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All Seeing Eyes – We Are the Revolution (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hGv

We Are the Revolution scratches a very specific itch that’s hard to reach. I mean, what’s not to like? Songs, character, charisma, personality? All Seeing Eyes deliver the goods

#metal #powermetal #progressivemetal #metalsky
All Seeing Eyes – We Are the Revolution (Review)
This is the second album from UK progressive/power metal band All Seeing Eyes. Following on from 2014’s Trinity Road and 2021’s Reinventing Time comes the new record from All Seeing Eye…
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November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Voidceremony – Abditum (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hHr

Voidceremony have presented us with a surprisingly captivating and compelling version of their death #metal insanity. It’s tech death, recognisably so, but manages to do its own thing within this crowded style

#deathmetal #techdeath #metalsky
Voidceremony – Abditum (Review)
This is the second album from US death metallers Voidceremony. Following on 2023’s enjoyable Threads of Unknowing, Abditum contains 30 minutes of complex technical death metal wizardry. As mu…
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November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Old Night – Mediterranean Melancholy (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hH5

The well-crafted songs are vibrantly melancholic, existing as three-dimensional exemplars of #doom #metal majesty

#metalsky
Old Night – Mediterranean Melancholy (Review)
Old Night are a Croatian doom metal band and this is their fourth album. 2017’s Pale Cold Irrelevance and 2019’s A Fracture in the Human Soul were both great records, so I was pleased a…
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November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Civil Service – Dark /// (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hGU

A warm and welcoming post-rock style that is absolutely of the genre, yet is also simply better than the output of the average post-rock act

#rock #postrock #metalsky
Civil Service – Dark /// (Review)
This is the second album from UK post-rock band Civil Service. Civil Service offer up 46 minutes of post-rock on Dark ///. It’s an engaging and feeling-rich form of the style that Civil Servi…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Depravity – Bestial Possession (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hDV

As far as death #metal goes, I love Depravity’s commitment to savage intensity and blasting fury, but I’m also pleased that they still find time amidst the carnage to inject their music with meaty substance

#deathmetal #metalsky
Depravity – Bestial Possession (Review)
Depravity are an Australian death metal band and this is their third album. It’s been a while since 2018’s Evil Upheaval and 2020’s Grand Malevolence, but both records made their …
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November 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
1914 – Viribus Unitis (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hGD

1914 have continued their upward trend, producing what is quite possibly their best work yet

#metal #deathmetal #doom #deathdoom #metalsky
1914 – Viribus Unitis (Review)
1914 are a Ukrainian blackened death/doom band and this is their fourth album. It’s great to have a new album from this well-regarded band, (check out some of their past work here, here, and …
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November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Hyena Kill – Collapse (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hEW

A strong record, especially when it has the time to get under your skin. The songs are well-written and would have been perfectly at home in the 90s, but retain The Hyena Kill’s core personality

#rock #shoegaze #alternative #metalsky
The Hyena Kill – Collapse (Review)
The Hyena Kill are an alternative rock band from the UK and this is their second album. I really liked 2021’s A Disconnect, so was pleased to see Collapse appear. The Hyena Kill have produced…
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November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Lamp of Murmuur – The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hEn

The icy riffs, symphonic keyboards, and cutthroat screams all conspire to create something greater than the sum of its parts

#metal #blackmetal #metalsky
Lamp of Murmuur – The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy (Review)
This is the fourth album from US solo black metal band Lamp of Murmuur. The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy is the follow up to 2023’s well-received Saturnian Bloodstorm. The latter was a record t…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Chairmaker – Leviathan Carcass (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hEN

A feast of #grindcore with a side order of absolute destruction. Devastatingly good fun. Assuming you like having your head repeatedly stamped on over and over and over and over again

#metal #metalsky
Chairmaker – Leviathan Carcass (Review)
This is the debut album from UK solo grindcore band Chairmaker. When an album is recommended for fans of Pig Destroyer and Agoraphobic Nosebleed, I have to at least spare it more than a cursory gla…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin – Stygian Bough Volume II (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hE5

Another excellent record from Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin. If #doom #metal is your thing, and you like your music glacial, atmospheric, emotive, and drawn out, then this is for you

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Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin – Stygian Bough Volume II (Review)
Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin are both artists from the US, and they have teamed up once more to bring us a new outing of mournful doom. 2020’s Stygian Bough Volume I was one of my favourites fr…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Damnation Festival 2025 – BEC Arena, Manchester – 08/11/25-09/11/25 (Live Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hFt

This edition is the festival’s twentieth year and sees Damnation bigger and arguably better than ever before

#metal #metalsky
Damnation Festival 2025 – BEC Arena, Manchester – 08/11/25-09/11/25 (Live Review)
Another year, another Damnation Festival. Has it really been 20 years? I went to the very first one waaaaay back in 2005, and a love affair was born. It has been great to watch it become one of the…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Beastwars – The Ship // The Sea (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hCG

Beastwars are one of the best in the business, and these new tracks showcase just how much business is booming

#metal #sludgemetal #stonermetal #heavymetal #metalsky
Beastwars – The Ship // The Sea (Review)
Beastwars are a sludge/stoner metal band from New Zealand and this is their fifth album. Following on from 2019’s IV, (via a covers album in 2023 called Tyranny of Distance), comes the 40-min…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Qrixkuor – The Womb of the World (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hDx

For fans of black/death underground extremity, this is an essential listen

#metal #deathmetal #blackmetal #metalsky
Qrixkuor – The Womb of the World (Review)
This is the second album from Qrixkuor, a death metal band from the UK. Following on from 2021’s monstrous Poisoning Palinopsia comes The Womb of the World. Qrixkuor’s new record contai…
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November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Kostnatění – Přílišnost (Excess) (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hEA

