Daniel Barkasi – 2024 End of Year Extravaganza!
We’re back! This year was both quick and long for many reasons. Personally, we dealt with two catastrophic hurricanes that displaced us for close to a month - what we get for living in...
Vspolokh – Мрьтвоземъ (Purity Through Fire/ Ural Megalith)
It's black metal time, let’s go!! I'm excited because this latest offering Мрьтвоземъ from Vspolokh is the stuff I bet your nightmares are made of. This third studio album contains riffs that evoke the...
Illusion Force – Halfana (Frontiers Music)
Japanese power metal quintet Illusion Force appear ready to conquer the global marketplace as they issue their third studio album Halfana for a worldwide release. Previously performing and recording for the Japanese scene with...
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...