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…
Stygian Crown – Funeral For A King
Behold… DOOOM! Hailing from Los Angeles, Stygian Crown return with their sophomore record, “A Funeral For A King“, due 2/23/24 on Cruz Del Sur Music. This 5-piece slab of DOOOM (extra O added for epic-ness) is comprised of Melissa Pinion on lead vocals and keyboards, Nelson Miranda and Andy Hicks on guitars, Eric Bryan on…
Eric’s Best Metal Albums Of 2023
For obvious reasons I’ve been on a Beatles-kick these last few weeks, but I did find time to listen to some metal and put together what I think are the best metal albums of 2023. In no particular order, here we go. Note: For those who watched the Metal Swap Meet YouTube video discussing our…
Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific Review
Meat And Potatoes Cannibal Corpse are back in 2023 with another blood-soaked slab of metal. “Chaos Horrific“ is due out September 22nd, 2023 on Metal Blade Records. As y’all know, Cannibal Corpse are one of the biggest death metal acts around, you might even say “popular” with their violent and obscene lyrics, graphic artwork that…
Tideless – Eye Of Water Review
The self-styled “Shoegazing-Death Metal” band, Tideless have returned. The San Diegan Death-Gazers’ offer up their second full length, “Eye Of Water”, due out September 15th on Chaos Records. The talents of Kyle Armendariz (Seraphic Disgust), Carlos Gaitan (ex-Ruminations), Aaron Clarke (Seraphic Disgust, Necrochamber), Javier Monreal and Diego Gonzalez combine their efforts to drown you beneath…
Dead Heat – Endless Torment Review
Hailing from Oxnard, California, the crossover outfit Dead Heat have put together a new EP, “Endless Torment“, due July, 28 on Tankcrimes and Tripple-B Records. Pizza Thrash This Is Not Pulling influences from traditional heavy metal, thrash and hardcore, Dead Heat offer a seamless crossover blend that is sure to get your head banging. Clocking…
Jag Panzer – The Hallowed Review
Panzer Attack!! The seminal Colorado heavy metal quintet, Jag Panzer, have returned with their 11th full length, “The Hallowed“, releasing Friday June 23rd, 2023 on Atomic Fire Records. Jag Panzer first formed in 1981 releasing the critically acclaimed debut, “Ample Destruction” in 1984. I’m gonna be straight with you. Throughout my metal journey, the “heavy…
Torture Rack – Primeval Onslaught Review
Groov-y Raise your hand if you like Cannibal Corpse? The Portland, Oregon OSDM quartet, Torture Rack puts out their 3rd full length, “Primeval Onslaught” on June 9th via 20 Buck Spin. Torture Rack consists of bassist and vocalist JG and guitarist T.T. Those initials might sound familiar as JG and T.T. have another death metal…
Nightmarer – Deformity Adrift Review
Technical(ly) Death Metal A small departure from my last review, this time I am diving into the waters of “technical death metal”, according to Metal Archives. On deck we have Nightmarer with their 2nd full length album, “Deformity Adrift” due out May 5th, 2023 on Total Dissonance Worship. The reason I say “according to 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…
