Death and the Healing

Artist: Sylosis Album: A Sign Of Things To Come Label: Nuclear Blast Records Release Date: September 8, 2023 Genre: Melodic Death Metal Location: Reading/England Sylosis remains one of the most underrated and undervalued bands ever to grace the Metal landscape – which is simply a travesty. For over a decade, these guys have continuously released exceptional material that’s both powerful and…

Artist: Lokust Album: Infidel Label: Esoteric Studio Release Date: July 28, 2023 Genre: Groove/Thrash Metal Location: UK One of my favorite things about this reviewing caper is coming across a true gem. Something that makes you sit up and go, “Holy shit! How good is this?!” Well, I’ve just found said gem. Honing their craft since 2017 and initially releasing instrumental demos as a…

Artist: Warcrab Album: The Howling Silence Label: Transcending Obscurity Records Genre: Sludge/Death Metal Release Date: November, 3, 2023 Country: UK From the depths of fire and darkness where tormented souls become the playthings of the wicked and the damned, a familiar sound emanates up towards the light. As I turn my head to listen, the sound becomes more decipherable and menacing.…

Artist: Thronehammer Album: Kingslayer Label: Supreme Chaos Records Genre: Doom/Death Metal Release Date: November 3, 2023 Location: Germany The Thronehammer hits a third time, and they have come to slay kings. Does their Kigslayer album manage to stand out in a 2023 full of amazing doom releases? When the Progressive Cave Ogier and I reviewed Incantation Rites, the second album by…

Artist: Domkraft Album: Sonic Moons Label: Magnetic Eye Records Release Date: September 8, 2023 Genre: Psychedelic Sludge/Doom Country: Sweden Domkraft‘s new album, Sonic Moons, delivers a mesmerizing blend of psychedelic sludge that transports listeners to the abyss of the underworld. This three-piece sludge machine from Sweden has already released two EPs, three full-length albums, and a…

The Metalocalypse is upon us! Dethklok is our only hope! The final chapter of the Dethklok saga begins with Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar. The film was released on Tuesday digitally and on Blu-ray, along with a companion Dethklok record Dethalbum IV and the official motion picture soundtrack for Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar set for release on Friday. ALL of this, as promised by the…

Artist: Svalbard Track: How to Swim Down Label: Nuclear Blast Album/Release Date: The Weight of the Mask – October 6, 2023 Svalbard are no strangers to beautiful instrumentation – layered, delay-driven guitars, driven by co-vocalists/guitarists Serena Cherry and Liam Phelan. Their last album (2020’s When I Die, Will I Get Better? – Church Road Records/Translation Loss Records) was a…

Artist: Starspawn of Cthulhu Album: The Cursed Vision Label: Talheim Records Germany Genre: Doom Metal Release Date: January 31, 2023 Location: Italy Starspawn of Cthulhu is a two-piece Lovecraft-themed Doom Metal band from Italy, and they’re absolutely fantastic! The sounds they produce are so unique it’s almost as if a Bard joined a Metal band. The band says, “Lyrically, this album talks…

Artist: G.N.L.S. (Geometric Nictation of Lament’s Space) Album: Conspiracy of Thoughts Label: FYC Records & Distro. Genre: Black/Doom Metal Release Date: March 25, 2023 Location: Greece There’s a raw, open wound festering at the core of humanity, one that we need to heal if we’re ever going to move forward. It’s a wound born of our obsession with knowledge and willingness to indulge in…

For those with a long memory, you might remember that Jeff, our little metal Jack Russell used to frequent the pages of TMW providing unique thoughts on different albums he has taken the time to listen to. He’s been a bit quiet lately due to his busy schedule of dog park visits, butt sniffing, and every now and again having a brouhaha with a canine twice his size. Although he doesn’t see himself…

Event: EYEHATEGOD – 30 Years of Take As Needed For Pain Spring Tour Venue: Sanctuary Detroit, Hamtramck, Michigan Date: April 18, 2023 Artists Performed: Graboids, Fell Ruin, Goatwhore, EYEHATEGOD On a cold winter-like spring evening the people in Hamtramck, Michigan people lined up for a sold-out show at Sanctuary Detroit featuring two legendary bands from New Orleans, Louisiana. While…

Swizerland’s Vomitheist creates an atmosphere of seething devastation with HM-2 infused guitar riffs, vicious vocals, and drums that’ll knock you straight on your ass. Four of the eleven tracks on the band’s upcoming full-length album, NekroFvneral, have already been unleashed upon the world, giving us all a little taste of the ruination to come. May 19th via Transcending Obscurity Records, to be…

Hi, you fellow cave dwellers and metal-mongers alike. Another month has passed and maybe we should see if we have missed something in the release department, right? First off, I need to admit that something crucial slipped below my radar in January. Transylvanian Glare, the second full album of black metal entity Arnaut Pavle was released in January 20th and it was terribly missed from the list…