HOST: IX
HOSTIX
NUCLEAR BLAST
6/10
GOTHIC NEW WAVE SYNTH-POP: The time afforded by the pandemic’s 18 month to two year kibosh on touring has not only resulted in...
SAULT: Seeds of Power
SAULT
Seeds of Power
INDEPENDENT
8/10
HEAVY ROCK: Sault’s dependable, rhythm driven, heavy rock draws influence from 90s alt-grunge rock from bands, such as Tool, Sevendust, and Soundgarden. Sault...
LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES: Dark Divine
LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMESDark Divine
RISE
8/10
METALCORE HARD ROCK: Loud and relentless in nature, Like Moths to Flames enforces sharp hits and waves of rigid screams...
EMAROSA: 131 Reimagined
EMAROSA131 Reimagined
HOPELESS
10/10
MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES: It’s baffling that Emarosa isn’t headlining major tours across the world. Though 131 Reimagined is simply four songs plucked from this...
EMPLOYED TO SERVE: Eternal Forward Motion
EMPLOYED TO SERVE Eternal Forward Motion
SPINEFARM
9/10
DEVASTATING METALLIC HARDCORE: Listeners beware! Employed to Serve’s Eternal Forward Motion could be hazardous to your health,...
FOSCOR: Els Sepulcres Blancs
FOSCOR Els Sepulcres Blancs
SEASON OF MIST
7/10
ATOMPSHERIC
PROGRESSIVE METAL:
It’s been a good decade since Groans to
the Guilty, this Barcelona band’s first lunge away from the second...
BLASPHEMER: The Sixth Hour
BLASPHEMER The Sixth Hour
CANDLELIGHT
9/10
EXTREME BLACKENED DEATH
METAL: Satan loving Italian metal stalwarts
Blasphemer returns with its blistering third studio album, The Sixth...
WITCH TAINT: Sons of Midwestern Darkness
WITCH TAINT Sons of Midwestern Darkness
TEE PEE
9/10
COMEDIC BLACK METAL: What started as some harmless juvenile prank emails to black metal record...
MISERY SIGNALS: Ultraviolet
MISERY SIGNALS Ultraviolet
BASICK
8/10
MODERN METALCORE: Misery Signals has always had a sound that was uniquely their own, quickly emerging as one...
HISTORY
HISTORY
THE FLENSER
8/10
NOISY PUNK COLLAGE: Willed into existence a decade after the fact, History, an eponymous release from Daisy Caplan (Lung, Foxy Shazam)...