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April 1st, 2024 Reviews

Hamferð – Men Guðs hond er sterk (Metal Blade Records)

…s felt increasingly as you’re immersed deeper. “Marrusorg” is a tad more subdued, moving between low-key clean passages and immense distorted riffing. A calm before the proverbial storm, in some ways. By this juncture, the listener is fully ingrained by what Hamferð are providing. The vibe of impending disaster smoothly continues in the often hypnotic “Glæman” as Aldará continues to show a range of both voice and pure emotion that is difficult to…

April 1st, 2024 Reviews

Dialith – Alter (Self-Released)

…kie, creating that compelling audience participation movement in the follow-up passages, bassist Mark Grey setting a firm bottom end foundation for the alluring guitar/sax tradeoffs next to the keyboard programming to shine. The highlight track occurs after a brief “Hourglass (Shadowdancer Part 1)” interlude that sets the stage for “Shadowdancer” – the Middle Eastern textures creating this melodic, modern metal tribal dance element – Krista inject…

March 29th, 2024 Reviews

Greyhawk – Thunderheart (Fighter Records)

…the subsequent gallop nature of “Sacrifice of Steel” – the supportive choir-oriented background vocals serving notice that the band aim to triumph with warriors searching for the light, seeking victory no matter what the cost. A nod to gone but never forgotten metal/hard rock legends appears in a talk sequence for “Rock & Roll City” – where Ronnie James Dio and Phil Lynott get name dropped during this sinister bass / guitar tradeoff as the drum te…

March 28th, 2024 Features

Resin Tomb – Inevitable Putrescence

…en Twisties, Shapes, and especially Tim Tams. Do you have any favorite home-based snack foods, and if one of them is indeed the mighty Tim Tam, what’s your method for the famed Tim Tam Slam? Yes, I have a problem. Budge: Haha hell yeah man, Chicken Twisties absolutely rip. There’s another chip called “Burger Man” that was discontinued for a few years for absolutely no reason, then when they bought it back everyone lost their mind again, they are s…

March 27th, 2024 Reviews

Venues – Transience (Arising Empire)

…ectronics. “Braille” acts as an early favorite with its punchy riffing and ability to absolutely soar when the chorus comes. Venues continue to improve upon their formula into one that can truly bring heaviness and modern melody together without any sense of sacrifice on the part of either. Transience shows its fangs, but also augments itself with elements that will bring in outside fans to enjoy what the band has done in putting the pieces togeth…

March 27th, 2024 Reviews

Fatal Fire – Arson (MDD Records)

…playing about twenty shows/festivals when venues finally opened back up in 2022-23. Which makes this debut album Arson even more seasoned than most first full-lengths – road testing can tighten up parts, extend others, or just cause musicians to develop laser beam focus on what main components work best for their style. The energy is palpable throughout the eight tracks – sitting firmly in the classic power camp where influences pull from the spe…

March 26th, 2024 Features

Alterium – The Power of Fantasy

…o and I do it [laughs]. So I just sing in those, where Alterium is like my baby. I take care of writing all the lyrics, the vocal lines, and part of the music too. I’m also working as a manager and doing all of the social and bookings – I’m doing almost everything [laughs]. Dead Rhetoric: So it’s very much going through the trenches with Alterium. I knew that Walk in Darkness was just a singing gig. But it seems with Alterium, it’s embodying every…

March 25th, 2024 Reviews

Dead Head – Shadow Soul (Hammerheart Records)

…or this latest record Shadow Soul. The follow-up to a quite sterling, speed-driven outing for 2022’s Slave Driver, the eight tracks showcase more of their versatility in terms of additional classic heavy metal or death angles, yet never wavering in the commitment to the thrash purity that has been everlasting since day one for the group. Veterans at this style, the necessary diversity when it comes to various tempo shifts track to track maintains…

March 23rd, 2024 Concert Reviews

Hulder / Devil Master / Worm / Necrofier – March 2, 2024 – The Abbey, Orlando, FL

…dious rhythmic hypnosis, equating to a long form black metal trance that grabbed hold tightly. A doubtlessly fitting conclusion to an effort that lived up to the hype, yet wisely leaving a craving for more. Devil Master More Devil Master images this way Devil Master sure has a somewhat cheesy, theatrical punk approach to their black metal. In this lies their charm and appeal, with many in the crowd eager for the Philly natives to arrive. Swathed i…

March 22nd, 2024 Reviews

Leaves’ Eyes – Myths of Fate (AFM Records)

…o some Viking and Eastern European myths as their lyrical fodder as the bombastic and grandiose sounds of their brand of symphonic metal ring just as clear as ever. In short, the band delivers on everything that their legacy so far would lead you to believe. Leaves’ Eyes greatest strengths has always been twofold: their ability to craft a variety of different songs when focusing on a particular topic or theme, and their tremendously powerful sound…

