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: Ihsahn – Ihsahn

"And I could have stayed there, within the confines of order." Ihsahn - IhsahnFebruary 16th, 2024Progressive / Symphonic Black MetalCandlelight RecordsNotodden, Norway Despite being a huge fan of Ihsahn I have actually yet to talk about the Norwegian black metal alumnus' solo career in depth on this here blog as of yet. That is, until …

Album Review: Epica – Omega

"Use this healing energy, form a holy trinity. This is the knowledge that we have been searching for." Epica - OmegaFebruary 26th, 2021Symphonic MetalNuclear Blast RecordsReuver, Netherlands Symphonic metal is a genre that, while I don't often find myself listening to it very often in my current adult life, does hold a special place in …

Album Review: Carach Angren – Franckensteina Strataemontanus

"Liquid brains oozing from his nose, hatching vermin worming through his head. Draped in filthy graveyard clothes. Scourged ghoul undead." Carach Angren - Franckensteina StrataemontanusJune 26th, 2020Symphonic Black MetalSeason of MistLandgraaf, Netherlands I still remember the first time I heard Carach Angren. They were unlike any other black metal band or project I had heard …