Review: Dicephal Mortus – IICM (Full album, 2024) | Industrial black metal

Band info Band: Dicephal Mortus Album: ‘IICM‘ Released: December 13th, 2024 Genre: industrial black metal Location: Germany Review It’s no accident black metal and industrial music met early in the genre’s evolution, you could say it was fated as early black metal musicians were clearly influenced both musically and aesthetically by the early rivet squad. […]

Review: Carving Void – “Fragments Under The Black Sun” (Single, 2024) | Death metal

Band info Band: Carving Void Single: “Fragments Under The Black Sun” Released December 6th, 2024 Genre: death metal Location: Germany Review Good first Friday of the year, dear listeners! Have you made any New Year’s resolutions already? Yeah, we haven’t either, don’t worry. BUT, coming from Dresden / Leipzig, Carving Void does have and left […]

Review: Gvla – Invidia (Full album, 2024) | Black metal

Band info Band: Gvla Album: ‘Invidia‘ Released: November 14th, 2024 Genre: black metal Location: Germany Review Today we’re absolutely excited to bring you no bullshit, no frills black metal. Not that there’s anything wrong with any other type of black metal but sometimes you just want to cut to the chase right? Gvla brings us […]

Review: Na Zarot – “Waste” (Single, 2024) | Raw black metal

Band info Band: Na Zarot Song: “Waste” Released: September 10th, 2024 Genre: raw black metal Location: Germany Review If you’re in for a (literally sadly) fast and intense experience today, stay for this brief time with us then as we introduce you not for the first time to Na Zarot, a promising and blooming raw […]

Review: Dvster – Hexenwerk (EP, 2024) | Black punk, dungeon synth

  Band info Band: Dvster Album: Hexenwerk Released: August 21st, 2024. Genre: back punk, dungeon synth. Location: Germany. Review Today we present you a charming little discovery from this wonderful cabinet of oddities that is independent black metal. Germany-based project Dvster may be one of the most surprising variations of this long-known musical direction. This […]

Review: Obsidian Blade – Zerfal (Full EP, 2024) | Blackened sludge

Obsidian Blade comes from Augsburg, Germany, and they seem to be one of those bands that have the rare gift of genre-bending without really a lot of effort. It just goes right for the jugular with an old-school frozen black metal riff and then somehow it morphs into some raw 90s doom/death complete with stenchy […]

Review: Swampworm – Architeuthis (Full EP, 2024) | Dissonant blackened grind

Previously presented to you all with its debut EP, Nahab (which is also one side of a split with Marigold King) as well as through the alternate project Pari’sya, we now welcome back the Germany-based solo outfit Swampworm with a brand new album, Architeuthis, that is out today. For those unfamiliar with Swampworm, its core […]

Review: Grendel’s Sÿster – Katabasis into the Abaton / Abstieg in die Traumkammer (Full album, 2023) | Epic metal

The long-awaited debut full-length album from Grendel’s Sÿster is finally here and we’re beyond proud to present it to you. After two fantastic EPs that build up anticipation in the epic heavy metal scene, the three-member band from Stuttgart reminded us to “love metal and hate fascism” (a statement that needs to be heard strongly […]

Review: Mainländer – The Fall That Will Come (Demo, 2024) | Black metal

Demos always tend to be smiled at. They are the everlasting joke of black metal’s so often gatekept “true” form. So raw, so direct, so instant that the record can’t even be finished. Just an unprocessed mess that sounds like recorded by a microphone covered by a can standing in the room next door. But this […]