Cult Burial - Reverie of the Malignant
Release Date - 20th October 2023 Label - Self- Released Words - Chris Fletcher When it is done well, the fusion of death and black metal...
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Oct 28, 20232 min read
End - The Sin of Human Frailty
Release Date- 27th October 2023 Label - Closed Casket Activities Words- Tony Bliss Ever since their emergence in 2017, END’s modus...
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Oct 24, 20232 min read
Body Void - Atrocity Machine
Release Date - 13th October 2023 Label - Prosthetic Records Words - Tony Bliss Now retooled as a three-piece, the fact that Body Void...
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Oct 8, 20232 min read
Polaris - Dublin Academy - 24th September 2023
It is a cold and wet Sunday evening in Dublin and Sydney-based metalcore crew are in town for their debut headline show on Irish soil....
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Guilt Trip – Severance
Label – MLVLTD Release Date – 22nd September 2023 Words – Venny On a dark December ‘22 evening, myself and a couple of hundred others...
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Sep 19, 20232 min read
FLESHER - Tales of Grotesque Demise
Label - Redefining Darkness Records Release Date - 15th September 2023 Words- Chris Fletcher In an era where the bands who put out...
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Sep 14, 20232 min read
Tesseract – War Of Being
Label - Kscope Release - 15th September 2023 Words - Venny The build up to the release of fifth album led to some anticipation. The lush...
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Sep 13, 20232 min read
Celestial Sanctuary - Insatiable Thirst For Torment
Label - Church Road Records Release Date - 25th August 2023 Words - Tony Bliss The most astute metal pundits of our world will have been...
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Aug 24, 20232 min read
Grand Cadaver - Deities Of Deathlike Sleep
Label - Majestic Mountain Records Release Date - 25th August 2023 Words - Chris Fletcher For better or worse, the term ‘supergroup’ will...
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Aug 24, 20232 min read
Kataklysm - Goliath
Label- Nuclear Blast Release Date - 11th of August 2023 Words- Chris Fletcher Things change pretty quickly in the world of music, so for...
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Aug 15, 20232 min read
Urne - A Feast On Sorrow
Label - Candlelight Records Release Date - 11th August Words- Tony Bliss When Serpent & Spirit emerged in 2021, comparisons to prime...
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Aug 9, 20232 min read
AKERCOCKE - Decades of Devil Worship
Label - Peaceville Records Release Date - 21st July 2023 Words- Tony Bliss The emergence of Akercocke in the late nineties was like manna...
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Jul 14, 20232 min read
Deitus - Irreversible
Label - Candlelight Records Release Date - 14th July 2023 Words- Chris Fletcher After a prolonged four-year silence, York-based trio...
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Jul 12, 20232 min read
Calligram - Position | Momentum
Label - Prosthetic Records Release Date- 14th July 2023 Ah, the difficult second album. Many have tried and many have failed to capture...
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Jul 6, 20232 min read
Creeping Death - Boundless Domain
Label - MNRK Heavy Release Date - 16th June 2023 Words - Tony Bliss Impressing the death metal world across the board with 2019’s...
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Jun 15, 20232 min read
The Bleeding - Monokrator
Label - Redefining Darkness Release Date - 9th June 2023 Words - Tony Bliss Plugging away in the UK underground for well over a decade...
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Jun 9, 20232 min read
Suffering Quota - Collide
Label - Tartarus Records Release Date - 26th May 2023 Words- Chris Fletcher “God loves violence, why else would there be so much of it?”...
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May 26, 20232 min read
VHS - Quest For the Mighty Riff
Label - Wise Blood Records Release Date -19th May 2023 Words- Chris Fletcher There is a lot to be said for serious music that drives home...
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May 19, 20232 min read
Frozen Soul - Glacial Domination
Label - Century Media Records Release Date - 19th May 2023 Words- Tony Bliss Imagine if (and I’m relying on you having some basic Game Of...
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May 15, 20232 min read
DEVILDRIVER - Dealing With Demons Vol. II
Label - Napalm Records Release Date - 12th May 2023 Words- Chris Fletcher With three decades and nine full-length records under their...
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May 11, 20232 min read