Review: Alustrium – A Moment to Silence
A modern, melodic take on traditional progressive death metal
Review: Mindpatrol – Ikaria
An ambitious release, with no drought of classic progressive metal tropes.
Review: Epiphanic Truth – Dark Triad: Bitter Psalms To A Sordid Species
Fantastically textured and structured avant release with a lot to offer.
Review: Acausal Intrusion – Nulitas
An otherworldly, transcendental trip through challenging chaos – sinister, twisted, blackened, dissonant chaos, perfectly balanced on the edge of consciousness.
Review: Crimson Dimension – Crimson Dimension
A blackened death album serving as a great debut for a new band.
Reports from the Underground: May 2021 albums of the month
Flying guinea pigs and May’s best albums: a dangerous mixture. Back to the size of where it all began, this edition is bound to leave you very happy.
Review: Wine Guardian – Timescape
From past to present, Timescape showcases quality songwriting whose influences originate throughout the prog rock and metal hemisphere.
Review: Circle of Sighs – Narci
One of the most bizarre and innovative albums of the year thus far.
Review: Boss Keloid – Family The Smiling Thrush
An excellent and multifaceted album that blends together psychedelic stoner metal, sludge, and prog rock for a heavy, groovy, uniquely uplifting trip.
Review: Gn0sis – Pro Terra
Instrumental tech death that’s exactly what you signed up for