Review: Scattered Storm – Oblivion
Quality musicianship dragged down by poor mixing and a lack of originality.
Review: Khabal – The Divine Deception
This blackened deathcore album will chill you with its brutally crushing downtuned riffs, and agonizing gutturals. If you’re not mentally prepared for this album, I’d turn elsewhere.
Review: Giant’s Knife – Oracle
A solid atmospheric, djenty debut album from a small band in Minnesota.
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: Rust Belt Gothic – Collapsar
This is a bit of an experimental album combining electronic, power metal, and prog metal influences.
Review: Polars Collide – Grotesque
The best groove metal album to come out over the past couple years. This is will please headbangers and Meshuggah fans alike.
Review: Grorr – Ddulden’s Last Flight
A 36 minute “one-track-feel” album that blends djenty melodies and oriental undertones. Does it work though?
Review: Karmanjakah – A Book About Itself
Djent from Sweden that breathes fresh life into a tired genre.
Review: Hecla – In a World of One’s Own
An atmospheric instrumental sound that cuts right between modern prog metal and post-rock. Great background music.
Review: Scaphoid – Absent Passages
An ambitious instrumental album that sends us through an ethereal journey by combining elements of djent and post rock.