Review: Melancholy – Waiting for Darkness
Would you like some jazz with your blast beats?
Review: Teitan – Vákuum
This is an oppressive, murky slab of acerbic and ritualistic black metal. The vocal layers are dense and haunting, combining harshes and uncomfortable cleans into walls of throat-rending expression, complementing the dynamic chaos of these focused and compellingly unique compositions
Review: Hunted – Deliver Us
Do you like 80s metal, but do you not spontaneously combust when any of the words “modern” or “Nevemore” are uttered? If so, check this out.
Review: Overtoun – This Darkness Feels Alive
Overtoun’s back must be hurting from the weight of all the OSDM bands they are carrying to the new era of metal.
Review: Ænigmatum – Deconsecrate
Fantastically intricate blackened death metal with classic energy but bass-heavy and dissodeath-inspired chops.
Review: Prognostication – Collapse
Finally! A progressive technical death album with some true melodic flair and a styling of Native Construct and similar artists in the cleaner sections.
Review: Grace Hayhurst – Existence is Temporary
Heavy, yet airy. Punchy, yet uplifting. Aggressive, yet hopeful. Grace Hayhurst’s debut EP manages to crush you to pieces and pick you up to repeat it all over again.
Review: Ophidian I – Desolate
One of the most impressive tech-death albums I’ve ever heard, with absolutely blistering guitarwork and great songwriting to boot!
Review: Syncatto – A Place to Breathe
A fantastic blend of classical and metal that makes for the most interesting instrumental album of the year.
Review: Chassm – Falling Forever
Atmospheric, heavy riffing with the occasional vocal to shake things up.