Toxik – Dis Morta If you ever wondered what it would sound like if Steve Vai joined a late-80s thrash band, then they all fell into a pile of cocaine, then I have the album for you. This thing shreds. It’s relentless. It’s utterly shameless. At every single point where they could have decided “no,…
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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 –…
Municipal Waste’s “Electrified Brain” Review
A band that’s been around for seemingly 47.3 Thrash Metal Years (more commonly known as the year 2001), but a band that has never really drawn me in. Much like their post-Y2K peers (Havok, Violator, Warbringer, et al)…, I’ve never been quite sold on their “D.R.I + Nuclear Assault alcoholic lovechild” NWOUSTM1 vibe. In fact,…
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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…
Behold! Three Bands’ Odes to Bal-Sagoth
“Whatever happened to Bal-Sagoth??”, you say? Well…, when the insane mastermind of anything and everything Bal-Sagothian (Mr. Byron Roberts) decided to put the band on a very permanent hold back in 2013 to become a writer, poet, and whatever else…, it created a huge sad gap in the Symphonic Blackened Metal scene. Or did it…?…
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…
Sabaton: The War To End All Wars review
As most of you already know for better or worse, the Swedish metal machine Sabaton have been creating war-themed hymns since 1999 to the delight of fans and detractors alike. Sabaton is not everyone’s cup of tea but for many folks they are an entertaining and greatly talented lot. I fall somewhere in the middle…
Bandcamp Bonanza: Four More Random Things to Check Out in 2022 (and One To Ignore)
For laughs sometimes I go to the Metal section on the main page on Bandcamp, and randomly poke around. It is organized and updated continuously to always show the latest releases first, so there is always something new to check out there. Huge big-name bands, one-shot demos from broken up bands, mainstream acts, underground groups,…
Vio-Lence – “Let The World Burn” Review
“Let The World Burn” is the latest release from thrash legends, Vio-Lence, released March 3rd, 2022 on Metal Blade Records. Marching over to Metal-Archives.com, it also appears to be the newest material since 1993’s “Nothing To Gain”. You can say it’s been awhile. Thrash Legends Mark Their Return I have a confession to make: I…
