Crocell – Swarm of Insects Review
Spawned in 2007, Danish quintet Crocell started life as a humble, but prolifically productive melodic death metal troupe,…
Graveir – The Festering Triad Review
Previously, I have banged on about my relationship with black metal being a slightly strange one, and rarely…
Hecate Enthroned – The Corpse of a Titan, a Lament Long Buried Review
Black metal veterans Hecate Enthroned have spent decades trying to step out of Cradle of Filth’s shadow—and not…
Crotaline – The Embrace of Cloacal Desire Review
When it comes to snakes and music, I’m a simple man. I think of Testament’s Brotherhood of the…
Necrofier – Transcend into Oblivion Review
Houston’s Necrofier first came on my radar when they played the 2024 Decibel Magazine Tour with Hulder, Devil…
Old Sorcery – The Outsider Review
Swords and sorcery have served as metal muses since the genre’s earliest days and for the most seminal…
Morbikon – Lost Within the Astral Crypts
When he’s not dealing in the Slime and Punishment of Municipal Waste or pissing off the neighbors with…
Ildaruni – Divinum Sanguinem Review
The mystic, the subliminal, the macabre: the fixings of good black metal and the bread and butter of…
Antinoë – The Fold Review
As the whispering winds of winter begin to blow colder through my neck of the woods, a time…
Tzevaot – The Hermetic Way Review
Oh, to have half the confidence of the average solo artist dabbling in the esoteric. Their avant-garde opuses…
Imperishable – Revelation in Purity Review
As I prepare to flip the calendar over to what looks like a pretty stacked September, I took…
Record(s) o’ the Month – May 2025
There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble,…