NEW Metal Albums June 2021 June 2, 2021

NEW Metal Albums June 2021
by Metal Trenches

Running down the new metal albums coming out in June 2021 from death and black metal to metalcore and deathcore including the likes of Hannes Grossmann, Red Fang, Fear Factory, Helloween, Sojourner, Atreyu, Beartooth, more. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and Bi...

VOLA - Witness (Album Review) June 1, 2021

Witness
by VOLA

Danish/Swedish progressive metal band VOLA has been gaining popularity over the past decade or so, with their earlier efforts in the mid 2000s giving way to material that seamlessly mixed djent grooves and soaring melodic choruses. Where Inmazes struck a delicate balance between heavy and soft, 2018...

King of Asgard - Svartrviðr (Album Review) June 1, 2021

Svartrviðr
by King of Asgard

Swedens King of Asgard has been exploring elements of their Nordic heritage for the better part of thirteen years, using a combination of melodic black and death metal that went for a more methodical and powerful approach. Where bands that usually get tagged as Viking or pagan oriented metal sometim...

Best METAL Albums May 2021 May 31, 2021

Best METAL Albums May 2021
by Metal Trenches

The best new metal albums of May 2021 reviewed here including Panopticon, Portal, Darko, Mouthbreather, and so much more: - Review by FlightOfIcarus SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social media of your choice w...

Tuple - Welcome to Hell (Album Review) May 28, 2021

Welcome to Hell
by Tuple

Tuple is a newer AOR/heavy metal band formed by Tommi Tuple Salmela, a Finnish singer who has fronted Tarot and Lazy Bonez. Alongside three other members that have a similar list of credentials in the rock and metal realms, Tuple released their debut album Wooden Box last year and have quickly follo...

Alluvial - Sarcoma (Album Review) May 28, 2021

Sarcoma
by Alluvial

Review of Alluvial and their new 2021 album Sarcoma via Nuclear Blast Records. Alluvial is something of a death metal supergroup featuring current and former members of Suffocation, The Faceless, Entheos, and Aegaeon among others. Sarcoma is the follow up to the band's critically acllaimed 2017 debu...

Bleeth - Harbinger (Album Review) May 27, 2021

Harbinger
by Bleeth

Miami based Bleeth occupy an interesting space within the sludge genre, channeling just as much noise and alternative rock with some industrial slants on their latest album Harbinger. Harbinger follows up 2018s Geomancer and emphasizes shorter tracks with faster tempos, hurling a flurry of jagged an...

Proud - Second Act (Album Review) May 27, 2021

Second Act
by Proud

For fans of melodic rock and heavy metal, the past decade has brought plenty of new music from bands that had been dormant for quite some time. Whether they had taken an extended break or had only released one album in the 80s before disappearing, more and more seemed to be reuniting out of nowhere ...

Portal - Avow (Album Review) May 27, 2021

Avow
by Portal

Review of Portal and their new 2021 album Avow via Profound Records. Portal is an Australian avant-garde death metal that have largely helped to pioneer a much more atmospheric and foreboding niche in the genre. Fusing elements of death doom, black metal, and a very chaotic breed of technical death ...

MOON - Shine (EP Review) May 26, 2021

Shine
by MOON

When it comes to rock, bands tend to pick one particular variant and make it their own. Sometimes theres variation within that, such as hard rock groups capturing elements of the genre from across various decades, but its a bit rarer to find artists that seem to shape shift from one song to the next...

Balmog - Eve (Album Review) May 26, 2021

Eve
by Balmog

Although it doesnt always show in the music, youre likely to see quite a few members of black and death metal bands express their appreciation for genres like post punk and progressive rock in interviews. However, in recent years some artists have started to branch out from their extreme roots and b...

Djevel - Tanker som rir natten (Album Review) May 25, 2021

Tanker som rir natten
by Djevel

Formed by Trond Ciekals in 2009, Norwegian black metal band Djevel has been through several lineup changes over the years but hasnt lost their trademark power and haunting atmosphere. The group has kept a rapid release pace with an album almost every other year, but where others would fall into repe...

Anatomia - Corporeal Torment (Album Review) May 25, 2021

Corporeal Torment
by Anatomia

Japanese metal bands may still not get quite as much exposure internationally compared to other countries, but if youve spent long enough in the underground youve most likely spent some time listening to Coffins and Anatomia. Both have become known for lengthy discographies primarily made up of spli...

Mental Cruelty - A Hill To Die Upon (Album Review) May 25, 2021

A Hill To Die Upon
by Mental Cruelty

Review of Mental Cruelty and their new 2021 album A Hill To Die Upon via Unique Leader Records. Mental Cruelty is a German deathcore with this the follow up to 2019's Inferis. Key tracks: A Hill To Die Upon, Ultima Hypocrita, Death Worship - Review by FlightOfIcarus SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk ...

Ironbourne - Ironbourne (Album Review) May 24, 2021

Ironbourne
by Ironbourne

They may have only formed under the Ironbourne name in 2019, but this Swedish group sounds like they could have been around some three or four decades earlier. Falling somewhere between the hard rock of the 70s and the heavy metal boom of the 80s, the group delivers a mixture of soaring melodies and...

Tvær - Uvaer (Album Review) May 24, 2021

Uvaer
by Tvær

While I appreciate plenty of metal labels that try and cover as many sub-genres within their rosters as they can, its always nice to have ones that excel at a particular niche. In Bindrune Recordings case, you usually know youre getting atmospheric black metal or material that channels a similar ton...

Portal Album Tier List May 23, 2021

Ranking Portal
by Portal

Portal albums ranked best to worst tier list style. Portal is an Australian blackened, atmospheric death metal band. We rank albums from Seepia to Avow. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social media of your choic...

Hanging Garden - Skeleton Lake (Album Review) May 21, 2021

Skeleton Lake
by Hanging Garden

Finlands Hanging Garden has kept a steady stream of music coming, releasing full lengths every two years with plenty of EPs in between. 2019s Into That Good Night was another turning point for the long-running group, as it saw the introduction of singer Riikka Hatakka who significantly changed the d...

The Best Metal On Bandcamp #41 May 21, 2021

The Best Metal On Bandcamp 41
by Metal Trenches

More of the best underground metal albums to be found on Bandcamp from black and death metal to progressive and post-metal. SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChute.You can also like and follow us on the social media of your choice with Facebook, Twitter, and...

Yautja - The Lurch (Album Review) May 20, 2021

The Lurch
by Yautja

There may be plenty of bands that try and branch out into various metal sub-genres, but often they are still rooted in one style. Its harder to find ones that truly seem to shapeshift from one song to the next and channel a little bit of everything this type of music has to offer, but Yautjas manage...
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