Nawaharjan – Lokabrenna
Fast forward to the present day and the Germanic black metallers have stepped it up quite a bit to give us a new offering in the form of Lokabrenna.
Under the Pledge of Secrecy – Empire of Bastards
Fortunately, Under the Pledge of Secrecy have mastered the science of mixing styles of extreme metal in their proper proportions. The result is certainly explosive, but in a very good way.
Black to Comm – Seven Horses For Seven Kings
I feel unsettled, nervous, even insignificant as I listen, but the effect is more ominous than threatening.
Heads For The Dead – Serpent’s Curse
Serpent’s Curse is a steamroller of an album, rolling over you at first listen, but then it metamorphs to a dark creeping mist rolling steadily into your innermost thoughts.
Kissin’ Dynamite – Ecstasy
Band – Kissin’ Dynamite Album – Ecstasy Country of Origin – Germany Genre – Metal Release Date – July 6, 2018 Label – Metal Blade Author – Mannerheim Blowing in with the pop metal fury of the early 1990’s, Kissin’ Dynamite...
Abythic – Beneath Ancient Portals
Sometimes you just want something that feels good. But enough about food. Let’s get to the meat of this burger (Maybe a little more about food).
Pestilent Reign – Pyres
This is a well produced, cohesive, and incredibly competent album which stands proudly on its own outside of a large pack of forgettable technical wankery with zero substance.
Lihhamon – Doctrine
Lihhamon is a complex machine of destruction.
Torturized – Omnivore
Omnivore becomes something of controlled chaos then, where anything can happen, but only within the cage built for the beast.
Tyakrah – Wintergedanken
Imagine a soft snowfall covering the corpses littering a battlefield at the end of an epic struggle and you’ll have some sense of the esprit of the album.