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DRATNA

Dratna is a one-man-band from Belfast Ireland who have previously released three EPs. The new release is entitled An Cath (The Battle) which contains four tracks of Northern Black metal. I have kinda lost touch with Black metal...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


ANIMUS COMPLEX

Animus Complex hail from Tempe Arizona, USA and have released a fantastic new video for their single Animals. the band have introduced me to a new style of metal that I was not very familiar with until now. Their style is descr...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 



AT HOME IN HELL

At Home In Hell are a quartet haling from Montana who are set to release their new album Self Identified Deity on 5.5.19. At Home In Hell have a distinctive sound that I am not quite sure in which category to place them, in par...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 




BLACK PAISLEY

Black Paisley are a quintet hailing from Stockholm, Sweden who have just released their follow up album to their highly acclaimed debut Late Bloomer released in 2017. The Perennials album is a great mix of classic Rock in the s...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 



THE INFECTION

The Infection were formed 2017 in New York. Their debut album, Time To Heal was released in March 2019, ten awesome tracks of the finest heavy rock/metal that I have heard in a while. The production is of the highest quality as...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


ZERGOTH

Zergoth are a Thrash band hailing from Orlando Florida, who have just released their second album titled Thrash Odyssey. Now I have never heard of Zergoth, even being a massive Thrashhead, but When I first put this album on, I ...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 





CLINE’S MIND

It is nice to review a band twice to see how the music has expanded over time. Cline’s Mind sent me an album last year, Souls of the Lost, and now the new album, I am Alone. Once again I have not been let down, far from i...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


SCHIZOID

The Nicaraguan Thrashers Schizoid have returned once again with a new single. Restless Dread is slightly different from the norm in the thrash genre, in that it is an instrumental composition. If you are looking for a riff stor...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 



RAVEN REVELATIONS – ‘Evol’

Raven Revelations is a one-man-band from the USA, who just released a new video single on Youtube called Evol.   Raven Revelations remind me of the early 80’s Punk and Crossover era, With bands like D.R.I, Discharge ...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 




Iron Worzel – Sludge Punk/Stoner Metal

Iron Worzel, (formed 2010 in Adelaide, South Australia) are a brutal Sludge Punk/Stoner Heavy Metal band who pack a damn punch! Expect sounds riddled with violence and themes of havoc and anarchy. Not having been too familiar w...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 



Krysthla – Peace In Our Time.

I knew from the first mass of weighted riffs that this was going to be a Heavy Metal experience of the most brutal and wonderful form. Krysthla did not disappoint my initial expectation based on that very first few seconds of l...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


SAINT

Saint is a one man band based in USA. Saint’s musical style is Deathcore, which is not really my cup of tea, but, the new single Revelation really has some quality heavy riffs and hefty arrangements. The single shows just...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 





Day Of The Beast – First Invocation EP.

Grab my Satanic Bible, light the candles on my alter and draw an upside down crucifix on my forehead. Now flow the sounds of Day Of The Beast in my ears. Day Of The Beast. The name says it all really. There is nothing nice to s...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


Puncture Wound – Brutal Butchery Of Bargain Basement Bodies EP

Enter violence, death, cannibalism, vile thoughts and slasher horror themes! As I listen my sadist mind starts to grin at the quirky mess up of visions that is going from my ears to my mind – completely fueling my Death M...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 



Howling North – Immersion

Expect song introductions trademarked with moving guitar riffs, sure to stir the heart of the listener as feeling of solitude and contentment is created. A slow rhythmic drum beat can often be heard, matched with the beautiful ...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 




ANOMALISM

The Canadian scene is booming at the moment with some excellent bands, the latest to make a name for themselves is Winnipeg’s Anomalism. Considering the quartet was only formed in 2018, they have already formed into a tig...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 



MELBA CULP

Formed in 2015 in Austin Texas Melba Culp have just released a new single, Never Surrender. One unusual thing I must pick up on, is that, Melba Culp have chosen to go down the route of classic power metal! Nothing wrong in that...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


WORKING THEORY

Working Theory are based in the USA, they are set to release their latest album entitled She Dreams of the Ghost. It contains ten tracks of the finest rock that I have heard in a long time. Although Working Theory are not a met...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 





SCHIZOID- MASS GRAVE

Schizoid hail from Nicaragua, since their formation back in 2004, they have hammered out a fair few releases and accumulated a huge following in the process. Their latest release is the single Mass Grave, which is a serious pie...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


Brokdar

Headphones over my ears, blocking out the world to make room entirely for all the sounds of Brokdar. As I listen intently, I am taken to pure metal injection bliss as I keep this greatness blasting into my ear drums’. Oh yeah, ...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 



Sedulous Rouse

I was not expecting the raw urgently bashed out tracks, with vocal styles that go from punk chaos, to progressive bliss to blackened death guttural growls when I put my head phones on to listen to Sedulous Rouse for the first t...
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 







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