Demande à la Poussière - Quiétude hostile (Album Review) March 30, 2021

Quiétude hostile
by Demande à la Poussière

If theres one common thread between a lot of French metal bands, its their ability to create bleak and desolate soundscapes. No matter what sub-genre they fall into, French bands seem to touch upon an atmosphere that seeks to destroy everything in its path and represent what that destruction feels l...

Turnstiles - The Turnstiles EP (EP Review) March 29, 2021

The Turnstiles EP
by Turnstiles

Turnstiles, not to be confused with the hardcore band Turnstile out of Baltimore, hail from Galway, Ireland and play dark and jagged post punk and alternative rock. After releasing a handful of songs over the past year and a half the group put out their first EP, The Turnstiles EP, back in January w...

George Tsalikis - Return to Power (Album Review) March 29, 2021

Return to Power
by George Tsalikis

Fans of US heavy and power metal may have heard George Tsalikis in some capacity, as he got his start fronting Gothic Knights near the beginning of their career and has also performed with bands like Zandelle and Overlorde. In more recent years Tsalikis has gone the solo route and put out The Sacrif...

Taake / Helheim - Henholdsvis (Split Review) March 29, 2021

Henholdsvis
by Taake / Helheim

With new Taake material typically coming out every three years or so, fans began to wonder last year what Hoests long-running black metal band would have in store for them next. But rather than putting out a new full-length, the focus has instead been on shorter split releases that offered some new ...

Best METAL Albums March 2021 March 29, 2021

Best METAL Albums March 2021
by Metal Trenches

Listing off the best metal albums of March 2021. This month my favorites included Wolf King, Estuarine, Reaper, Stortregn, Exanimis, Grind Of The Dead, Brand Of Sacrifice, Mork, and Cryptosis. - Review by FlightOfIcarus SUBSCRIBE to our Trench Talk Podcast on iTunes, Castbox, YouTube, and BitChu...

Emptiness Interview: Vide March 29, 2021

Emptiness Interview
by Emptiness

An interview with Belgium-based bandEmptiness regarding their new 2021 albumVideviaSeason Of Mist. Starting out as a more or less traditional blackened death metal band in the late 90's it wasn't until 2014's Nothing But The Whole that they really started turning heads with a sudden left turn in the...

Creeping Fear - Hategod Triumph (Album Review) March 26, 2021

Hategod Triumph
by Creeping Fear

Formed in 2010, Frances Creeping Fear play dark and brutal death metal that takes a lot of influence from many of the classic 90s acts from Florida. Their debut full length Onward to Apocalypse, released in 2017, offered up plenty of familiar elements but did them with the level of precision and pow...

Evanescence - The Bitter Truth (Album Review) March 26, 2021

The Bitter Truth
by Evanescence

Review of Evanescence and their new 2021 album The Bitter Truth via BMG. Evanescence is group originally formed in Little Rock, AR in 1995 by vocalist and pianist Amy Less and guitarist Ben Moody; who hit it big with their first album Fallen in 2003, with several big singles including Bring Me To Li...

Grand Celestial Nightmare - Forbidden Knowledge and Ancient Wisdom (Album Review) March 25, 2021

Forbidden Knowledge and Ancient Wisdom
by Grand Celestial Nightmare

Its often difficult to keep up with the sheer number of projects Mories is involved in. Chances are good that youve heard Gnaw Their Tongues at some point, but Mories also has a slew of different black metal, noise, and ambient projects that all go under different names. Whenever I receive a promo f...

Wenches - Effin' Gnarly (Album Review) March 25, 2021

Effin' Gnarly
by Wenches

Formed by ex-members of two of the most underrated punk/noise rock bands in the Midwest (Racebannon and Medusa), Indiana based Wenches knows how to make an immediate impression on their debut Effin Gnarly. Described as a take on hard rock and proto punk but run through a much noisier and metal filte...

Cryptosis - Bionic Swarm (Album Review) March 25, 2021

Bionic Swarm
by Cryptosis

Review of Cryptosis and their 2021 debut album Bionic Swarm via Century Media Records. Cryptosis is a brand new band based out of the Netherlands, having only begun dropping music just last year. Their take on the thrash metal sound is one unites the raw aggression of Power Trip with the progressive...

Sanguisugabogg - Tortured Whole (Album Review) March 24, 2021

Tortured Whole
by Sanguisugabogg

Death metal in recent years has had several bands who seemingly exploded in popularity in a matter of months. While the likes of Blood Incantation and Gatecreeper had some material out there already before hitting a level of notoriety where it felt like you were seeing their t-shirts at live shows e...

Witchseeker - Scene of the Wild (Album Review) March 24, 2021

Scene of the Wild
by Witchseeker

My experience with metal from Singapore has historically been focused on the extreme side, with material from the likes of Impiety, Abhorer, and Draconis Infernum serving as my introduction to the countrys bands. But like most parts of the world, dig deep enough and youll find material that spans th...

Budderside - Spiritual Violence (Album Review) March 24, 2021

Spiritual Violence
by Budderside

2021 has put me back on a major rock kick, as plenty of bands that have weathered the storm as the music industry has changed significantly look to stage comebacks and there are still plenty of new ones willing to join the fray. Californias Budderside is one of the relatively newer ones but already ...

Tomahawk - Tonic Immobility (Album Review) March 24, 2021

Tonic Immobility
by Tomahawk

Review of Tomahawk and their new 2021 album Tonic Immobility via Ipecac Recordings.Tonic Immobility is the fifth album from the Mike Patton-fronted project, alongside guitarist Duane Denison of The Jesus Lizard, Helmet drummer John Stanier and bassist Trevor field mouse Dunn of related Patton projec...

Monte Penumbra - As Blades in the Firmament (Album Review) March 23, 2021

As Blades in the Firmament
by Monte Penumbra

Formed in Portugal by W.ur (Ab Imo Pectore, Israthoum), Monte Penumbra has explored the dissonant and experimental variant of black metal as well as some much slower, doom and ambient passages. Both 2013s Heirloom of Sullen Fall and 2016s The Black Realm Vigil were well received in the underground, ...

Mindwork - Cortex (EP Review) March 23, 2021

Cortex
by Mindwork

Originally formed in 2006 as a progressive death/thrash band, by the release of their second album Eterea in 2012 Czech Republic based Mindwork had already morphed into a progressive metal band with a death metal edge. With jazzier elements and cleaner vocals dominating, it showcased potential for b...

Metalite - A Virtual World (Album Review) March 23, 2021

A Virtual World
by Metalite

A review of Metalite and their new album A Virtual World via AFM Records. Metalite is a relatively new Swedish power metal band previously known for albums Heroes in Time in 2017 and Biomechanicals in 2019. A Virtual World is now their third album and the second to feature new vocalist Erica Ohlsson...

Saxon - Inspirations (Album Review) March 22, 2021

Inspirations
by Saxon

Cover albums arent rare in the rock and metal world, but they tend to have a bit of a dubious reputation amongst listeners for being filler often used to satisfy record label contracts or for just being questionable in quality (see Six Feet Under). But when a band with a forty-year history like Saxo...

Nazxul - Irkalla (Album Review) March 22, 2021

Irkalla
by Nazxul

While releases from Australian black metal band Nazxul have often come decades apart, their particular balance of symphonic and aggressive elements has made their material stand out in the underground. 1995s Totem and 2009s Iconoclast are where the bulk of this praise has come from, with a handful o...
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