REVIEWS

Katatonia, the Swedish dark, doom, prog metal measters, have released their newest album “Sky Void of Stars.” The band has been active since 1991 and has been a driving force in the metal genre, known for their signature haunting and atmospheric sound. The band’s early days saw them playing a more gothic inspired doom of the nineties, which eventually evolved into their distinctive, atmospheric style they are today. Katatonia’s “Sky Void of Stars” continues their tradition of blending melancholy and […]

Hellevate is five-piece band based out of Kansas City who have been going since 2012 releasing an EP in 2014 and along the way releasing a few singles in years that followed.  They recently released a 5 song EP titled The Purpose is Cruelty this January and from start to finish it is an absolute stunner. Hellevate is described as melodic thrash with some power and extreme metal influences intertwined. This mixture of sub genres is done very tastefully keeping us fully […]

Death Reich formed in 2018 with the mindset of grinding as hard as possible. The early lineup consisted of Jonas Blom (Sacramentum, Runemagick, ex Trident, ex Grief of Emerald, ex One Man Army and the Undead Quartet) who started on Guitar along with Marcus Fors (Voodus, ex Vornth) on drums and Robert Axelsson (Sacramentum, Grief of Emerald, ex One Man Army and the Undead Quartet) on bass. Soon after they included Christer Bergqvist (Grief of Emerald, ex Sadistic Grimness, ex Auberon) on guitar and Johnny Lehto (Grief of Emerald, ex Decameron) on vocals. That’s very same […]

11 albums in and still got gas in the tank, Florida’s long-running veterans Obituary have not only changed the death metal genre forever but as a band who’s been around for 35 years, they’ve created and paved the way for many underground bands who were heavily influenced by genre changing sound. Obituary to me may not have a consistent catalog in comparison to most traditional and old school death metal bands but their earlier works from Slowly We Rot to […]

California’s very own Conjureth are a death metal band that are full of surprises, imagination and creativity. This new album was released through Memento Mori, The Parasitic Chambers culminated everything from their debut album and achieved that goal successfully making this album the band’s tightest and accessible records to date. Their blend of death metal music not only surpassed my expectations, but the amount of detail, creativity, and talent on the record is absolutely flawless. I am extremely impressed by […]