Blood Red Fog – Fields of Sorrow
Like other Finnish (and French) bands, the sound initially comes off as very raw, but you then realize that every instrument is heard, everything has their space and their moments to be heard and appreciated.
Lunacy – Melancholic Invocations
The final product is gripping, painful to behold, and wonderfully cathartic.
Aversio Humanitatis – Behold The Silent Dwellers
Coming in hot to celebrate a decade of evolving and growing, we have reach a point of maturity and perfection, as Behold The Silent Dwellers is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Gelkhammar – The Sword of Gelfiser
Each listen leaves me simultaneously fulfilled and wanting more. Perhaps that is the sorcerous power of the sword.
Yovel – Forthcoming Humanity
“May this work be a guide to action – a wall against despair.”
Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment
…strap in and listen up as Hayduke X (MoshPitNation), VUK (The Metal Wanderlust), ProgCaveOgier (The Metal Wanderlust), Gos (Black Metal Daily, MoshPitNation, Order ov the Black Arts) and Dex (Black Metal Daily) perform a surgically precise track-by-track dissection and give this apocalyptic beast the attention it deserves… for we have entered the age of ENDARKENMENT.
Rise Of The Stateless Wolf – Born Dead/Year Of The Rats
Sometimes you just want meat and potatoes at the dinner table. Sometimes you just want extreme metal that rips in your ears.
Sparrows – Mark of the Beast: Extinction
It’s as if you had an M4 Sherman tank that could convert into an ‘82 Firebird with the push of a button.
Pessimista – Sanidade?
Pessimista works first and foremost from a thematic base of DSBM, though stylistically, I find a lot of raw influences present as well (though not Raw, if you understand the difference).
Naglfar – Cerecloth
“If it’s not broken, outfit it with aftermarket parts and just make it perform on a higher level”.