Review: Holmgang Ov Gensokyo – NIGHT FESTIVAL OF TEN-THOUSAND DEMONS
A killer Touhou metal record that shows off exceptional musical creativity while still retaining the best parts of the original tracks.
Review: White Walls – Grandeur
A surprisingly tasteful slice of melodic and progressive metal from Romania.
Review: Toehider – I LIKE IT!
What makes I Like It great is the same thing that makes Toehider great, tons of variety.
Review: Lascaille’s Shroud – Wounds
Some parts can make you say “that’s it?”, yet the keyboards and overall flow have a way of tying things together.
Review: Divided by Design – Stages to Osiris
Detailed rhythms highlighting shreddy, intense crescendos with keyboard acrobatics for energy in standard-but-not-standard prog metal.
Review: Duma – Duma
Harsh, unforgiving, and like nothing you’ll hear all year.
Review: Brotthogg – The Die Is Cast
Blackened Death with some cool techy and thrashy elements thrown in. Also one member only plays guitar solos.
Review: Glass Ocean – The Remnants of Losing Yourself in Someone Else
Atmospheric progressive rock with soul.
Review: Nug – Alter Ego
Shout out to Nug
Review: Exist – Egoiista
Exist’s Egoiista helps them really start to carve their niche into the Progressive Death genre.