Review: Hexed – Pagans Rising
Bog-standard symphonic metal with excellent vocals and decent production.
Review: YNK – YNK
In their pursuit to emulate the almighty Gojira, YNK forgot to define a sound for themselves.
Review: Gonemage – Handheld Demise
What was originally intended to scare my peers ended up hurting my ears; however, Gonemage still have a relatively unique take on avant garde black metal worth trying for as long as you can stand it.
Review: Kerberos – Of Mayhem and Dismay
And the crowd goes mild.
Review: Arsena – Blood Rusted Mother Earth
Band with designs on genre defying progressive experimentation release a straight thrash album instead.
Review: Condemned-AD – Follow a Failing Leader
Condemned-AD delivers an energetic thrash metal ride that certainly entertains, but that teases a measure of complexity it fails to ever really develop.
Review: Feather Mountain – To Exit A Maelstrom
Well-executed contemporary progressive metal that ultimately fails to inspire.
Review: Godeater – Vespera
With more focus on the tech, this deathcore band could shred their way to Xenobiotic levels of cool.
Review: Darkest Era – Wither On The Vine
Look, can we all admit that subgenres are just hashtags for music nerds? Anyway, here’s some #heavy #folk #epic #doom #prog #metal.
Review: Barn – Habitat
Barn’s Habitat is the ideal way for kids born in the 90’s and later to experience old school death metal.