Sinister Solstice July 22, 2016

Ascend / Descend
by To Dust / Bent Sea

Bent Sea is a grindcore/death metal band comprised of Shane Embry (Napalm Death), Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork), and Sven de Caluwe (Aborted, Oracles). Theyreport focus on animal liberation and human justice, Clevelandgrind groupTo Dust, on the other hand, simply "aim to send listeners on a whirlwind th...

A Child Dies Smiling July 22, 2016

Home (2016)
by Numenorean

"The pain of life's journey does not relent. It beats against the soul's shores until the spirit is eroded. The child dies smiling, in the... bliss of eternal unknowing. Comfort is found in the abyss. The destination seems bleak, ingrained deep within us. In its depths, we find what we have known ...

Exploring the Past July 21, 2016

EP Split
by Wildernessking

South Africa's Wildernessking returns! Just a month after our review of their latest LP, Mystical Future, they return with a collection of previous releases. Les Acteurs de l'Ombre Productions are proud to announce the exclusive re-release of the band's two EPs,... And The Night Swept Us Away and Th...

Hardcore from the USDM Capital July 20, 2016

Rotting Empire
by Forty Winters

My typical process in choosing albums to review: sleepily open morning emails, click, sample track, "meh," click next email, sample track, "meh," next email, press play, "daaaaayum!" That last part certainly pertains to my first listen of Forty Winters '"Summoning Spirits." This is some brutal hard...

Mini-Review Roundup: Celestial Grave, Somnium Nox, Element of Chaos, and more July 19, 2016

Two-piece black metal maraudersCelestial Grave come to us from Finnland. Their music is a delightfully grim marriage of thrashy, punk madness and malicious melodies. At times Mayhem and Darkthrone, others Mgla or Cult of Fire;this is a group that knows how to deliver it to us raw, but not without a ...

Their Best Yet? July 18, 2016

Periphery III: Select Difficulty
by Periphery

Periphery, another band that Ican get all hipster about and say "I liked them BEFORE they were cool." I won't be too much of a pretentious asshat, but I have dug these guys' sound since the first time I heard "Icarus Lives!"In case you aren't familiar, they are a progressive metalcore/djent band fro...

Extreme Eclecticism July 15, 2016

Extinction Curse
by Tides of Sulfur

South Wales is the home ofdeath-sludge trio Tides of Sulfur are unleashing their full-length debut album Extinction Cursevia Black Bow Records.I was a bit miffed on my first full listen of the album, asthestyle jumps drastically around between sludge, doom, death and black metal. In the 3 years sinc...

Dissection's US Counterparts July 14, 2016

Hope Misery Death
by Pestifere

I've made mention lately that it gets harder to review bands of the same genre over and over again. I suppose that is part of the reason why innovation plays an important part of ratings on Metal Trenches: it makes an album easier to write about in a refreshing way. But sometimes an album manages to...

Mini-Review Roundup: Some Bands You Might Have Missed... July 14, 2016

Sweet Cobra is a band from Chicago whose sound seems heavily grounded in the 90'sgrunge/alternative and 00's indie scenes. I hear elements of early Nirvana, Foo Fighters, and Quicksand as well as the stoner hard rock of Queens of the Stone Age. The LP was recorded and produced by Matt Talbot of Hum ...

Blackened Grind Supergroup July 13, 2016

Scour
by Scour

Scour is a black metal supergroup of sorts, which becomes more notable when recognizing that none of the members are from black metal bands. John Jarvis is known for his work with grindcore on Pig Destroyer, Derek Engemann works deathgrind magic on Cattle Decapitation, Chase Fraser plays progressive...

Hammer Smashed Brain July 12, 2016

Repulsive Existence
by Hellsworn

Hailing from the UK, Hellsworn are an amalgam of members fromSheol, Scythian, Qrixkuor (great stuff), Towers of Flesh, Funeral Throne, Theoktony, Left to Bleed and Haizum. Repulsive Existence is the album in question. This slice of old school Swedish death metal was released a while back, but is now...

Super Group Alert July 12, 2016

Bloodworship
by Underling

Underling was formed in Northern California in 2012 by Robert Morey of Fallujah and Antonio Palermo. Theband features musicians from other Metal Trenches favorites and veteran groupslike Fallujah, Arkaik, Battlecross, WRVTH and Sidian. And unlike most of these other projects, Underling is an outlet ...

Mini-Review Roundup: Lovgun, Michel Anoia, Vulvodynia, and more July 12, 2016

Lovgunis a powerviolence trio from Lyon, France featuringmembers of Warfuck, Michel Anoia (see below), and Belladone. This album isan absolute mess of grindy chaos that will steal the clothes off of your back and leave you wondering why it's suddenly so drafty.Riffs are less played as they are beate...

Converge-a Jean July 11, 2016

Raptor's Breath
by Snake Tongue

I love Converge and Norma Jean. These two bands helped elevate metalcore/mathcore to a new level early on, and still manage to pump out prime material to this very day. It pleases me greatly that their influence still holds strong, and such seems to be the case for Sweden's Snake Tongue. And once ag...

Rises, then Falls July 8, 2016

XX: The Rising Vengeance
by Dominance

XX: The Rising Vengeance is not your latest Michael Bay movie. It is actually the new album from Italian melodeath and groove metal band, Dominance. This is the group's third album and features some line-up changes as well. The band definitely didn't go for subtle when it came time to pick a title a...

Youthful Angst July 7, 2016

Catharsis
by Monument of a Memory

New Jersey band Monument of a Memory have a sound beyond their years. With a vocalist only 18 years old, they are channeling bands that have been around since I was much younger than that. The band's reported influences are varied, reaching from the heaviness ofThe Black Dahlia Murder to poppier act...

Wretched Blackened Death July 6, 2016

Apokalypse
by Diabolizer

When we premiered Diabolizer's "Process the Void" on Transcending Obscurity, I had one word to share with with Chris Dahlberg: "Wretched." The blackened death metal band from Turkey consists of members of Decaying Purity, Engulfed, Deggial and Godslaying Hellblast. The new album, Apokalypse, will re...

A Testament July 5, 2016

Resilient
by Remote

Remote isa mathcore band from Paris beginning formally in 2010.Itfeaturesmembers of HKY and Quartier Rouge.They describes their music as a "chaotic, aggressive kind of post-hardcore with a hint of dark noise. It's inspired by negative feelings." The band has released a previous LP,Starving Blaze and...

Earworm Death Doom July 5, 2016

Zeta Reticuli
by Monolithe

French-based doom bandMonolithe have previously released four recordsforming ascience-fiction musical saga. Each album has seen a rise in the band's reach, culminating in their current part of Debemur Morti's roster. And the band seems to be just getting started. With the addition of new members, Mo...

Heathen Beast, Archaic Decapitator, Countess, and more July 5, 2016

Eleanora is a band you may already be aware of. The Belgian sludge crew's new album, Allure, has been getting some attention from the major metal outlets. Plodding, wave-likeguitar riffs are driven by energetic rhythms and incendiary vocals. Fire and water. These shrieks cut through steel like a blo...
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