FANTOME OUBLIE - SECRETS TÉNÉBREUX RÉVÉLÉS PAR LES OSSEMENTS With a handful of demos and a split with the amazing Werewolf Bloodorder in the past few years we finally get a full-length from the enigmatic Fantôme Ouiblé, led by Famtôme himself (who also participates in Brazilian projects Malefício and Nosferatu) along with other diabolical cohorts that definitely has mastered the classic black metal look and feel so far gone these days but far from dead with savage spirits suc

UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT - MESMERIZED BY THE UNKNOWN It's not often that we invest much attention in reviewing mere but sometimes one grasps us in such a way that a full review is simply the best decision to make. Unapproachable Light's "Mesmerized By The Unknown" brings with it the wealth of talent that is Wargoat Obscurum of the legendary Cult of Daath and appears to be his main focus musically for right now. With that said, his creative energies once again build something mena

PHOBOCOSM - GATEWAY Now with their fourth full-length, Quebec-based Phobocosm continue to pulverize with their mechanical, inorganic-sounding dark death metal that is uniquely their own manchination and driven to be among their most aggressive in the discography until now. "Deathless" begins all things, incorporating the slow, tortuous tempo of doom metal mixed in with the crashes of the cymbals assistant the strings leveraging against E.B.'s growled vocal delivery. Forgettin

DEATHWINDS - ...TOWARDS DOOM... Finally giving us a full-length after much deliberation, Canada's Deathwinds fit into the uncategorizable style of metal that can best be described as unhinged with all things death, black, thrash, and even punk mishmashed together to create the ultimate hellscape. And seemingly pissed off beyond belief, they sure do know how exactly to go straight for the jugular with their weaponized audial outbursts! Slow and steady starts "The Burning Path"

DEATHAMMER - CRIMSON DAWN Raging for nearly two decades now, Norway's Deathammer spew the nastiest form of ungodly thrash obsessed with...

HEXELLA - THE ANCIENT GAPING MOUTH After dirty teases with demos and a split with like-minded fellow Texans Wülfskol, Hexella (and that's...

BASTALAK - BLOOD OF ZAGROS Without a demarcated homeland and of Kurdish heritage, newcomer Bastalak is an dedicating their passion for...

CHAMBER OF MIRRORS - TALES OF BLOOD Now with a third full-length, one-man California black metal act Chamber of Mirrors is the brainchild...

MARTORIATOR - BLOODPAINTED VISIONS OF PERPETUAL CONFLICT Newcomers to the realm of warmongering metal madness, the deadly duo of...

SIJJIN - HELLJJIN COMBAT Formed out of the ashes of German doomy death act Necros Christos, Sijjin base the majority of their themes...

GENOCIDAL RITES - UPHEAVEL OF SUBSERVIENT ABRAHAMIC LAW White. Black. Red. The tell-all trifecta of when you can comfortably predict what...

PISSGRAVE - MALIGNANT WORTHLESSNESS Known as much for their manaically unrelenting approach to blackened death metal as their lust for...

NECROMANIAC - SCIOMANCY, MALEDICTION & RITES ABOMINABLE With ten years now passing since their intial demo received rave reviews from the...

NAKED WHIPPER - CHAPEL DEFILEMENT Nobody, outside of perhaps a handful of people who were in the know, expected to hear that Naked...

SHRIEKS AND STARES OF UNKNOWN ORIGINS: 12 QUESTIONS FOR REUBEN CHRISTOPHER JORDAN BY MICHAEL M. HOJJATIE FOR VIA OMEGA The busy body that...

OLD WAINDS - STORMHEART Finally breaking a decade of silence, Russia's Old Wainds emerge from the frozen tundra of their homeland to...

AETHYRVOROUS - AKEPHALIC PALINGENESIS New Zealand underground label Wrought Material takes an extremely minimalist approach to its...

ARBOR - EVENTIDE PRIMITIVISM The relatively new American label Blood and Crescent Productions has made quite the impact with its handful...

VENGEANCE HORDE - SURGING VENGEANCE A two-song EP by a mysterious and physically imposing figure known as J.K. came out in 2022 and had...

SPITE - THE THIRD TEMPLE Spite has been a solo project of an entity who goes by Salpsan, and although this foray my be shrouded in an...