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Canada \ cemeterial heavy metal \ dark heavy metal \ Eduard Johnson \ heavy metal \ Jawbreaker Records
Muertrier – Messe de Fer (Cemeterial Heavy Metal)
Initially, there was something about Canada’s Meurtrier, or at least their debut full-length, Messe de Fer, that wasn’t sitting right with me. But this seeming lack of somethingrather was actually just that I wasn’t in the mood for it. Not because I shouldn’t have been, but rather because of what I had been listening […]
epic metal \ fantasy metal \ France \ Gates of Hell Records \ heavy metal \ Mario Lopze \ power metal \ speed metal
Iron Slaught – Metallic Torments (Protean Heavy Speed Metal)
Talk about versatility. We have a true gathering of sages here. Few bands have I encountered who have this much ability to adapt and shift. They’re practically protean in that regard, which makes Iron Slaught’s latest full-length, Metallic Torments, the new must-own for 2026. The French excel at certain types of metal, in this […]
Dying Victims Productions \ epic heavy metal \ heavy metal \ heavy speed metal \ Mario López \ mountainous metal \ Portugal \ speed metal
Toxikull – Turbulence (Mountainous Heavy Speed Metal)
I’ve received promos from Portugal’s Toxikull a few times if memory serves me right, and I hated every single minute of it. Obviously, this has all changed with their latest full-length, Turbulence. In fact I didn’t even remember it was the same band I had passed on more than once until I checked out […]
Germany \ heavy death metal \ heavy metal \ Maegan LeMay \ Shadow Kingdom Records
Cruel Force – Haneda (Heavy Death Metal)
I don’t think I’ve seen a band with growth as impressive as Cruel Force. If you look at their earlier work, it leaned more towards the “evil”/Satanic edge, favoring an ominous presence with lo-fi leather, transitioned into a less aggressive form with its spikes rounded to studs, and now with this, their latest, a […]
Dying Victims Productions \ fantasy metal \ Finland \ Gustave Doré \ heavy metal \ melodic heavy metal
Chalice – Divine Spear (Melodic Medieval Metal of Christian Might)
Here’s an album that took me some time to grasp. I won’t say “grower,” because honestly Finland’s Chalice know what they’re doing. This doesn’t grow on you, you need to grow on it. Because these guys really know what they’re doing. The issue was simple, being that I was simply not used to listening […]
Claudio Elias Scialabba \ dark fantasy \ death speed \ death thrash \ Dying Victims Productions \ eldritch horror \ heavy death metal \ heavy metal \ Italy \ speed thrash
Barbarian – Reek of God (Dark Fantasy Death Speed Thrash with a Dash of Eldritch Heavy Metal)
Dying Victims Productions has been a favorite label of mine recently. I can’t remember when I first encountered dude’s stellar line-up, but over time it more and more brings a smile to my face when I see a promo come in with the logo because I know I’m in for some basement-dweller metal (of […]
Flamberge Illustration \ France \ heavy metal \ heavy speed metal \ Jawbreaker Records \ speed metal \ Woven Hoof Records
Palantyr – The Ascent & the Hunger (Triumphant Heavy Speed Metal)
I was like “that’s a weird album title” at first, until I realized this is something of a comp for what is this band’s new path of greatness. Previously under the moniker of Destrukt, France’s now-crowned Palantyr have moved away from the speed thrash direction of their earlier work into heavy speed, and in […]
dystopian speed metal \ Germany \ heavy metal \ Jawbreaker Records \ NWOBHM \ speed metal
Mechanic Tyrants – St. Diemen Riots (Dystopian Speed Metal PS Rush Sucks)
I was about to not even listen to this. The art drew me in with that killer layout, but then I read the label’s assertion that Germany’s Mechanic Tyrants is like Rush and I wanted to puke all over myself. I’m not the only one who’s said, it Rush is extremely overrated. They were […]
Belgium \ heavy metal \ Luisa Agudelo \ No Remorse Records \ Subhuman Being
Scavenger – Beyond the Bells (Genre-Defining Female-Fronted Heavy Metal)
I am so sick of hearing about goddamn Savage Master. Just stfu. They’re so goddamn overrated it makes me rage to the point of quitting existence. I’m not even sure how the fandom started, but what’s the point, because by now you’re probably wondering why I’m going on a tirade about a band not […]
Conan metal \ epic heavy metal \ epic power metal \ France \ heavy metal \ Mario Lopez \ No Remorse Records \ NWOBHM \ power metal
Nemedian Chronicles – The Savage Sword (Legit Conan Metal)
When a band takes an idea and makes it so blatant in everything they do, most often disaster ensues. Examples aren’t necessary, just trust me on this. But, here, with Nemedian Chronicles we find the standard broken. It’s not going to happen in this case. Conan will never fail us. Even though everything about […]
