Desolate Shrine – Deliverance From the Godless Void
Long winded stories aside, and blackened references duly noted, have at least some faith in me that this is good. Oh so good.
Purtenance – Paradox of Existence
Purtenance provide a clinic on meat and potatoes death metal.
Rekoma – Eadem Errata
…a moment of this album scared the piss out of a thirteen year old girl.
Overdose Support – Try Dying
The songs are catchy, heavy, and one cannot help but get energized by them.
Crimfall – Amain (Review and Interview)
Amain is grand perfection, a metal opera of the highest caliber.
Herem – III
What separates Herem from the others is Valendis Suomalainen. Her haunting growls make the skin crawl like worms and beetles devouring a graveyard corpse.
Red Moon Architect – Return of the Black Butterflies
It’s my first Red Moon Architect experience, and I’ll admit I wasn’t expecting this to be so melodic. Everything is very dark and gloomy.
Rajalla – Diktaattori
This is just some pure Finnish metal right to the core, amazingly heavy and energetic. I can’t seem to stop listening to it.
Iron Magazine – Queen of Hell
Queen of Hell sounds like it’s fresh off the time machine from the 1980s.
Moonsorrow – Jumalten Aika – Album Review
Jumalten Aika by Moonsorrow evokes a sort of blood drenched imagery. By no means is the album all brutality. In fact, Moonsorrow have created a richly layered tapestry of mythology, harsh beauty, and encompassing darkness.