Season of Mist

Cannabis Corpse – Left Hand Pass Review

By Saunders on September 12, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Death Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Death Metal, 13 comments

“Comprised of a line-up featuring a combined membership of various high profile bands, including Iron Reagan, Gatecreeper, Municipal Waste, and Six Feet Under, perpetual pun machine Cannabis Corpse have risen beyond pure parody status to forge their own identity in the death metal underground. Paying tribute to their slightly tweaked namesake, specifically the Barnes-era, and the ’90s Floridian death metal scene at large, remains the band’s weed bread and hash butter.” The grass is always greener.

Der Weg einer Freiheit – Finisterre Review

By Eldritch Elitist on September 1, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, German Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Black Metal, 39 comments

“Their sound is an excellent encapsulation of the dynamic nature of modern black metal, splicing post-black sensibilities with melodic bombastic and explosive drum performances. Due to the misguided hype, their fourth LP, Finisterre, was inescapably disappointing for my first few spins; much of what I love about Der Weg einer Freiheit’s prior album’s just isn’t here. With time, though, Finisterre blossomed into what I now regard as a complicated work of heartbreaking beauty, becoming the most impressive ‘grower’ of the year in the process.” Finisterre. Oh, Finisterre baby….

Septicflesh – Codex Omega Review

By GardensTale on August 31, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Death Metal, Greek Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Symphonic Metal, Black Metal, 78 comments

“Something evil stirs beneath the Akropolis. Runes begin glowing red in the deep tunnels beneath the temple. Animals scatter in panic as drums rise from the depths. Vendors in Anafiotika pray to their respective gods, but find no respite in faith, as the ground begins to shake and crack. The reason for this unholy display? Septicflesh are back with another fat slab of orchestral death!” Night on Septic Mountain.

Leng Tch’e – Razorgrind Review

By Saunders on August 25, 2017 in 2017, Belgian Metal, Death Metal, Grind, Reviews, Season of Mist, Grind, 13 comments

“A revolving door of members and seven-year break since dropping 2010’s Hypomaniac hasn’t dulled the band’s commitment to keep on grinding, returning with their sixth full-length opus, fittingly titled Razorgrind. But do they still have what it takes to match it with the new breed of talented grinders? Or are Leng Tch’e destined to die a musical death by a thousand cuts?” Shave and a haircut, grind it!

River Black – River Black Review

By Eldritch Elitist on July 14, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Hardcore, Season of Mist, Black Metal, Death Metal, Hardcore, Thrash Metal, 37 comments

“River Black, a new project featuring members of Revocation, Municipal Waste, and the long-defunct Burnt by the Sun, doesn’t feel like an attempt at outclassing those bands so much as spruced up recordings of jam session spitballing.” Supergroups in the river.

Impure Wilhelmina – Radiation Review

By Grymm on July 7, 2017 in 2017, Post-metal, Post-Rock, Reviews, Season of Mist, Swiss Metal, Post-Metal, 107 comments

“It doesn’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that musical, rhythmic, melodic swing, baby. So with that in mind, I grabbed Radiation, the sixth full-length from Swiss post-metallers Impure Wilhelmina on a blind whim, having never heard a note from them prior. Only bad things can happen, right?” Take the impurity test.

Carach Angren – Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten Review

By Madam X on June 14, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, Dutch Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Symphonic Metal, Black Metal, 66 comments

“After a lengthy North American tour as the special guests of Kataklysm, beginning in California, traversing the outskirts of Long Island (New York) and wrapping up in Florida, I’m expecting some Kataklysm melodic death-isms to wheedle its way into Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten. In short I was expecting a shakeup.” Don’t shake the rotten.

Merrimack – Omegaphilia Review

By Grymm on June 12, 2017 in 2017, Black Metal, French Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Black Metal, 30 comments

“The French are well-known for pushing envelopes in the black metal genre. From Deathspell Omega’s angular tremolo attack to Blut Aus Nord’s atonal warped melodies and bizarre trip-hop rhythms, France has proven to be a fertile breeding ground for innovative black metal. So when Paris’ Merrimack stands out by sounding Scandinavian, well, it’s gonna stick out like a sore thumb.” French missing.

Foscor – Les Irreals Visions Review

By Akerblogger on June 11, 2017 in 2017, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Season of Mist, Spanish Metal, 70 comments

“Taking inspiration from their native Catalonia and from the morbid, decadent, and sick reflections on a rapidly changing society, Foscor – Catalan for “Darkness” – play a dark progressive metal that shares features with the depressive European heavyweights of Katatonia, Solstafir, and Lantlos. Les Irreals Visions is the band’s fifth full-length and a considerable shift away from their early black-metal sound to a depressive progressive metal that tastefully merges elements of black metal and doom.” From black to dark.

Sólstafir – Berdreyminn Review

By Madam X on June 5, 2017 in 2017, Ambient Metal, Hard Rock, Icelandic Metal, Post-metal, Post-Rock, Reviews, Season of Mist, Ambient Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Metal, 46 comments

“Anybody familiar with Sólstafir’s discography, knows that they’re agents of change. Where Í blóði og anda was steeped in abrasive black metal, Svartir sandar signalled a turning point for the band, showing signs of the post-rock/metal that Sólstafir would ultimately refine on their later releases. Do I have high expectations for Berdreyminn? Hell yes!” Great expectations is a depressing story.