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Thy Shining Curse – Theurgia (ViciSolum Productions)

So, a bit of a change here. Symphonic death metal from Pittsburgh, but with a Greek philosophical foundation. Confused?  The accompanying PR blurb says: ““Theurgia” is a collection of seven musical rites, revolving around a common thematic axis; transgressing the… Continue Reading →

Bright & Black – The Album (S/R)

I like to play music loud, especially music that I have to review. Why? Because the release’s character will reveal itself much faster this way. If the album is good, it will sound even better played at high volume, if… Continue Reading →

Shade Empire – Sunholy (Candlelight)

Sunholy is the sixth full-length album from Finns Shade Empire who started out as far back as 1999. A band with a respectable discography and with the band members all long-term soldiers. Singer Henry Hämäläinen, the number of umlauts in… Continue Reading →

Bloodbound – Tales From The North (AFM)

I still think of Swedish Metallers Bloodbound as a relatively new band, quite wrongly as this is their tenth album since their debut emerged back in 2005. So, no, not a new band at all, but the band did have… Continue Reading →

Abyssic – Brought Forth in Iniquity (Osmose)

This is the third album by the Finnish quintet that was formed 25 years ago by Memnoch. It consists of five songs, with an average length of over 10 minutes, which does work rather well for the style of music… Continue Reading →

She Must Burn – Umbra Mortis (Grey Rock Music)

London-based She Must Burn release their second album with “Umbra Mortis”, and are probably as well known for their live playing, having amongst other things supported Cradle of Filth and Carnifex, and having appeared at Download. Not much information comes… Continue Reading →

ACOD – Fourth Reign over Opacities and Beyond (LADLO)

Active since 2006, despite title, this is actually the fifth album from French duo ACOD and their first for LADLO. They are described as playing black and death metal and I noted that that Jérome of the highly regarded Celestia… Continue Reading →

Theatres Des Vampires – In Nomine Sanguinis (Scarlet Records)

I’m not entirely sure what’s been going on in the shadows as far as Roman bloodsuckers Theatres Des Vampires are concerned. The label on their press blurb state this is the last album to be released on Scarlet and attribute… Continue Reading →

Majesty Of Silence – Die Schöpfung Tohuwabohu (Boersma)

Wow, where do I begin?! To say this is a complex album is a huge understatement but I mean that in a positive way as I thoroughly enjoyed getting to grips with the fifth full length from this Swiss extreme… Continue Reading →

Arcane Existence – Colossus (S/R)

‘Colossus’ is the sophomore release by the California-based symphonic death/black metal band that was originally formed in 2016 as a solo project by multi-instrumentalist Kiera Pietrangelo, before the success of the debut in 2017 required a full line-up. While guitarist… Continue Reading →

Karcinoma – Invictus (Wroth Emitter)

The Russian metal scene is always interesting, but I tend to associate it mostly with brutal death metal, and it is these death/black metal elements that I remember most clearly about Karcinoma’s 1998 debut ‘The Night… Apogee of Madness’ although… Continue Reading →

Esoctrilihum – Dy’th Requiem For The Serpent Telepath (I, Voidhanger)

Since I first heard Bal-Sagoth I’ve been into Symphonic Extreme Metal. Particularly the more ridiculous side of it. Big over the top Power Metal style orchestration laying about with harsh vocals and goblin-like silliness has always appealed to me. In… Continue Reading →

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