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Temple of Void – The Crawl Review

By Steel Druhm on March 4, 2026 in Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 44 comments

“Detroit’s death-doom institution Temple of Void had an interesting journey over their 12-year career. Their 2014 debut split the baby between 90s Peaceville doom and nasty death metal like Asphyx and Bolt Thrower, and the end product was heavy as fook. 2017’s Lords of Death shifted toward death metal without losing any of the crushing, venomous intensity. It wasn’t until 2020s The World That Was that Temple of Void really started experimenting with the scope of their sound as influences like post-metal crept in. When 2022s Summoning the Slayer arrived, it seemed like the band was losing the plot, as their sound became overly pared down and simplistic, causing tedium to set in. That brings us to their fifth album, The Crawl.” Null and void?

Desoration – NON Review

By Owlswald on February 18, 2026 in Reviews, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, 22 comments

“Self-releasing an album is a monumental effort. Between production, distribution, artwork, press, yadda yadda yadda, the logistical weight quickly consumes vast amounts of time, money and energy. And that’s before you factor in the arduous task of creating music that’s actually fucking good. Indeed, for a young band, initial encounters are everything, which means it behooves one to ensure everything is as polished and professional as possible. Desoration understands this” Self against self.

Enshine – Elevation Review

By Steel Druhm on January 7, 2026 in Reviews, Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, 59 comments

An unexpected release from Enshine requires more than one review, so join Steel and Maddog as they examine the heights of Elevation.

Omnium Gatherum – May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way Review

By Steel Druhm on November 4, 2025 in Reviews, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, 57 comments

“Finland’s Omnium Gatherum have tinkered with their sound regularly over their career, ranging from rough Gothenburg-infected melodeath, to more melancholic and gloomy environs on career high points like New World Shadows and Beyond, and on to a more direct and modern style on The Burning Cold. 2021s Origin further simplified and smoothed out their sound into what could be described as melodeath-lite, and while some loved the new approach, it left me flat and felt forced and somewhat soulless. On 10th album, May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way, they change colors again.” Bonfire of the Omnis.

Vittra – Intense Indifference Review

By Angry Metal Guy on September 19, 2025 in Reviews, Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal, 98 comments

“Two months ago, I saw a post on social media announcing Vittra’s sophomore album, Intense Indifference. The name struck me as funny. “A bit like a Radical Neutrality Party or my side-project Exaggerated Understatement,” I quipped quippily while jonesing for that hot rush of dopamine that comes along with them sweet, sweet likes. But once my fix was had, I hastily forgot about them.” Like me and your mom.

In Mourning – The Immortal Review

By Kenstrosity on August 28, 2025 in Reviews, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal, 92 comments

“Swedish sadboi staples In Mourning have had quite the journey over the 25 years since their founding. From the early days of doom-laden, gothic-tinged pall to the current era of dramatic, crooning melodic death, In Mourning’s trajectory arcs over one of the more unsung careers in a world filled with Insomniums, Be’lakors, and Omnium Gatherums. Yet, theirs is the one that stuck with me.” The smell of melodeath in the mourning.

AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö: Nephylim – Circuition

By Dolphin Whisperer on April 9, 2025 in Angry Metal Guy's Unsigned Band Rodeo, Melodic Death Metal, 53 comments

““AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö” is a time-honored tradition to showcase the most underground of the underground—the unsigned and unpromoted. This collective review treatment continues to exist to unite our writers in boot or bolster of the bands who remind us that, for better or worse, the metal underground exists as an important part of the global metal scene. The Rodeö rides on.” In the field with Nephylim.

August Moon – Something Eldritch and Macabre Review

By Owlswald on February 18, 2025 in Reviews, Black Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal, 34 comments

“As Listurnalia hits these hallowed halls with the year-end release doldrums in full swing, scraping the pit to unearth one last juicy morsel before the holidays can be a fool’s errand. Luckily, I didn’t have to scrape much as August Moon’s debut Something Eldritch and Macabre was gifted to me from the bone pile. Conceived at the epicenter of Finland’s renowned 90’s death metal scene as a side project and think tank of avant-garde ideas not suitable for their main band, As Serenity Fades, August Moon are a testament to patience. After a brief one-year run and the release of two demos, the group disbanded in 1994 before re-emerging in 2014 to continue crafting their debut.” The power and the patience.

Cemetery Skyline – Nordic Gothic [Things You Might Have Missed 2024]

By Steel Druhm on December 19, 2024 in Things You Might Have Missed 2024, 77 comments

“When members of Dark Tranquillity, Amorphis, Omnium Gatherum, Dimmu Borgir, and Sentenced come together to record a Goth rock album, people take notice. That’s exactly what happened when Cemetery Skyline hit the streets this October with their Nordic Gothic debut. A project overflowing with talent, this Scandinavian collective stirred hopes for good things, and by and large, good things were delivered.” Tears for Christmas.

Nyktophobia – To The Stars Review

By Carcharodon on July 8, 2024 in Reviews, Melodic Death Metal, 65 comments

“When your promo material includes a quote about the first single from your new record, which says it “stucks [sic] in your brain straight after the first listening” and delivers a “great combination of melancholic atmosphere and brutal 90s death/black vocals,” I will make probably a ppphsssh sound and discount it. However, when I then see that that quote is attributed to Amorphis’ vocalist Tomi Joutsen, I will suck that noise back in (hssshppp, I guess) and take note. “Millenium,” the track that Joutsen is waxing lyrical about, is from To the Stars, the fourth record from German melodeath outfit, Nyktophobia.” Oh my stars and garters!