Anaal Nathrakh is a name that commands mucho respect in the frowny, downy world of black metal. Happy Metal Guy tells us if Vanitas keeps the flame of blackness burning bright in the dark of the winter night. Hey, that rhymed!
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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.
Vision of Disorder – The Cursed Remain Cursed Review
Alex discusses the rise and fall of hardcore heroes Vision of Disorder and also takes a few swipes at Long Island music fans. Let’s hope Steel Druhm doesn’t read that part.
Khors – Wisdom of Centuries Review
Steel Druhm is a big fan of Khors (the band, not the watery, unbeer-like beer) and their melodic black metal. He’s especially taken with their Return to Abandoned opus. Find out how the new album stacks up and if he’ll need a stronger brew to wash it down.
Reverence – The Asthenic Ascension Review
Natalie is here to tell you all about French black metallers, Reverence. She seems quite smitten with them but it sounds like an abusive relationship to me.
Zatokrev – The Bat, the Wheel and a Long Road to Nowhere Review
Lord Doom tells you about Zatokrev’s Candlelight debut The Bat, the Wheel and a Long Road to Nowhere which is, conveniently, a doom metal record. We’re smart around here.
Kontinuum – Earth Blood Magic Review
Kontinuum’s eclectic style threw me slightly off balance when the first track started up and truthfully my first thought was – is this an indie band, lost in a metal club improvising to not get the crap kicked out of them by a bunch of angry metal heads. Rest assured this is not the case, Earth Blood Magic is a crazy, kick-ass mix of what feels like a range of different influences that just somehow melts together as if by… dare I say it… magic?
Nachtmystium – Silencing Machine Review
This post has been removed because it promoted Nazi or Nazi-adjacent metal bands or musicians. We apologize.
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder – Ghostmaker review
F.A.G. is as sick and tired of retro thrash as he is of typing out “Rumpelstiltskin.” Luckily, he likes the album or the extra F-bombs would get us tossed of the interwebs.
Fear Factory – The Industrialist Review
Fear Factory was pretty revolutionary back in their beginnings. That was then, this is less than wow.