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Every so often a record lands on your desk that makes you ask a very simple question: “how have I never heard this band ...
26/11/2025

Every so often a record lands on your desk that makes you ask a very simple question: “how have I never heard this band before?” Phobocosm ’s fourth album, “Gateway,” was one of those moments for me. Arriving with little fanfare beyond a label one-sheet from Dark Descent Records, it turned out to be a masterclass in death-doom – an album that understands tension, weight and atmosphere so completely that the opener “Deathless” had me locked in before the first real crescendo.

Every so often a record lands on your desk that makes you ask a very simple question: “how have I never heard this band before?” Phobocosm’s fourth album, “Gateway,” was one of those moments for me. Arriving with little fanfare beyond a label one-sheet from Dark Descent Records, it turned ...

Funeral doom and black metal usually meet at the point where patience runs out. One side demands glacial pacing and suff...
25/11/2025

Funeral doom and black metal usually meet at the point where patience runs out. One side demands glacial pacing and suffocating repetition, the other thrives on immediacy and lo-fi spite. On their debut full-length “Dreaming Delusion”, Norwegian outfit Gloombound decide not to choose. The result is an experimental blackened doom record that is far more enjoyable than its rough edges suggest – and one that showcases enormous potential, even if the ex*****on doesn’t yet match the vision.

Funeral doom and black metal usually meet at the point where patience runs out. One side demands glacial pacing and suffocating repetition, the other thrives on immediacy and lo-fi spite. On their debut full-length “Dreaming Delusion”, Norwegian outfit Gloombound decide not to choose. The result...

Australian death metal has been quietly producing some of the most consistent brutality of the last decade, and Depravit...
25/11/2025

Australian death metal has been quietly producing some of the most consistent brutality of the last decade, and Depravity have been at the centre of that surge. After the excellent “Evil Upheaval” (2018) and “Grand Malevolence” (2020), the Perth unit return five years later with their third full-length, “Be***al Possession,” released through Transcending Obscurity Records.

Australian death metal has been quietly producing some of the most consistent brutality of the last decade, and Depravity have been at the centre of that surge. After the excellent “Evil Upheaval” (2018) and “Grand Malevolence” (2020), the Perth unit return five years later with their third ...

Here’s the uncomfortable truth for a grizzled, hardcore-leaning metal fan: “Abyss – The Final Chapter” is executed so we...
25/11/2025

Here’s the uncomfortable truth for a grizzled, hardcore-leaning metal fan: “Abyss – The Final Chapter” is executed so well that my genre prejudices don’t really survive contact. The songwriting is impeccable, the sequencing smart, and the emotional through-line coherent across fifteen tracks. Where so much modern metalcore feels like it’s chasing trends, annisokay sound like they fully own this hybrid space. They’ve embraced the emo and electronic elements without abandoning the fundamentals of heavy music, and they manage to do it in a way that doesn’t feel pathetic or performative, even to an older, battle-hardened listener who should – by rights – bounce straight off it.

Back in 2018, Annisokay blindsided me with “Good Stories.” I’m not the target audience for modern emo-leaning metalcore – wrong generation, wrong cultural wiring. I grew up in an era where “mental health” meant being told to get your act together, and anything that sounded like emotional...

“Echoes in Eternity”, Agnostic Front's thirteenth studio album and first in six years, doesn’t chase anything. It plants...
24/11/2025

“Echoes in Eternity”, Agnostic Front's thirteenth studio album and first in six years, doesn’t chase anything. It plants a flag. This is what classic hardcore sounds like when it remembers exactly who it is and, crucially, when it’s recorded by people who know how to make that power translate in 2025. Released 7 November 2025 via Reigning Phoenix Music, produced by Mike Dijan and clocking in at a lean 27 minutes over 15 tracks, it is as definitive a statement of “pure” hardcore as you’re likely to hear this decade.

Hardcore ages strangely. For a genre built on youth, urgency and tiny rooms that smell of sweat and cheap lager, very few bands survive long enough to become institutions. Agnostic Front didn’t just survive – they helped define the language of NYHC, and then had to watch as the genre they helped...

The mighty ENTHRONED has risen from its slumber to deliver us a new epos. This (cult) black metal act hasn’t had a rele...
24/11/2025

The mighty ENTHRONED has risen from its slumber to deliver us a new epos. This (cult) black metal act hasn’t had a release since ‘Cold Black Suns’ (2019). In new formation Nornagest (vocals) is back! Together with his comrade T. Chaos (guitar and bass) and on drums old matey Menthor these Belgium occult lovers are ready to spread their gospel.

