Greece’s Diablery, a symphonic black metal band formed in 2008, after having released a pair of EP’s, step onto the stage with their full-length debut in Architect. As vast and ever-changing as the umbrella Read more […]
Really thought the absent “L” in Expain’s name was a typo of some kind…but it’s not. The band are fine with the name as is, which means they have some expaining to do for their name, Expain. Read more […]
Talk about being direct! Black Storm of Violence opens with a sample of “Most of all, fuck you,” which for the most part implies the rest of what’s to come. Pissed off and frantic as it comes, Read more […]
Another anti-summer release, this one, and an honest funeral doom record to boot. Hailing from Ukraine, a place no stranger to trauma nowadays, Luna is nevertheless fairly pointed in its direction and Read more […]
This one sat in the queue for a bit, having received an official release in early June. Why it sat around for so long is unbeknownst to DR, but had we been privy to Holy Shire’s whopping eight (!) members Read more […]
While As I Lay Dying remains in a holding pattern following the prison sentence of vocalist Tim Lambesis, the four other members create this new act Wovenwar, grabbing new vocalist Shane Blay whose previous Read more […]
Perhaps a bit overdue to have their catalog reissued, cult U.K. death metallers Cancer are getting such a treatment from Cyclone Empire. If we’re speaking in terms of where the band fell in the 90’s Read more […]
Easily one of the biggest names within the folk metal scene, it was in fact Eluveitie that got this writer more into more folk metal all the way back with Spirit. Needless to say, time gets set aside Read more […]
Ever have one of those moments when you hear part of one song and instantly need to purchase the entire album because it’s so intriguing? Yet another shining victory from scouring Bandcamp on a regular Read more […]
The second album for Vardan this year (compared to three last year) and a noticeable step-up from my previous exposures to his work, Enjoy of Deep Sadness is surprisingly resonant depressive black metal Read more […]
Utterly complicated stuff here, without sounding complicated for the sake of being complicated. (“Why do you have to make things so complicated?” Avril Lavigne once asked.) Poorly-placed Canadian pop Read more […]
After all the delays and name controversies, the boys in Entombed (A.D.) finally get to release Back to the Front. Harkened as a return to the “older” days and intended to be released last year (before Read more […]
Nine years may seem like an eternity from band inception to releasing your debut full length album, but I’m guessing in the case of Finnish band Star Insight, the time has been put to great use. The Read more […]
The title of Void Ritual’s Holodomor isn’t as purposely timed as one would think, with this four-song EP seeing digital release in 2013, then physical release in the now. “Holodomor,” for the unaware, Read more […]
Riding high off the buzz that took most of the death metal community by storm with Aura, Bolzer are back for another short round with Soma. This time we only get treated to two songs, but when the execution Read more […]
This is a fine example of why you should never judge an album by its cover. With its power-metal-like artwork, devoted black/death metallers might deviate away from this at first but all should know that Read more […]
Doing some research on Invidiosus lead to the knowledge that they have had a revolving door of members since they formed in 2006. They’ve parted ways with 20 members, including 10 drummers! Is Invidiosus Read more […]
Irish newbs Raum Kingdom may have made a bit of a gaffe by listing the over-used Cult of Luna and Neurosis as two of their primary influences, but that’s what young bands are prone to do: Make mistakes. Read more […]
Within The Ruins is a band that has constantly progressed and attempted to distance themselves from the dreaded ‘deathcore’ tag. Still riding the waves of last year’s Elite, Phenomena continues Read more […]
With subterranean death metal seemingly becoming all the rage in the last few years (will it overtake the old school Swedish death metal resurgence at some point?), it takes a bit of ingenuity to separate Read more […]
Back in my youth, we often depended upon the word of journalists in print, disc jockeys on the radio (if fortunate to have a cool station in your area), or raiding friends collections to gain insight into Read more […]
Like your black metal served up with big helping of flute? If so, you’re in luck. No? Not sure? Well, at least give it the old college try. What the hell am I talking about? Why, the Quebec band Hiverna, Read more […]
Comparatively speaking, Abaddon Incarnate are nothing like their fellow countrymen Primordial and Darkest Era. The Irish metal scene hasn’t produced enough second-tier bands to back up the aforementioned Read more […]
One need to listen no further than mid-album piece “Slaves To The Grime” to catch the whole of the vibe that Wolvhammer seeks with its newest opus Clawing Into Black Sun: much akin to other Chicago-area Read more […]
Three years out to sea after the release of Back Through Time, the Scottish pirates of Alestorm have once again returned to drink and plunder. Maintaining their often downright silly seafaring adventures, Read more […]
Using the ‘progressive’ label lately seems like such a crapshoot. There is much that falls under the progressive billing and gets used in such a vague and “if nothing else fits” mentality that Read more […]
Sweden’s (where else?) Puteraeon are comprised largely of C-level death metal musicians, as in those who have done time in bands who have not been successful in their endeavors to climb the Scandinavian Read more […]
Probably one of the better known of the crust/d-beat crowd, Martyrdöd have been at their game for over 10 years at this point and Elddop is their fifth full-length offering (and second for Southern Lord). Read more […]
California pure-bred melodic metal crew Steel Prophet have returned after a 10-year break between studio albums with their own collection of songs dubbed Omniscient. Anyone who followed Nuclear Blast during Read more […]
Certain labels gain acclaim for sticking to particular genres within the metal realm, forsaking any ridicule or passé commentary that may be hurled in their direction. Limb Music has always been about Read more […]
