But to achieve two of these scores on the bounce means that there’s something  Continue Reading »

Artist: The Infernal Sea Album Title: Hellfenlic Label: Candlelight Date of Release: 26 January 2024 It is always painful to me when I realise that yet another band has escaped my gaze. I know that it is nigh-on impossible to be across everything that’s going on in the world of heavy metal, but I do  Continue Reading »

Artist: Cognizance Album Title: Phantazein Label: Willowtip Records Date of Release: 26 January 2024 I come to this review with little knowledge of Cognizance, other than they are a UK-based band that fits somewhere within the technical death metal spectrum, with more than a hint or two of deathcore. And it was the latter that  Continue Reading »

Artist: Vipassi Album Title: Lightless Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 26 January 2024 The description of ‘instrumental progressive metal’ is one that will either have you flocking to it, like a moth to a flame, or running away as if your life depended upon it. Not normally the biggest fan of completely instrumental  Continue Reading »