[Review] SILURE / FERETRO - 'Split' [French / Chilean Death Metal]

French and Chilean death metal collide in this split release as Silure [Fra] and Feretro [Chi] are brought together for a cassette release through French label Nihilistic Holocaust.

[Review] GOLGI APPARATUS - 'Breach' [Austrian Drone Doom / Post Metal]

I've been pondering this album for a couple of weeks now before putting my thoughts done on this tome, and not for the reasons that you might think. I'm in no doubt that this is an album I enjoy. However, describing what Italian Drone Doomsters Golgi Apparatus offer on their debut album 'Breach' is a challenging task but one I feel ready for having had the album, and especially opening track 'Orca' on repeat ad nauseum!

[Review] ATAUDES - 'Merecemos la Extinción' [Argentinian Death Metal]

Ataudes, meaning coffins in Spanish, are a new band from Argentina who play a deeply satisfying brand of dark, old school death metal. 'Merecemos la Extinción' (Translates aptly as 'We deserve extinction' - never more true than right now) is the bands debut full length album and debut release overall.

[Review] FOUR YEARS LEFT TO LIVE - Nuclear Kampf [US Bestial BM]

If you are on the lookout for a ten minute blast of raw black metal chaos then look no further than USBM war mongers Four Years Left To Live. Part bestial black metal band, part doomsday warning, 'Nuclear Kampf' is a disheartening peek into the apocalyptic waste lands of our collective future.

[Review] Fimbulþul - 'The Spectre and the Lunar Gate' [Icelandic Dark Ambient / Dungeon Synth]

Call this a flash review if you like, of a little something that caught my fancy today. A single track release on Bandcamp from Icelandic one man dark ambient project Fimbulþul, 'The Spectre and the Lunar Gate' encapsulates for me everything that is great about Iceland.

[Review] STARSCAPE - 'Pilgrims' EP [Swedish Heavy Metal]

If you like to discover new heavy metal bands who stay close to the 1980's roots whilst forging modern sounds, then two countries excel at producing mind blowing talent. Firstly the UK [Amulet, Terminus, Lucifer's Chalice] and secondly Sweden. [In Solitude, Enforcer, Portrait, RAM] Hailing from the latter, Starscape are a band who through their debut EP 'Pilgrims' are set forge their path into the above list of juggernaut heavy metal bands with global renown.

[Review] PESSIMIST - 'Holdout' [GERMAN THRASH!]

 Friday night has arrived after a long and boring week at work. So here I am sat in my man-cave with my headphones on listening to the new Pessimist album whilst fooling around on Need for Speed when suddenly it happens! Around me the world ceases to exist. There is only me, a super charged Audi drifting like a pro and the thundering thrash riffs bludgeoning my ears, and as I developed a serious case of tunnel vision all of this synced into one harmonious experience of sound and speed. In that moment I felt truly glorious as the music washed over me in a way that I have not felt for quite a while. Still, enough fanciful musings. It's time to take a deeper look at 'Holdout', the third full length offering from German thrashers Pessimist!