Petrale – Goat at Sunset Review
We often wax eloquent on the distinctive factors between good and great. In a writing sphere where we…
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,…
Lord of the Lost – Opvs Noir Vol 2 Review
Little did I realize when Napalm announced that Lord of the Lost was recording a 33-song trilogy that…
Rave in Fire – Square One Review
While I may be a product of the 80s, I have almost zero direct recollection of the decade…
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…
Tempestuous Fall – The Descent of Mortals Past Review
In 2012, Australia’s Dis Pater released the debut record for his third active—at the time—one-man project: The Stars…
Withering Soul – Passage of the Arcane Review
Much has changed in the decade since Withering Soul last graced this website. I was in high school…
Bastard Cröss – Crossripper Review
As a massive fan of anything that creeps, crawls, horrifies, or shocks, I enjoy no season more than…
Heraldic Blaze – Monument of Will Review
Those of you who know the difference between a trebuchet vs a catapult, gather round as we return…
Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a…
Aquilla – Sentinels of New Dawn Review
The Polish metal scene is much better known around these parts for its bludgeoning death metal than for…