Slaughtersun – Deep in Black Marrow
Featuring musicians with ties to acts like Tombstoner, Thank You Scientist, Windfaerer, and Cranial Damage among others, New Jersey act Slaughtersun aims to develop a potent brand of progressive death metal through their debut...
Dominum – Become One Of Us
Quickly establishing themselves for their brand of zombie-oriented power metal, Germany’s Dominum arrives at their second album in two years for The Dead Don’t Die. Strong anthem-like hooks on both the vocal and musical...
Final Siege – Nuclear Doom State (Wormholedeath Records)
Originally hitting the streets on a self-released basis, the second album for New York’s Final Siege sees a reissue push through Wormholedeath in Nuclear Doom State. Arriving on the scene in 2018, there’s been...
Mana Diagram – Moonlight Desire (Self-Released)
A quick return after their debut EP earlier this year, Mana Diagram set Moonlight Desire as their first full-length effort to close out 2024. Grabbing influences from the power metal spectrum and bringing it...
The Old Dead Tree – Renew and Revitalize
Photo: Aurelie La Faute
French gothic metal band The Old Dead Tree arrived on the scene in 1997 – releasing three studio albums during the 2000s that made an impression on a global scene looking...
Gore-Girl Project – Coregula (Self-Released)
A random Spotify recommendation caught this scribe's eyes when going to put on some music, and Gore-Girl Project turned out to be quite the diamond in the rough. What initially seemed like a VTuber...
Moondark – The Abysmal Womb (Pulverised Records)
A Swedish quintet with ties to acts like October Tide, Centinex, and Interment beyond live experience with Katatonia and Entombed A.D. under their belts, Moondark originally developed a couple of demos in 1993 and...
Gore. – Visions of Gore
Quickly popping up with tremendous buzz, Gore. surfaced at the end of 2023 with "Pray" and then again with "Doomsday" in January of this year. Their cinematic, striking visuals and effective merger of heavy...
Kaivs – After the Flesh (Brutal Records)
Some may remember us speaking about an up-and-coming Italian death metal band Kaivs last year when we reviewed their EP Horrend, and having an in-depth conversation with the band to boot. The quartet showed...
Pandemic – Phantoms (Dying Victims Productions)
Already on this scribe’s radar in the early days through their self-released debut EP Deaf Nite back in 2018, Polish thrash band Pandemic arrive on the Dying Victims Productions roster for this second full-length...