Review: Scattered Storm – Oblivion
Quality musicianship dragged down by poor mixing and a lack of originality.
Review: Rust Belt Gothic – Collapsar
This is a bit of an experimental album combining electronic, power metal, and prog metal influences.
Review: Eye of Purgatory – The Lighthouse
Melodic death that is heavy, not overindulgent, and well-balanced.
Review: Lascaille’s Shroud – Othercosmic Divinations II
Blog recurring artist Lascaille’s Shroud come out with a release that’s both a continuation of their discography and isn’t.
Review: Betrayal – Disorder Remains
Bangin’ but uncreative death metal, enter at your own risk.
Review: Devil’s Reef – Chosen by the Sea
Brief and casual aquatic-horror tech death.
Review: Pothamus – Raya
When atmospheric sludge and tribal music collide!
Review: Starbynary – Divina Commedia: Paradiso
Despite some moments of promise, most of the album is stuck in the dead zone of “complex but not interesting” prog parts.
Review: Subconscious – The Inevitable
A death/thrash blend that falls a bit flat in more ways than one.
Review: Gallows Hymn – The Age of Decadence
Where the highbrow meets the sloped brow.