Conjurer - Páthos
Review by musclassia

8.4

Conjurer are one of the hottest new metal acts in the UK right now. I hope that following the release of Páthos, they will be considered one of the hottest new metal acts anywhere right now.

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Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation
Review by musclassia

7.5

The reunion that was never going to happen turned into the reunion that was never intended to take so long; Porcupine Tree waited just long enough for probably all but the most ardent believer to give up on any hope of a return before getting back together.

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Bipolar Architecture - Depressionland
Review by RaduP

 

You might remember Bipolar Architecture from our Clandestine Cuts series. Here, they take the big step in creating a progressive post-metal debut full-length.

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Final Light - Final Light
Review by musclassia

7.8

One of the biggest strengths of Roadburn as a festival is its tendency to bring together unexpected collaborators, with reliably successful results. Final Light was my highlight of this year’s edition of Roadburn, and now, with Final Light, the rest of the world can savour this treat.

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Civil War - Invaders
Review by ScreamingSteelUS

8.4

Civil War’s fourth album defies expectations not only by its very existence, but by its dynamism and spirit – although I have been tempted for the sake of gripping emphasis to describe Invaders as a “resurgence,” which it is from a certain perspective, it is more accurately the first proper surge I have heard from this band.

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Verberis - Adumbration Of The Veiled Logos
Review by RaduP

 

Generally one of the first questions that noobies ask when getting into extreme metal is "What's the difference between black metal and death metal?", and that's something that, at this point, we should be able to confidently answer. But when both genres play with dissonance and atmosphere, they can intertwine into inseparability. Like on Verberis' Adumbration Of The Veiled Logos.

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Bríi - Corpos Transparentes
Review by RaduP

 

Corpos Transparentes makes it hard to believe that there was a time where it wasn't obvious that one-man bands Bríi and Kaatayra were actually the same one-man.

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Process Of Guilt - Slaves Beneath The Sun
Review by musclassia

8.2

Over the last few years, I have gotten prematurely excited on more than one occasion about a new music announcement, only to re-read the band name and see that it’s from Portrayal Of Guilt (no offence to the Texans). Finally, the announcement that I’ve actually been hoping for has come: here’s the new Process Of Guilt album.

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