March 20th, 2024 Reviews

Stormhunter – Best Before: Death (MDD Records)

…that interim through Ready for Boarding in 2020 plus Strangle With Care in 2022. Bask in the natural prowess present in these nine tracks (shorter instrumentals “Morituri Te Salutant” and “A Mourning in August” open/close the record), followers of culturally motivating riffs, larger than life vocal choirs, as well as galloping, kick ass tempo work will find plenty to treasure here. The guitar interplay between Burkhard Ulrich and Stefan Müller ri…

March 20th, 2024 Reviews

Holler – Reborn (Scarlet Records)

…la Toto in the 80s to make “Falling Apart” very engaging, beyond its memorable melodies or soothing background vocals. What may seem simple can be quite difficult to achieve in this style – you need the best musicians who can grasp feel beyond the times when to lay back and let others shine, and that occurs frequently throughout standout tracks like “Invisible Man” or the mystical “Within Me”. Love has been a relevant topic since the dawn of time…

March 20th, 2024 Reviews

Sylvaine – Eg Er Framand (Season of Mist)

…even album. Such is the case here with the Eg Er Framand EP, which follows 2022’s full-length Nova. This EP doesn’t come close to the heavier side of Sylvaine, providing reworked Norwegian folk songs and some of her own design into a mixture that’s equal parts mysterious, ethereal, and reflective. With a release like Eg Er Framand, it feels more important to discuss the feelings and takeaways from the music itself than to dissect down the particu…

March 19th, 2024 Randomness

Song Premiere: Destroyer of Light’s ‘Waiting for the End’

…ed. Check it out: Degradation Years will release on April 5, and can be pre-ordered on Bandcamp. Be sure to also check out the first single from the album “Cruel World” now! Destroyer of Light’s Degradation Years is: Guitars & Vocals – Steve Colca Guitars – Keegan Kjeldsen Bass – Mike Swarbrick Drums – Kelly Turner Recorded at Austin’s Orb Recording Studios (Grimes, The 1975) and mastered by James Plotkin (Voivod, Botch, Thou). Track listing: 1. C…

March 18th, 2024 Reviews

BRAT – Social Grace (Prosthetic)

…attitude and ethos, such as on the title track and “Slow Heat.” It’s this balance of balls to the wall abrasion and energy with oddly intriguing slow downs that take that abrasion into different and memorable directions that thrusts BRAT above some of their grindy breathren. BRAT may not be on everyone’s radar in the extreme scene just yet, but Social Grace solidifies their position as excellent up and comers that are bound to spread their wings…

March 18th, 2024 Reviews

Critical Defiance – The Search Won’t Fall… (Unspeakable Axe Records)

…the tenacious authenticity camp. Be it opening a song in a thunderous five-second drum solo before hitting into a straightforward thrash template for “Absolüt” or injecting blackened tremolo riffs next to classic early Metallica/Diamond Head-inspired parts on “Long Distance (The What’s to Come)” – the seemingly varied attack works wonders for edge of the seat thrills. Solo breaks contain dazzling displays of dexterity channeled into crazy runs wh…

March 15th, 2024 Reviews

Miehala – Sons of Alaheim (Inverse Records)

…herwise heavy groove-laden “Into the Void” into a left field direction, probably the most diverse offering (and longest) at just over five-minutes. Picking up the pace for the heads down closer “Vision of Violent Death”, rest assured this quartet push the pedal to the accelerator more often than not, leaving nothing in the gas tank when it comes to their normal speedy thrash attack – the rapid-fire chorus plus grunts/growls an ideal match for the…

March 14th, 2024 Features

Leather Lung – Emerging From the Ashes

…of the Ocean, Summoner, a two-day thing. We won’t play any gigs until that – following that weekend, we will be down in Baltimore for the Grim Reaper Fest with Weedeater. Following that, we are actively booking a tour for July on the southeast – North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, back up the coast to Virginia, Pennsylvania, things of that nature. We don’t have anything on the books, and we want to be on the West Coast for…

March 13th, 2024 Reviews

Dragonforce – Warp Speed Warriors (Napalm)

…ions of a few songs and an instrumental cut). Dragonforce continue to be unabashed about their approach to having fun within the power metal space, and shredding circles around their competition. Warp Speed Warriors is exactly what you’d want from the speed-happy veteran act – dizzying explosions of guitarwork, soaring melodies and choruses that hook you on the first listen, and above all – excitement and FUN. It might be too much for traditionali…

March 12th, 2024 Features

Illumishade – Lighting Up A New Side

…th this band it was a first. I would say that it was a great team effort. Fabienne Erni: Absolutely. There’s too many things that you just learn by doing with this new constellation and I think we really all held it together well, with everyone. We had a great bus driver, a great manager, and a great crew and Delain was awesome. They are super nice people. We couldn’t have had a better first tour. Also, the crowds – it was really smooth. It was re…

