Review: Stone Healer – Conquistador
An unlikely but outstanding combination of Opethian grunge and blackened mindfuckery that’s honest, soulful, and relentlessly engaging.
Review: The Beast of Nod – Multiversal
Impressive fretboard wizardry, gnarly snarls, blistering synths, and lyrics detailing fictional intergalactic histories… what’s not to love? This is unique, nerdy, progressive death metal goodness.
Review: Klexos – Apocryphal Parabolam
A pummeling tech death offering with a cool dissonant twist.
Review: DeLuziver – Chaos Walker
A progressive death offering that just doesn’t hit the mark.
Review: Cryptodira – The Angel of History
A wonderful, well written Progressive Metal album that will remind you of early/mid era BTBAM while being very much its own voice.
Review: Obsidian Mantra – Minds Led Astray
Eerie, groovy prog death out of Poland that is worth a listen
Review: Omnivortex – Diagrams of Consciousness
Just a ripping technical death metal album that does not have a single boring moment or riff. And there are a lot of riffs.
Review: Contrarian – Only Time Will Tell
A sci-fi adventure through time and space, inspired by tech death oldies like Death and Atheist.
Review: Coexistence – Collateral Dimension
Refreshing, smooth as butter technical death metal that is both familiar and its own.
Review: Dahlian – Moonlit
Yet another new band takes a crack at the Opeth school of prog. Does this one knock it out of the Blackwater Park? Let’s find out!