Sanctvs – De l’Abîme au Plérôme Review
You might, as I did, roll your eyes humorously at the recurrence of the “‘v’ as ‘u’” trope…
Teutonic Slaughter – Cheap Food Review
Becoming a fully-fledged metalhead is when you stop associating German metal with Rammstein and start with Teutonic thrash.…
Old Sorcery – The Outsider Review
Swords and sorcery have served as metal muses since the genre’s earliest days and for the most seminal…
Tarlung – Axis Mundi Review
Vienna, Austria’s Tarlung has been coughing up thick clouds of resinous doom and smoky sludge since 2013, when,…
Coronatus – Dreadful Waters Review
Like a sailor’s call to the sea, I am routinely compelled to the sub-genre of symphonic metal in…
Malignant Aura – Where All of Worth Comes to Wither Review
The marriage of death and doom is a well-trodden path, but Malignant Aura’s 2022 debut proved they had…
URNE – Setting Fire to the Sky Review
The evolution of a band is a fickle thing. Change too much, and you alienate those who started…
Invictus – Nocturnal Visions Review
Five years ago, I highlighted Invictus’ 2020 debut LP Catacombs of Fear as part of our year-end death…
Oraculum – Hybris Divina Review
New year, new beginnings. And just as my resolutions refresh and my word count resets to zero, Chilean…