ALBUMS – METAL PURGATORY MEDIA

CRAWL BELOW – Its Ministers On Earth

November 26, 2021 0

All the way from Eastern Connecticut, Crawl Below is a one person post-black metal/folk/punk project fronted by Charlie Sad Eyes who does all the lyrics, instrumentals, artwork and many more. For a person like him in creating such a metallic, crusty, punky and HP Lovecraftian style of extreme music, Charlie’s passion and deliverance in making of this record not only is absolutely beautiful and surrealistic, but his artistic nature and vision in wanting to create the most abyssal, claustrophobic and […]

RAVENOUS DEATH – Visions From The Netherworld

November 24, 2021 0

There goes a time in a ordinary metalhead’s life when all the essential artists they’ve grew up with starts to decline and they want to expand their horizons into a much more heavier, more extreme linings of heavier music. Therefore, Mexico’s Ravenous Death is a upcoming old school death metal band that continues to make waves into the underground and with Visions From The Netherworld scheduled to be released through Memento Mori, the band’s embryo in wanting to create music […]

MAULE – Maule

November 23, 2021 0

Straight out of Vancouver, Canada, Maule are a Canadian metal band that I have never once heard before but after getting the promo for this self titled album, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised on how articulated and catchy this record truly was. Now, Maule’s style of metal is a variety of different genres including heavy metal and speed metal with wide influences of European and American bands. Maule have definitely reinvigorated the musical soundscapes of the early […]

THE LAST OF LUCY – Moksha

November 22, 2021 0

As 2021 is winding down and had stellar albums throughout the year, 2022 will mark a brand new branch of wonderful releases in the upcoming days and months. That being said, The Last Of Lucy are an American technical death metal band that has been spewing out great quality of music and now being with Transcending Obscurity Records, Moksha is the sophomore full-length album and is the follow-up to 2017’s Ashvattha. Musically and stylistically, The Last Of Lucy is basically […]

SCHIZOPHRENIA – Recollections Of The Insane

November 20, 2021 0

2022 will surely mark another great year for the extreme metal community and this time around, Schizophrenia is a upcoming extreme metal artist hailing all the way from Belgium to create a distinctive, relentless and bursting albums and with Recollections Of The Insane released on Redefining Darkness Records, this is pretty much what you normally expect out of all killer no filler style of death metal with sprinkle amounts of melodic black and old school death metal signatures. Musically, Schizophrenia’s […]

KHEMMIS – Deceiver

November 19, 2021 0

Colorado’s very own doom metal band Khemmis represent themselves a wide selection of wizards commanding a great metallic core able to absorb the spirit of influence without succumbing to possession. After having three successful albums in their career, they’ve came back with a new album Deceiver and is the first record under Nuclear Blast Records. With Deceiver, they have a very distinguishable sound in the realms of older artists including Black Sabbath, Candlemass and Electric Wizard. As someone who quite […]

EBULLISM – The Cosmic Web

November 18, 2021 0

A one person technical death metal project? Well, in this case sign me up because after giving this debut full-length multiple listens I can already say that this is very reminiscing of old school death, brutal death and many more to come. Stylistically, this record is filled with luxurious guitar riffs, intense drumming, solid production value and a highly accessible record showcasing the talent behind the musicianship is truly worth mentioning. Musically, the amount of detail put into the record […]

THE DELIRIUM EFFECT – Eternal

November 17, 2021 0

Northeast based outfitters The Delirium Effect are an American extreme metal band been around since 2018 and have created the debut full-length album in 2021 titled Eternal under a upcoming label House Of Perdition Records. Musically and stylistically speaking the band heavily focuses on creating a horrific, serial killer and hard-hitting mixtures of metalcore, thrash metal, melodic death metal and deathcore. Stylistically, they have a approach of keeping things interesting in terms of consistency, musicality, technical levels of productivity and […]

MIDNIGHT CALLINGS – The Cosmological Wanderer

November 16, 2021 0

Bandcamp did it again recommending another great black metal release. Midnight Callings is a mysterious one-man black metal project that has no information on lineup or anything outside of being from Germany. The Cosmological Wanderer is a follow up to 2016’s Pilgrims of the Black Hole full length and I must say, this is some truly otherworldly black metal right here. Clocking in at almost exactly twenty minutes as a single track, this is a true journey beyond the stars. […]

SHRIEKING DEMONS – Diabolical Regurgitations

November 15, 2021 0

Formed in the year 2021, Italy’s Shrieking Demons are a death metal band that I don’t see many people discussing in the extreme metal world such is a shame because as someone like myself that is a compassionate listener and fan of death metal and its subgenres. Shrieking Demons have released the debut EP titled Diabolical Regurgitations and is released on Caligari Records. Musically, they play a very morbid, murky, old school and contemporary sounding style of death metal but […]