Cryptopsy – An Insatiable Violence

Artist: Cryptopsy Country: Canada Label: Season of Mist / Tuneforce Records Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2025 It is more than safe to say that ‘As Gomorrah Burns’ won me back as a Cryptopsy fan. And we…

…and Oceans – The Regeneration Itinerary

Artist: …and Oceans Country: Finland Label: Season of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 When I first ran into …and Oceans, sometime around the turn of the millennium, I was completely blown away with the band’s debut album, ‘Dynamic…

1349 – The Wolf & the King

Artist: 1349Country: NorwayLabel: Season of MistFormats: LP / Cassette / CDYear: 2024 You could say that 1349 came at the right place at the right time. Formed in 1997, the band wasn’t quite there when the Norwegian Black Metal creativity…

On Thorns I Lay – On Thorns I Lay

Artist: On Thorns I Lay Country: Greece Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 The career of On Thorns I Lay is typified by the wanderings that led the band past a total of five albums and…

Miscreance – Convergence

Artist: Miscreance Country: Italy Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2023 Although I came across the debut of this Italian Miscreance last summer, I did not get around to giving it a few words at the time.…

Tsjuder – Helvegr

Artist: TsjuderCountry: NorwayLabel: Season Of MistFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 Even though the band has existed since 1993, right at the peak years of the second wave of Black Metal, Tsjuder’s sound came to fruition a little…

Deströyer 666 – Never Surrender

Artist: Deströyer 666Country: AustraliaLabel: Season Of MistFormats: LP, Cassette Tape, CDYear: 2022 Good morning, y’all. Am I late to the party? Again. Yes, I suppose I am, this new album for Deströyer 666 has been out since early December last…

…and Oceans – As in Gardens, So in Tombs

Artist: …and OceansCountry: FinlandLabel: Season of MistFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 The musical legacy of …and Oceans has hardly been one of conformity. From the very earliest album, the band has always given their own distinct and…

Nightfall – In The Temple Of Ishtar [EP]

Artist: Nightfall Country: Greece Label: Season Of Mist Formats: Digital EP Year: 2022 Last summer the Greek Melodic Black/Death Metal band released this digital 2-track EP which they recorded live at the Gagarin Club in Athens in November 2021. Both…

Nightfall – At Night We Prey

Artist: Nightfall Country: Greece Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2021 Within the enigmatic Greek Black Metal scene Nightfall has always been a little of an outcast, both in terms of personnel as in the way they…

Septicflesh – Modern Primitve

Artist: Septicflesh Country: Greece Label: Chaos Reigns / Nuclear Blast / Shinigami Records / Ward Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2022 When the band fell apart in 2003 and arose again four years later, they not…

Strigoi – Viscera

Artist: Strigoi Country: United Kingdom Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2022 If I am sufficiently informed, Vallenfyre was founded by Greg Mackintosh, best known as Paradise Lost guitarist, as a vehicle to help him cope with…

Severe Torture – Fisting The Sockets [EP]

Artist: Severe Torture Country: The Netherlands Label: Season Of Mist Formats: CD EP Year: 2022 Dutch Death Metal is mainly linked to the more classic bands from around the 90’s. Of course, bands like Pestilence, Sinister and Gorefest have been…

Saor – Origins

Artist: Saor Country: United Kingdom Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2022 With Saor celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, it’s safe to say that Andy Marshall has (much) more to offer than just…

Shape Of Despair – Return To The Void

Artist: Shape Of Despair Country: Finland Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2022 Originally formed in 1995 (then under the name of Raven), Shape Of Despair is one of the longest running Funeral Doom bands. Debuting in…

Rotting Christ – Theogonia

Artist: Rotting Christ Country: Greece Label: Season Of Mist Formats: CD Year: 2007 Rotting Christ is really a band on its return, after a period of releases that were received not quite as good as the bands’ classics. With the…

Mayhem – Chimera

Artist: Mayhem Country: Norway Label: Season Of Mist Formats: LP / CD Year: 2004 They’re back, they are definitely back! To start with the conclusion, remove the surprise effect of a review and still your hunger for the new Mayhem.…

Soul Demise – In Vain

Artist: Soul Demise Country: Germany Label: Season Of Mist Formats: CD Year: 2003 This German death/thrash formation has been around since 1994, but has managed to escape my attention all this time, with “In Vain” that comes to an end.…

Necrophagia – The Divine Art Of Torture

Artist: Necrophagia Country: USA Label: Season Of Mist Formats: CD Year: 2003 Well, what should I tell you about Necrophagia? This band should need no introduction, the band has already more than earned its stripes in the metal world, led…