Album Review: Omnivide – A Tale of Fire

"Tearing my own flesh down to the bone, such pain to erase all I’ve ever known." Omnivide - A Tale of FireMarch 22nd, 2024Progressive / Technical / Symphonic Death MetalIndependently ReleasedMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada Moncton is perhaps an unlikely place to expect to hear the brand of music represented in the mainstream by such bands …

Album Review: Vulture Industries – Ghosts from the Past

"You might call this Hell, but this Hell is mine." Vulture Industries - Ghosts from the PastJune 16th, 2023Avant-Garde / Progressive / Gothic MetalKarisma RecordsBergen, Norway I've been passingly familiar with Vulture Industries over the years. Every now and then I've checked out one of their songs and found it to be incredibly catchy and …

Album Review: Spirit Adrift – Ghost at the Gallows

"Open the gates of Hell, never to return." Spirit Adrift - Ghost at the GallowsAugust 18th, 2023Doom Metal / Gothic Metal / Progressive MetalCentury Media RecordsAustin, Texas, USA Spirit Adrift are one of those bands that I've heard a lot about but never really bothered to check out or get too invested in. I don't …

Album Review: Green Lung – This Heathen Land

"Come with us down, down to the forest church, unhallowed ground, down in the forest church." Green Lung - This Heathen LandNovember 3rd, 2023Doom Metal / Occult RockNuclear Blast RecordsLondon, England, UK Upon looking for recommendations for great new doom metal records that came out in 2023 I came across this new release from UK …

EP Review: King Getorix – Terracotta Woods

"After a while your devious smile fools no one and no one cares." King Getorix – Terracotta WoodsJanuary 24th, 2020Progressive / Psychedelic RockIndependently ReleasedMontreal, Quebec, Canada I still remember the first time I saw King Getorix live. They blew my fucking mind. In a live setting this three piece from Montreal can absolutely tear the roof …

Album Review: Bloodbath – Survival of the Sickest

"I see no god before me". Bloodbath - Survival of the SickestSeptember 9th, 2022Death MetalNapalm RecordsStockholm, Sweden Legendary Swedish death metal supergroup Bloodbath have returned with their sixth full length record, Survival of the Sickest, and let me tell you, it's a doozy. I'm often not a fan of supergroups in metal as many of …

Album Review: Poppy – I Disagree

Poppy - I Disagree January 10th, 2020 Alternative Pop / Pop Metal / Industrial Sumerian Records Boston, Massachusetts, USA Moriah Rose Pereira, better known by her professional and stage name 'Poppy', has been an online enigma for quite some time. Her YouTube channel, originally under the name of 'That Poppy', consisted of a variety of content, …

Album Review: Opeth – In Cauda Venenum

Opeth - In Cauda Venenum September 17th, 2019 Progressive Rock Nuclear Blast Records Stockholm, Sweden Swedish progressive metal outfit Opeth are a band in need of no introduction. Active since 1989 the group has released thirteen full length studio albums praised by prog nerds and metalheads alike for their complexity. Yet over the course of the …

Album Review: Belzebubs – Pantheon of the Nightside Gods

Belzebubs - Pantheon of the Nightside Gods April 26th, 2019 Melodic Black Metal Century Media Records Tampere, Finland I've been following the webcomic known as Belzebubs since around 2016. It's wacky and comical approach to the black metal genre combined with an appealing art style drew my attention instantly, especially as a black metaller myself. But …