Tag: reviews

Pain becomes art in this new album.

Hooky and heavy, ‘Vermilion Haze’ finds O Zorn! earning their keep as one of Southern California’s most exciting bands within heavy rock.

Decades into their career, they still rock.

Ihsahn absolutely earns its eponymous title by illustrating the best of what its creator can do.

Lingua Ignota: Part I is an awe-inspiring testament to Persefone’s stylistic hegemony and personal/professional resilience.

Ferocious black metal with swagger and a tech death sensibility

A masterful display of songwriting prowess guaranteed to get the pit moving.

This new one from Suffocation stands the test of time and lineup changes.

Cursed Mortality will leave a smoldering crater in its wake when it drops this Friday.

Stone is an exceptionally poised, adventurous, and fascinating statement that represents the best of what Baroness can do.

Find some catharsis in Spirit Adrift’s upcoming release.

If you’ve been sleeping on Crypta, then wake the fu*k up.

“From the moment you hit play, Mutants demands your attention. As the band’s follow up to 2018’s War Moans, this record offers to groove with you one moment, before deciding it would much rather lead you around the room by your neck.”

By any stylistic metric, the hammered dulcimer-driven black metal aura of Botanist has reached an impressive precipice this time around.

Cloak are dropping their third full-length studio album ‘Black Flame Eternal’ through Season Of Mist.

Though quieter in comparison, The Ocean never compromises the creative drive that has kept them on the vanguard of forward thinking metal.

The meteoric rise of Sleep Token may be one of the best success stories in heavy music, and their third LP is poised to spur that momentum.

Rotten Sound’s Apocalypse, out now via Season of Mist, is a relentless, unrelenting assault on the senses that I highly recommend.

In Flames got their mojo back.

Unique subject matter notwithstanding, The Coral Tombs works because Ahab writes atmospheric, heavy-duty funeral doom.