Svardenvyrd – Scarred Lands

Artist: Svardenvyrd Country: Czechia Label: Far Horizon Music Formats: Digital EP Year: 2021 Svardenvyrd’s origin dates back to as early as 2002 and already released two demo’s, a split CD and one album in the first half of the 00’s…

Spectral Wound – A Diabolic Thirst

Artist: Spectral WoundCountry: CanadaLabel: Les Fleurs du Mal Productions / Profound Lore RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2021 The star of Montréal’s Spectral Wound quickly rose after the release of their well-received sophomore album `Infernal Decadence’ and intense…

Ribspreader – Crypt World

Artist: Ribspreader Country: Sweden Label: Xtreem Music Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2022 Writing an introduction to Ribspreader is actually not all that easy. There is a lot and at the very same time pretty little to…

Nightbearer – Ghosts Of A Darkness To Come

Artist: Nightbearer Country: Germany Label: Testimony Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2022 Not too long ago a non-metal-listening friend of mine commented on the covers of metal LPs, according to him they were so much nicer and made with…

Lamentari – Clavis Aurea [EP]

Artist: Lamentari Country: Denmark Label: Over The Under Records Formats: 12″ EP Year: 2022 Formed in 2019, this Danish six-piece have already released two EP’s, both of which were released by the also Danish Over The Under Records. A professionally…

Xenomorph8472 – Rüstwelt

Artist: Xenomorph8472Country: USALabel: Self-releasedFormats: DigitalYear: 2022 Taoism teaches its followers to live in perfect harmony with the universe, live in peaceful friendship with both each fellow man and animal and practice patience, simplicity and balance in life. Not quite the…

Opus Magorum – Opus Magorum [Demo / Re-Release]

Artist: Opus Magorum Country: Greece Label: Inferna Profundus Records Formats: LP Year: 2022 This Greek Black Metal band Opus Magorum has been around for over 20 years with its formation in 2001. But don’t feel embarrassed if you haven’t heard…

Précieux Sang – Les Nuits de Gethsémani

Artist: Précieux SangCountry: CanadaLabel: EisenwaldFormats: LP / CDYear: 2022 The Black Metal scene in the Canadian province of Québec, often named Métal Noir Québécois after the first Forteresse album, has made a name for itself around the globe for producing numerous outstanding bands. While many…

Archgoat – All Christianity Ends [EP]

Artist: ArchgoatCountry: FinlandLabel: Debemur Morti ProductionsFormats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EPYear: 2022 In the review of `Worship the Eternal Darkness’ I mentioned how Archgoat sounds recognisable yet they have added slight touches to their sound over time.…

Archgoat – Worship the Eternal Darkness

Artist: ArchgoatCountry: FinlandLabel: Debemur Morti Productions / InCoffin ProductionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2021 Amidst a changing Black Metal landscape, there is one constant: Archgoat will always sound like Archgoat. They will play their brand of primitive Black…

Cianide – Rage War [Reissue]

Artist: CianideCountry: USALabel: Caustic CassetteFormats: Cassette tapeYear: 2022 American ultra-primitive Death Metal giants Cianide are set to release a new album somewhere in the upcoming months, but before that they reissue their 1996 ‘Rage War’-demo tape through Caustic Cassette. No…

Merciless Savagery – Demo 2020 [Demo]

Artist: Merciless Savagery Country: USA Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2022 In a male-dominated world it is always great to encounter an all-female metal band, especially when they sound as crude and savage as Merciless Savagery – a very…

Disfallen – The Echoing Despair [Demo]

Artist: DisfallenCountry: NorwayLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: Digital demoYear: 2022 The genre of Doom/Death Metal has always been a bit of a niche in both the Death Metal and Doom Metal genres. It is not a genre that is played by many bands,…

Impure – Blasphemy [EP]

Artist: Impure Country: The Netherlands Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2007 The young band Impure from Breda, The Netherlands, releases their first feat with this self-released EP With ‘Blasphemy’, the five-piece band presents itself as a Black/Death Metal band…