An album that’s dense and is sure to be difficult to penetrate for many, but if you have a taste for extreme #metal with a multifaceted personality, then this is for you

#blackmetal #industrial #deathmetal #metalsky
Kostnatění – Přílišnost (Excess) (Review)
This is the second album from US solo extreme metal band Kostnatění. 2023’s Úpal was a notable record, standing out from the crowd with its atypical approach to black metal. Now comes Přílišn…
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November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Pupil Slicer – Fleshwork (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hDG

In this review I’ll make the case that this is peak Pupil Slicer so far

#metal #hardcore #metalsky
Pupil Slicer – Fleshwork (Review)
This is the second album from UK mathcore band Pupil Slicer. Following on from 2023’s well-received Blossom, Pupil Slicer have returned with the 36-minute Fleshwork. In this review I’ll…
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November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yellow Eyes – Confusion Gate (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hEe

A remarkable, engrossing piece of work. Yellow Eyes are tenacious in their quest for intimate aggression and spectral darkness

#metal #blackmetal #metalsky
Yellow Eyes – Confusion Gate (Review)
This is the seventh album from Yellow Eyes, a black metal band from the US. I last caught up with Yellow Eyes on their 2019 record Rare Field Ceiling, so the unexpected unveiling of Confusion Gate …
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November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Waldgeflüster – Knochengesänge II (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hDf

Knochengesänge II reveals a different facet of Waldgeflüster, one that’s a well-crafted, well-rendered album in its own right

#metal #blackmetal #doom #folk #metalsky
Waldgeflüster – Knochengesänge II (Review)
This is the eighth album by German black metal band Waldgeflüster. I’m a big fan of Waldgeflüster, so make sure you check out their past releases here, here, here, and here, and my review of …
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November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Waldgeflüster - Knochengesänge (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hCF

Aggressive, but textured, with rich layers of expressive strings and melodic colour. The songwriting is strong, and the quality of the material is high throughout

#metal #blackmetal #metalsky
Waldgeflüster – Knochengesänge (Review)
This is the seventh (and eighth) album(s) by German black metal band Waldgeflüster. I’m a big fan of Waldgeflüster, so make sure you check out their past releases here, here, here, and here, …
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November 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Thron – Vurias (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hDW

Thron have taken risks in places, but they have paid off handsomely. Vurias offers a lot more than your average, bog standard, run of the mill black #metal album

#blackmetal #metalsky
Thron – Vurias (Review)
Thron are a black metal band from Germany and this is their fifth album. Vurias is the 47-minute, (including bonus track), follow up to 2023’s Dust. That previous record, along with 2018&#821…
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November 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Sunken – Lykke (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hC5

A superlative achievement, an expression of supreme black #metal art. It is powered by an emotional substance that fuels the music to ever greater heights of potency

#blackmetal #atmosphericblackmetal #metalsky
Sunken – Lykke (Review)
This is the third album from Danish black metal band Sunken. Since experiencing Sunken live at 2024’s Fortress Festival, I have been eagerly awaiting a new record from them. Now, it’s h…
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November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Miasmata – Subterrania (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hCQ

Subterrania speaks to my love of black #metal, but also of heavy metal thunder. The artist behind Miasmata has created a cracking record in Subterrania

#blackmetal #heavymetal #blackenedheavymetal #metalsky
Miasmata – Subterrania (Review)
This is the second album from New Zealand solo blackened heavy metal band Miasmata. Subterrania brings us 39 minutes of material from the artist behind Miasmata. The style is a mix of black, speed,…
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October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Primitive Man – Observance (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hDo

Primitive Man have summoned a predator that swims in the band’s usual polluted waters, but also travels wider, into newly discovered oceans of filth. Observance is devastatingly good

#metal #doom #sludge #metalsky
Primitive Man – Observance (Review)
Primitive Man are a doom band from the US and this is their fourth album. I confess to being a huge Primitive Man fan. If you’re unfamiliar with their horrendous works, check out (deep breath…
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October 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Arallu – DMoon – From the Ancient World (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hBO

A contemporary spin on an ancient vision. If you are familiar with the original album at all, then think of this as the definitive, expanded, enhanced version. Less raw, more refined, and severely potent

#metal #blackmetal #metalsky
Arallu – DMoon – From the Ancient World (Review)
Arallu are black metal band from Israel and this is their latest release. I’m a sucker for a new Arallu release, (check out Geniewar, Six, Desert Battles – Descending to the Sands (2018…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Believe in Nothing – Rot (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hCh

In short, Believe in Nothing have crafted a journey into the abyss, a journey worth taking if this sort of nightmare darkness appeals. Delivered with passionate intensity, Rot is very, very good

#metal #sludge #doom #metalsky
Believe in Nothing – Rot (Review)
This is the debut album from UK sludge metallers Believe in Nothing. When the promo blurb tells me a release is for fans of Full of Hell, Thou, and Primitive Man, I can’t help but pay attenti…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Black Soul Horde – Symphony of Chaos (Review) wp.me/p3zRmN-hCz

High energy and packed with dynamic songwriting

#metal #heavymetal #powermetal #metalsky
Black Soul Horde – Symphony of Chaos (Review)
This is the fourth album from Greek heavy metal band Black Soul Horde. Black Soul Horde play a mix of classic heavy metal and power metal, combined with a touch of epic doom metal. As such, Symphon…
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October 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM