San Diego natives, Mythraem, consiting of current members of Helsott, Ashen Earth, Orphan Feast and Conjureth, return with their second full length, “Oblivion Aeternam“. Bursting with melodic black metal, “Oblivion Aeternam” will release June 6th, 2024 on CD, 2xLP and digitally through M-Theory Audio. Beyond The Void Lyrically channeling ocultism and mysticism; musically, a chaotic…
Marduk – Momento Mori Review
With my busiest travel year finally starting to wind down, I’m finally starting to catch up on the new releases this year. Some of the higher profile albums that came out this calendar year have been a bit “meh” for me (sorry, Cannibal of the Corpse!). But this one, the first from Marduk since 2018,…
Dødheimsgard “Black Medium Current” album review
A twisted and melancholic journey of modern extreme metal….
Thanatomass – Hades Review
Raw, Hateful Black Metal I recently took a business trip to the middle of butt-fuck nowhere, Tennessee. I can’t say much about why I was there, but if you Google what Oak Ridge, Tennessee is known for you might be able to figure out the nature of the trip. On the flight I had some…
Eric’s Top Metal Albums Of 2022
Another year of heavy metal has come and gone. There was a TON of music that came out this year, some were absolute gems and others I wouldn’t wipe my ass with.So many enjoyable albums were released this year that my list went through multiple changes and re-writes, it doesn’t even resemble what I started…
Overlord’s Top 10 Metal Albums of 2022
It’s been a rather dark and chaotic start to this hellish decade, and I think some of the releases that came out this year reflect that. Here are 10 new musical escapes that I found myself enjoying over the course of 2022. (in no particular order) THOU ART LORD “Daemoniorum”Killer old school Greek black metal…
Astrid’s Top 10 Metal Albums of 2022
Greetings metal defenders, “Ironpriestess” here thank you for joining me on my top 10 metal albums of the year. There were a lot of amazing and questionable work out there and it’s been tough to narrow it all down to simply 10. Lets jump right in shall we? In no particular order…. 1. Psycroptic –…
Agathodaimon – “The Seven” Review
Their first album in 9 years, Agathodaimon return in 2022 with “The Seven”, their seventh full length album released on Napalm Records. Identity Crisis My first introduction to Agathodaimon was their 1998 debut, “Blacken The Angel“. They performed symphonic/melodic black metal with melodic tremelo picking, such as the opening track “Tristetea Vehementa” on that first…
Dark Funeral – “We Are The Apocalypse” Review
Legends Dark Funeral have been putting out crushing black metal since 1996 beginning with the seminal debut “Secrets Of The Black Arts” – which happens to be the album that hooked me to the black metal genre. With many line-up changes through-out their career, Lord Ahriman being the only remaining founding member; despite this Dark…
Eric’s Top Metal Albums Of 2021
My list of top metal albums of 2021 was a little harder to put together than I expected. There were a lot more albums released this year than I realized, some of which I still haven’t listened to yet. Essentially, I created this list by going through the metal albums albums I listened to this…
