Album Review: Mantar – The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze (Nuclear Blast)
Released on August 24th 2018, The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze is the new album from Mantar, a German Sludge Metal duo from Hamburg.
Album Reviews 2018
Album Review: Hesperian Death Horse – Živ (Self Released)
Hesperian Death Horse describe themselves as an avant-garde/sludge/post-metal band and are based in Zagreb, Croatia since 2012. They released their second full-length album entitled ‘Ziv’ (Croatian for the word ‘Alive’). It is the second part of a trilogy of albums.
Album Review: Alice in Chains – Rainier Fog (BMG)
Rainier Fog is the new studio album by the American rock/grunge pioneers Alice in Chains. Considering the length and breadth of their career, it’s amazing that this is only their sixth studio album!
Album Review: Daniel Tidwell – Versus Video Games 4 (Self Released)
Guitar genius Daniel Tidwell returns with his fourth Versus Video Games release. 24 tracks of rocked/metalled up famous video game tracks. Variety is the spice of life for the man as he’s already covered so many of the more famous compositions. This means Versus Video Games 4 has some of the most interesting releases so far. While a few don’t quite hit, there are plenty that do.
Album Review: Subtype Zero – The Astral Awakening (Seeing Red Records)
Thrash metallers, Subtype Zero are about to unleash their new album, The Astral Awakening which will be released on August 24th 2018 via Seeing Red Records.
Album Review: Demise and Domination – The Black Sunrise (Machine Man Records)
After a long 4 year hiatus, Industrial metallers Demise and Domination have returned with their latest release, ‘The Black Sunrise’, which was released on the 6th May 2018.
Album Review: Aeolian – Silent Witness (Snow Wave Records)
From the sunny island of Mallorca, Spain, the environmentally oriented melodic death metal group, Aeolian will release Silent Witness on September 12th 2018 via Snow Wave Records.
Album Review: Cronaxia – Collapsing The Outer Structure (Lusitanian Music)
With a history that dates back to 1997, death metallers Cronaxia have now announced the release of their debut full-length, Collapsing the Outer Structure. An album that comes ten years after the band’s first offering, the EP ‘The Solution Above Continuity’. It will be released on September 7th 2018 via Lusitanian Music.