So last year (that’d be 2011 for everyone reading this review in 2013 and forward) I discovered Loch Vostok’s record Dystopium a few months after it was released and did a Things You Might Have Missed entry about it. But given that it was last year, I was surprised when I saw that the fecund Teddy Möller and crew had already produced a new record and that it was sitting in my inbox. Now, granted, I didn’t get to it nearly quickly enough (since it’s already out), but I thought I’d drop in and let you know that a) it’s out and b) what I think of it. I like it, but not as much as Dystopium. There, now you don’t need to read any further!
Melodic Death Metal
Daylight Dies – A Frail Becoming Review
More doom-death for Steel Druhm! Daylight Dies returns with a very Ghost Brigage-y take on the genre. Finnish-style doom-death from North Carolina?? Can it work? Should it even be attempted? Find out inside.
Zonaria – Arrival of the Red Sun Review
Zonaria has always been a bit of a footnote to the Umeå legacy. By the time they released their first record Infamy & the Breed in 2007, the Swedish metal scene was a thing of the past and melodic death metal—Zonaria’s stock in trade—was pretty much the red-headed step kid of the metal scene. That didn’t stop the band’s debut from making a splash and getting the band signed to Century Media—where they released Cancer Empire in 2008 to rave reviews and… were promptly never heard from again. Until now, that is.
King of Asgard – …To North Review
King of Asgard is back for another flogging. But this time, they showed up with their butt kicking armor on.
Be’lakor – Of Breath and Bone Review
Be’lakor has a new record and we’re finally reviewing it. Saad, are you happy now? ARE YOU HAPPY?