Greek Metal

Enshadowed – Stare into the Abyss Review

By Saunders on July 8, 2020 in Reviews, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, 4 comments

“At least in my part of the globe, winter is upon us, thus it is the season to get down and gloomy with the darker, atmospheric arts. My regular rotation has seen a spike in melancholy, ranging from melodic death, downtrodden doom, and black metal. So with my mood well adjusted, I nabbed the fourth LP from long standing Greek act Enshadowed from the promo bin, teeth gritted and fists clenched ready to grimace and headbang through a respectable slice of black metal, or so I envisioned.” Black winter day.

Hail Spirit Noir – Eden in Reverse Review

By El Cuervo on June 22, 2020 in Reviews, Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock, 117 comments

“I’m enjoying that I’m now able to look back at the 2010s with retrospect. In all my personal affairs, life developments, and the end of my formal education. But in particular, musically. I can now definitively make sweeping statements like ‘Sleep at the Edge of the Earth is the best record of the decade,’ and ‘there was a better decade of music from 1971-1975 than across 2010-2019.’ But, and pertinently to this review, I can also state that ‘Hail Spirit Noir (HSN) is one of the most creative metal bands which became active during the teenies.’” Hail teen spirit.

Death Courier – Necrotic Verses Review

By Holdeneye on June 4, 2020 in Reviews, Death Metal, 49 comments

“Hailing from Greece, Death Courier is not unlike like their many famous national ruins as their origins are rooted in antiquity. Death metal antiquity, that is.” As old as death.

Shadow in the Darkness – Erstwhile Befell Review

By Twelve on May 30, 2020 in Reviews, Technical Death Metal, 20 comments

“While this normally isn’t quite my cup of skull-pit-juice, these three Greeks have got some serious chops on them. I may not know what befell the erstwhile, but that’s neither here nor there—friends, we’ve got death metal to listen to.” Before the befell.

Firewind – Firewind Review

By Holdeneye on May 12, 2020 in Reviews, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, 39 comments

“While I’m not intimately familiar with the vast majority of Firewind’s discography, entries like debut Between Heaven and Hell, 2010’s Days of Defiance, and 2017’s Immortals have all impressed me in one way or another. When I first got my guitar, Gus G. was the darling of the guitar magazine world after being selected for the prestigious role of being Ozzy’s solo axeman. But it’s his work on Dream Evil’s debut Dragonslayer — a record that happens to be one of my favorite heavy/power releases of all time — that cements him upon a nostalgic throne in my metal heart.” Born of Firewind, other fire and steel.

Angry Metal Primer – Firewind

By Steel Druhm on May 10, 2020 in Angry Metal Primer, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, 14 comments

Firewind is in the air with a new album poised to drop. Can guitar mega-maestro, Gus G keep those good metal tunes flowing with an all new lineup?

Fallen Arise – Enigma Review

By Kenstrosity on April 6, 2020 in 2020, Greek Metal, Reviews, Rock of Angels Records, Symphonic Metal, Symphonic Metal, 42 comments

“If a sonic description of Greece’s Fallen Arise you require, too bad. The genre has been so deeply saturated since 1998-9’s Oceanborn that if you, dear readers, don’t know what you’re about to hear right now, it’s your own fault.” No enigmas here.

Badd Kharma – On Fire Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on March 13, 2020 in 2020, Greek Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Reviews, Rock of Angels Records, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, 20 comments

“We live in a society where people add extra letters (specifically u’s) to words that don’t belong. As well as spelling words purposely (I think?) wrong to give them more emphasis. Or they use words that don’t mean what they think they mean. Who could forget the days of ‘wassup?’ and ‘wazzup?’ I mean, what’s not hip about saying ‘what’s up?’ or ‘what is up? Or remember when people used the word ‘bad’ but actually meant ‘good’? Or when you use ‘cop’ instead of ‘get’ and ‘whip’ instead of ‘car’? What the fuck is going on around here? Now there’re umlauts over consonants and v’s instead of u’s. ‘Lead’ is ‘led,’ ‘funeral fuck’ is ‘fvneral fvkk,’ and ‘rand’ has a ‘5’ in front of it. And now… there’s Badd Kharma.” Fyre is hawt!!

Spectral Lore and Mare Cognitum – Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine Review

By Kenstrosity on March 12, 2020 in 2020, American Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, Greek Metal, I Voidhanger Records, International Metal, Reviews, Atmospheric Black Metal, Black Metal, 47 comments

“I am not a particularly patient individual. In fact, it seems that the “older” I get the less patient I become. With this in mind, I asked myself, “Why. The fuck. Did you decide to pick up the two-hour split between Spectral Lore and Mare Cognitum as your next promo?” It’s atmospheric black metal for heaven’s sake! For two hours! Little did the voice inside my head know that this epic love letter to the planets (and planetoid) of our solar system would be so compelling.” Put a ring on Saturn.

Stonus – Aphasia Review

By Doom_et_Al on March 8, 2020 in 2020, Daredevil Records, Doom Metal, Electric Valley Records, Greek Metal, Hard Rock, Reviews, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, 26 comments

“While I can appreciate that certain substances can enhance a listening experience, I’ve always been a bit wary of music that seems designed to appeal to folks under the influence. Maybe I was burned by the rubbish techno of my youth — so repetitive that unless hopped up on MDMA, it’s damn near unlistenable. For that reason, I’ve steered clear of a lot of stoner doom/rock. If I don’t do any drugs, why would I bother with music for which getting high is a sine qua non?” In the weeds.