Heimdall – Aeneid
Italians seem to be stuck in time when it comes to Metal music. A lot has happened in the last ten years, but most...
Necrowretch – Putrid Death Sorcery
The funny thing about music is that even when everything is right, it can still be off. Maybe you understand, maybe you don't, but...
Lightning Swords of Death – Baphometic Chaosium
I’ve written a couple of reviews of blackened thrash records for this website since I started about a year ago, and while I still...
Bell Witch – Longing
I always love it when bands strip their formula down to the bare essentials. When it's done right, the results can be some of...
Helloween – Straight out of Hell
Ever since I first heard their critically acclaimed album, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1, Helloween redefined my music taste. Call me a...
Audrey Horne – Youngblood
It's safe to say that 2013 is off to a very good start. With Audrey Horne's latest release Youngblood, it's seeming more and more...
Geist – Der Ungeist
Underproduced lo-fi black metal - often referred to with any combination of the epithets "raw," "trv," "kvlt," or "necro" - is one of those...
Gloria Morti – Lateral Constraint
Ok, I'll admit it: i'm a sucker for plain old death metal. Especially the melodic type, so I really thought the new Gloria Morti would be...
Sacred Steel – The Bloodshed Summoning
Sacred Steel are well known in underground metal circles. A spiritual heir of Manowar, these guys' mixture of old-school heavy metal heritage and 90's...
Hate – Solarflesh
Leave it to a country where blasphemy is a crime to create some of the best death metal on the planet. It's funny how...