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Terra Builder – Solar Temple (Transcending Obscurity)

Dirty dirty dirty! Bad dog on your bed! This is pretty filthy stuff from Transcending Obscurity – as one would expect. Though the bands moniker sounds like a knock off Minecraft Rather than block combining and mad youtubers what you get is half an hour of gnarly deathgrind from Germany…. Continue Reading →

Enforced – War Remains (Century Media)

I was pleased when I read that this, the third album release from Enforced, was “an aggressive, no frills thrash record”. The previous album “Kill Grid” (2021) was exactly that, and I loved it. On the basis of that album… Continue Reading →

Witchery – Nightside (Century Media)

Can it really be way back in 2017 that Witchery had their last album? Well, Jensen’s Swedish dark blackened thrash crew are back with another album, along with another line-up change. Victor Brandt, who it turns out had actually toured… Continue Reading →

At The Gates – The Nightmare Of Being (Century Media)

At The Gates are back. The melodic death behemoths from Gothenburg return with a new full length release and what a beast it is. Its 3 years since ‘To Drink From The Night Itself’ and the Swedish Overlords, are back… Continue Reading →

Enforced – Kill Grid (Century Media)

Here goes the second album release from US thrash metal crossover band Enforced. My expectation was of something lively. There really aren’t any secrets here. It’s hard-hitting thrash metal with strong riffs, hardcore influences, flamboyant solos, breakneck drumming and of… Continue Reading →

Thirteenth Sign – The Ashes of a Treacherous Silence (S/R)

The first thing I read about this album is that the band defined Queensryche’s 1988 album “Operation: Mindcrime” as the thematic inspiration for it. The second was that Thirteenth Sign are a melodic death / thrash band, with possible appeal… Continue Reading →

Chronicle – Demonology (Mighty Music)

Chronicle are a young Danish four piece, whose debut album “Primal Fear” appears to have slipped under my radar since its release in 2015. Having now investigated, it seems that I’ve missed out on some technical yet catchy melodic death… Continue Reading →

Irist – Order Of The Mind (Nuclear Blast)

It’s somewhat unusual in this day and age for a label like Nuclear Blast to take a punt on a new prospect, however, seeing as Monte Connor got it right more often than not during his years with Roadrunner, benefit… Continue Reading →

One Hour Hell – Voidwalker (ViciSolum)

SweDeath is a fairly common approach to Death Metal these days. Highly influential, instantly recognizable and easy to blend in with other styles and approaches, this core style of Death Metal is one we are all widely familiar with, and… Continue Reading →

Firespawn – Abomination (Century Media Records)

There is a train of thought that when well established band members invest their time, skill and energy into a new project,that said ability can be spread too far, even when you have such elite members that comprise this Swedish… Continue Reading →

Numenorean – Adore (Season Of Mist)

Numenoreans are folk of Numenroea – an island in Middle Earth where lived the greatest of men. Yup more Tolkien in metal.  Here though Numenorean are a post (ish) Black Metal band from Calgary. Their debut “Home” in 2016 was a collection… Continue Reading →

At The Gates – To Drink From The Night Itself (Century Media)

When “At War With Reality” was announced back in 2014, it was made clear that whilst the band may have been simply touring off of their reputation alone and had changed their minds on the whole ‘not hitting the studio’… Continue Reading →

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