March 11th, 2024 Reviews

Aborted – Vault of Horrors (Nuclear Blast)

…sts bring an added bit of depth or variety to the fold. “Death Cult” is probably the biggest stand out with its staggering grooves and wall of sound approach to aggression, with Sven trading vocal blows with Alex from Despised Icon in the most intense of ways. The following track, “Hellbound,” with Matt McGachy of Cryptopsy also serves as one of the strongest cuts and is all but a maelstrom of chaos as the two vocalists bring all of the possible g…

March 10th, 2024 Features

Firewind – Mindful When United

…te the two sometimes. I’m also the manager of the band, I deal with the day-to-day things. I’m the guy who’ll talk to the booking agent, the record label people, the PR people, the tax accountants, the travel agents. So many people are involved. We had a manager for ten years, and then in 2016 I took the initiative and handled it all myself. It was a great decision; I don’t regret it as I’m a hands-on guy for a lot of things. I’m a very DIY guy, I…

March 8th, 2024 Reviews

Alterium – Of War and Flames (AFM Records)

…while the guitars swirl around. Lastly, the album closes with a cover of Sabaton’s “Bismarck,” which is a pretty solid fit for the band. Rosellini does a great job of keeping the vocals front and center, and while the song is played more or less straight, it’s a fun song to end the album on. Alterium position themselves as a promising act for not just fans of Kalidia, but of anyone looking for some well-done power metal. Of War and Flames soars t…

March 8th, 2024 Reviews

Turbulence – Binary Dream (Frontiers Music)

…inst the varied jazz fusion/progressive keyboard swirls, as well as forward-thinking bass passages that often prop themselves up to boost the adventurous angles and it’s easy to understand that Binary Dream for Turbulence could be their strongest record to date. This is a modern progressive metal recording that exudes confidence, hopefully garnering the best appeal from all parts of the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvkEJHv1Agk https://ww…

March 7th, 2024 Features

Grey Skies Fallen – Mournful While Exuding Hope

…e or six years old, it left an impression. And then one day I heard Black Sabbath at a friend’s house, I was in his basement, and it was his birthday. I was seven, his father used to own the club called L’Amour in Brooklyn, the ultimate metal club in history for the East Coast. After that, you start getting into more and more stuff. A few years later, the first record I ever got was Quiet Riot – Metal Health for Christmas in 1983. I picked up a gu…

March 6th, 2024 Reviews

Vlad in Tears – Relapse (Metalville)

…n Tears seem to have hit their stride in the balance between heavy rock, alternative, and gothic sounds. It’s a cross-pollination style that allows the group to explore a wide array of influences – in turn probably accelerating the audience they could appeal to. Worth the escape alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLtawtaGaY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3L0wIjwVKI Vlad in Tears on Facebook…

March 6th, 2024 Reviews

Sonata Arctica – Clear Cold Beyond (Atomic Fire Records)

…The quintet also excel in reflective ballad pieces – “The Best Things” probably one of their best in quite some time, Henrik Klingenberg setting the stage through his piano, keyboard, and orchestration angles along with Tony to give this arrangement an alluring power rock meets classical feel. Also returning is Mikko Karmila on the mixing board – last working with the band back in 2012 on Stones Grow Her Name, the man knows how to bring the essen…

March 5th, 2024 Features

Lutharo – Riding Within Euphoria

…m initial conversations to final output? Shipperbottom: That artwork is probably the most favorite that I’ve ever had for any of our works. I’m happy just thinking about it. What happened is, we are on a tight budget, as a band – especially at that point an independent band, and still being on a tight budget just being signed to a label. He told us that he had some artwork that he was working on previously that he hadn’t sold yet or hadn’t complet…

March 4th, 2024 Reviews

Messiah – Christus Hypercubus (High Roller Records)

…and their newest album Christus Hypercubus. Now admittedly I knew nothing about this band, but this album spoke to me. And with each listen I knew it was a good one. Don’t believe me? Take a listen to “Centipede Bite” or the title track. Yep. The varied guitar melodies show their faces on tracks like “Once Upon a Time… Nothing” and the immediate follow-up “Speedsucker Romance,” barely giving you time to get your bearings before holding your head…

February 29th, 2024 Randomness

Song Premiere: Dreams of Gray’s ‘A Beginning’

…release sometime in the middle of 2024. Dreams of Gray is: Guitars & Vocals – Luis Rivera Mixed and mastered by Josh Middleton of Sylosis Dreams of Gray on Facebook Dreams of Gray on Instagram Dreams of Gray on Bandcamp Dreams of Gray on YouTube ClawHammer PR on Facebook ClawHammer PR on Instagram Clawhammer PR on YouTube…