The mighty Enthroned has risen from its slumber to deliver us a new epos. This (cult) black metal act hasn’t had a release since ‘Cold Black Suns’ (2019). In new formation Nornagest (vocals) is back! Together with his comrade T. Chaos (guitar and bass) and on drums old matey Menthor these Belg...

What makes “London Sessions” by The Old Dead Tree so special, though, isn’t just the pedigree or the sonics. It’s the a...
24/11/2025

What makes “London Sessions” by The Old Dead Tree so special, though, isn’t just the pedigree or the sonics. It’s the attitude. You can hear a band who have survived loss, burnout, a long separation and a full career’s worth of near-misses, now standing in one of the most storied rooms in recorded music and playing like they belong there – but also like they know exactly how precious that moment is. There’s no sense of rushing to prove themselves, no clutter, no ego. Just four songs, each doing a specific job, each executed with a level of craft and emotional intelligence that’s rare in any genre. 10/10

There are comebacks, and then there are resurrections. The Old Dead Tree have spent more than twenty years at the darker, more introspective edge of progressive metal, carrying the weight of personal tragedy and an unusually human sense of melancholy through albums like “The Nameless Disease”, ....

We were fortunate to attend this concert (thank you Doornroosje !). And people: if you have the chance to attend a Swans...
18/11/2025

We were fortunate to attend this concert (thank you Doornroosje !). And people: if you have the chance to attend a Swans show, go for it! It is worth your time (and money). As said before I think the will have a last curtain call very soon. It would be a pity to miss out on something extraordinary. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves with this one!

I think the website of Doornroosje describes it perfectly. How to describe Swans? Already active for more than four decades they managed incorporate different styles. From noise to acoustic and back to industrial, even slightly gothic regions, Swans is always evolving yet indistinguishable Swans. An...

At first glance, “The Silver Sea” by REMINA might seem like a short record with its seven tracks, but don’t be misled. ...
07/11/2025

At first glance, “The Silver Sea” by REMINA might seem like a short record with its seven tracks, but don’t be misled. Each song stretches beyond the five-minute mark, with the longest clocking in at just over eight minutes. The album offers a rich, immersive experience that feels far more expansive than its tracklist suggests.

After their mesmerizing debut “Strata”, the atmospheric doom/gothic project Remina returns with their sophomore effort “The Silver Sea”, released via Avantgarde Music. The band, formed by Mike Lamb (Sojourner, Light Field Reverie, Lord of Shadows) and Heike Langhans (ex-Draconian, :LOR3L3I:,...

It was a near sell-out show of Year Of The Goat, The Night Eternal and Midnight Prey at Sojus 7 in Monheim am Rhein. ...
05/11/2025

It was a near sell-out show of Year Of The Goat, The Night Eternal and Midnight Prey at Sojus 7 in Monheim am Rhein. The modern venue struck the perfect balance between spacious and intimate, with a well-laid-out interior and a sound system that had the crowd as well as the bands offering genuine praise. The atmosphere was dialed in from the start: expectant, electric, and open to being spellbound.

Our thanks to Armillus Photography for taking pictures for us! With The Night Eternal & Midnight Prey It was a near sell-out show at Sojus 7 in Monheim am Rhein. The modern venue struck the perfect balance between spacious and intimate, with a well-laid-out interior and a sound system that had the c...

Backstage at Sojus 7 in Monheim, the atmosphere is stylish and unusually polished — all moody lighting and sleek edges....
05/11/2025

Backstage at Sojus 7 in Monheim, the atmosphere is stylish and unusually polished — all moody lighting and sleek edges. It feels oddly perfect for an occult-themed rock band prepping their evening ritual. On this particular night, Year Of The Goat delivered a blazing performance, but before taking the stage, keyboardist Mikael Popovic (Pope) and guitarist Jonas Mattsson took time to sit down and talk mythology, melody, and the music that keeps them moving.

Backstage at Sojus 7 in Monheim, the atmosphere is stylish and unusually polished — all moody lighting and sleek edges. It feels oddly perfect for an occult-themed rock band prepping their evening ritual. On this particular night, Year of the Goat delivered a blazing performance, (our review will ...

An interesting turn of events made that not long ago, I got introduced to Frayle . Immediately hooked, their latest gem ...
26/10/2025

An interesting turn of events made that not long ago, I got introduced to Frayle . Immediately hooked, their latest gem and third full-length ‘Heretics & Lullabies’ has gotten quite a few spins already and will probably end up somewhere in my favourite releases in 2025.

An interesting turn of events made that not long ago, I got introduced to Frayle. Immediately hooked, their latest gem and third full-length ‘Heretics & Lullabies’ has gotten quite a few spins already and will probably end up somewhere in my favourite releases in 2025. Being a rising star in the...

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