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 […]

Review: Vanessa Funke – Void (Full album, 2024) | Progressive, rock/metal

We are proud to present to you today the last album in a long list of works well done by the prolific German mostly-solo multi-instrumentalist, Vanessa Funke. Since its inception, her solo project quickly started to shape into a melancholic effective mix of styles where you could see her development crystal clear, even in collabs […]

Review: Human Abyss – Death Obsessed (Full album, 2024) | Blackened death

Today we have a lot to cut through with the most recent addition to the channel: Berlin-based Human Abyss, and its newest album Death Obsessed. Although this quintet only goes back to 2020, it is almost entirely formed by experienced musicians who have played in bands like Spawn (death metal) or currently active No On […]