Welcome the Divine Comedy: Inferno to the stage! The latest release by Ukrainian thrash group Bestial Invasion is an audible rollercoaster. Part thrills and part wanting to vomit, Let’s start down this path, shall we? Limbo, Lust, Gluttony and Anger (No, it’s not a roadmap to a terrible Saturday night. )The first 4 tracks are…
Stormkeep – “Tales Of Othertime” Review
Black Metal For Nerds I had no idea who Stormkeep is. In fact, “Tales Of Othertime” was a blind buy based solely on the artwork by Les Edwards. I found the album while scrolling through new albums that were scheduled to be released in November. The album art showing a wizard with staff in hand,…
Cave Bastard – “Wrath of the Bastard” Review
Furious and Bleak Cave Bastard are a death metal band from my home town of San Diego, California. They are all veterans of metal bands, and the experience shows in Wrath of the Bastard. The album starts out with the short intro titled “Contaminate-Annihilate” that seamlessly goes right into “Anti-Vaxxtermination” with it’s melancholic ringing guitars…
Swallow The Sun – “Moonflowers” Review
Beautiful Gloom I was late to the Swallow The Sun party. I initially waved them off as emo, melo-death garbage – which was extremely popular in the early 2000s when they released their first record, “The Morning Never Came”. My true introduction was their nearly 3-hour epic, Songs From The North in 2015. I have…
Agent Steel – “No Other Godz Before Me” Review
To review “No Godz Before Me” from Agent Steel I will be quoting the Cher song “Believe” NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY… I cannot ignore that I’m looking at one of the worst albums covers ever. Hard to imagine an entire band looking at this cover and thinking “Oh Yeah, this is it!!!” unless…
Flotsam & Jetsam – “Blood in the Water” Review
A new level of dark Here we have the 14th studio album by Flotsam & Jetsam entitled “Blood in the Water” released in June of 2021.This album is a perfect mix of thrash and dramatic emotion. Is much darker than their usual musical delivery and almost bordering power metal more than ever before, in my…
Massacre – “Resurgence” Review
Death metal and H.P Lovecraft share a very special bond. Early works of Obituary, Nile, Nocturnus, Deicide and Morbid Angel were clearly inspired by it beyond a doubt. Massacre from Florida has been almost exclusively represented by the cosmic horror and other worldly forms of terror since their strong debut in 1991. However there is…
Worm – “Foreverglade” Review
Do you like cavernous Death/Doom with dissonant harmonics? Tomb Mold not enough for you? This may be what you are looking for. Worm, a 3-piece from the very-fitting Florida. The swampy-ness of Florida very much present in their latest offering, “Foreverglade.” Album was released October 22, 2021 via 20 Buck Spin. With six tracks coming…
In Aphelion – “Luciferian Age” [EP] Review
Release Date: 5 November 2021 Some of you may know Necrophobic, old-school Swedish death metal from the late 1990’s. In Aphelion is the resurrection of these talents lead by main songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Sebastian Ramstedt joined with his band partner Johan Bergebäck and Cryptosis drummer Marco Prij. After their first release simply titled “Demo I”…
Dauþuz – “Vom Schwarzen Schmied” Review
Dauþuz logo Pronounced Dauthuz Release date: November 12, 2021 Dauþuz call Germany home, and are on Amor Fati Productions. Formed in 2016, their name can be pronounced Dauthuz. I was unfamiliar with them, but their name came across the new release list, so I decided to give it a listen. Instantly I was taken back…
