Slaughter The Giant - Abomination
Review by Thryce

 

Somewhere in the putrid grey zone between melodic death metal and brutal death metal, there lies this ominous wonderland where the air is thick with guitar riffs, blast beats, and guttural growls, where giants get mercilessly slain and eardrums get pleasantly mutilated.

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Mitochondrion - Vitriseptome
Review by X-Ray Rod

9.5

Mitochondrion has returned after more than a decade, giving us barely a month as a heads-up before releasing Vitriseptome to the starved masses. This is THE return no one in the underground scene saw coming. It is also the return we all needed, for Mitochondrion has returned unbothered by current trends and with a clear mission in mind and heart: To elevate occult death metal to new heights, and to cast the listener into lower abysses.

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Mörk Gryning - Fasornas Tid
Review by AndyMetalFreak

7.8

Fasornas Tid is Swedish for 'Time Of Phases', and this has been a fine phase for Mörk Gryning since returning to the Swedish black metal scene.

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Septaria - A*
Review by musclassia

7.4

In the year that a whole new portion of the mainstream became aware of Gojira following their appearance at the Olympics, a fresh wave of French bands following in their footsteps seems to be emerging.

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Sarcophagum - The Grand Arc Of Madness
Review by musclassia

8.2

The question of what it means to be a band can sometimes be a thought-provoking one, particularly when popular, long-running bands undertake extensive changes in membership and sound that almost completely redefine the project. At the opposite end of the spectrum are the occasions where several people involved in one band decide to form another one that plays a largely overlapping style, as is the case with Sarcophagum.

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Dola - Tabernakulum
Review by RaduP

 

After a more formless take on post-metal, Dola try to touch the ground with their feet again. But they end up making things even weirder.

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Demon Bitch - Master Of The Games
Review by AndyMetalFreak

7.5

After 8 years, the Demon Bitch is finally back, and they're certainly not in the mood for playing games as they're on a power frenzy.

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Datûra (POL) - Obsidian
Review by musclassia

8.1

We normally wouldn’t do front page reviews of summer releases come winter, but for one of the best albums released this year in arguably my favourite genre, I feel compelled to right the wrong that was me completely overlooking Obsidian at the time of its release.

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