Review: Kostnatění – Úpal
Feel your sanity melt away as Kostanteni masterfully blends dissonant black metal with Eastern folk music. Hail the new black metal god of the desert!
Review: Déhà & Gnaw Their Tongues – Rituel des Ancêtres
Two of metal’s premier workhorses meet, and the results are much more quality than quantity.
Review: Lunar Chamber – Shambhallic Vibrations
Lunar Chamber’s debut EP is for the thoughtful, meditative death metal fan… without sacrificing techy brutality.
Review: Atavistia – Cosmic Warfare
This is better than Time II AND it exists!
Review: Cicada the Burrower – Blight Witch Regalia
Portraying an artist breaking out of her cocoon, does Blight Witch Regalia have the emotional depth to adequately convey its subject material?
Review: Bakt – Arqueano
My favorite musician of the decade is back at it in 2023 with a delightful dungeon synth release.
Review: Metasphæra – Metasphæra
Oh how the loins are stirred for crystal clear fretless bass!
Review: Contemplation & Chrono.fixion – Brain Mechanics
Does normal prog seem just a shade duller after Exul to you, too? Brain Mechanics will be a breath of fresh air.
Lost in Time: Shadow Gallery – Digital Ghosts
Shadow Gallery’s swan song is unfortunately a tribute to long time friend and frontman, Mike Baker.
Lost in Time: Shadow Gallery – Room V
Shadow Gallery’s least sure album to this point, does Room V hint toward a band in decline?