Review: Medevil – Mirror in the Darkness
Medevil’s latest offering of epic heavy metal takes a familiar formula and sprinkles it with some flourishes but does little to innovate upon it.
Review: Anarchÿ – Retching Necropolis
Anarchÿ teases with a couple of morsels for those of you hungering for more epic, progressive, sometimes-neoclassical-thrash metal debauchery. And for dessert: sludge.
Review: Inner Vitriol – Into the Silence I Sink
Bologna’s progressive metallers Inner Vitriol return to the scene with a new name and a fresh remaster of their heavy, haunting, and hallowed first full-length.
Review: Quasarborn – Novo Oružje Protiv Bola
Belgrade, new thrash capital of Europe? Quasarborn pull no punches on this pounding release!
Review: Third Eye – Vengeance Fulfilled
Third Eye’s sophomore Vengeance Fulfilled blends catchy power metal-esque choruses and complex progressive metal compositions into a compelling release.
Review: Wounded Knee – 122 Lune
Italian progressive metal veterans Wounded Knee return after some time with the album 122 Lune. Not trying to break new ground, the album makes for an engaging listen but can sometimes feel a bit derivative.
Review: Anarchÿ – Sentïence
Anarchÿ’s first full-length is complex, aggressive, and melodic, and contains a nearly 32-minute thrash metal epic. Sentïence truly is an album like few others.
Review: Firtan – Marter
Firtan express bleak lyrical prose in a way only the German language can convey and combine it with a somber atmospheric black metal tonality.
Review: Condemned-AD – Follow a Failing Leader
Condemned-AD delivers an energetic thrash metal ride that certainly entertains, but that teases a measure of complexity it fails to ever really develop.
Review: VENUS – Project Lamda
Greek thrash metallers VENUS bring to life their first release Project Lamda with a high-intensity, technical ferocity.