
Premiere: MB Premiere: ANCHILLYS - 'Elan Vital'

PROTECTOR - Excessive Outburst Of Depravity
There is almost no thrash band that didn't release at least one “stinker” in their career. There is just one real exception that...
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MetalBite's Top 10 Albums of the Month - July 2022
We have returned for July's Top 10 Albums of the Month! It's definitely becoming harder to keep up with this as time goes on....
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Live update from Progresja Summer Stage July 22, 2022 Warsaw, Poland
On July 22, the British quintet Paradise Lost visited Warsaw's Progresja Summer Stage as part of the 3-day tour "Draconian Times...
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ATLANTIS CHRONICLES - Nera
I get many emails with promotional links for upcoming albums and when I saw the title, progressive modern metal from France, I...
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ZWART - Heem
Dutch quartet Zwart (means „black“ in English) released their first full-length album Heem ("home") via Void Wanderer Records...
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FAECES - Nihilominus
One thing that’s always interesting to find out when you explore the whole of extreme metal is discovering bands playing sub...
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THRONEUM - Oh Death... Oh Death... Determinate, Preach And Lead Us Astray...
While black metal and its many hybrid subgenres have been around and going strong since the 90’s, it's hard to believe how back...
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Michael Schenker Group with Michael Schenker (guitars)
Michael Schenker has just released a new album called "Universal" (review here) and was on European tour, too (live review here)....
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SWORDS OF DIS - Cor Mundum Crea In Me, Sanctum Ignis
Progressive music navigates not only different types of musical genres but also conveys emotions, landscapes, and atmospheres....
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INFINITY DREAM - Memories
This is a traditional metal album in its purest sense. There is a strong undercurrent of a wispy nature to be found here....
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Aeviterne with Garrett Bussanick (guitars, vocals)
With their full-length debut, "The Ailing Facade", Aeviterne have released one of this year's most intriguing extreme metal...
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MASSACRED - Human Extermination
I guess the easiest way to put this into perspective is like this: what Germany's Warhammer is to Hellhammer, Massacred is to...
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Interviews

Michael Schenker Group - with Michael Schenker (guitars)
Michael Schenker has just released a new album called "Universal" (review here) and was on European tour, too (live review here)....
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Aeviterne - with Garrett Bussanick (guitars, vocals)
With their full-length debut, "The Ailing Facade", Aeviterne have released one of this year's most intriguing extreme metal...
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Déluge - with François-Thibaut Hordé (guitars)
Metal music must be very therapeutic. The people playing it and listening to it seem to be very calm, polite and very nice to...
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Schizophrenia - with Ricky (vocals, bass), Romeo (guitars) and Marty (guitars)
Belgian newcomers Schizophrenia released their first EP "Voices" about two years ago and were quite a surprise in the...
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Mayhem - with Attila Csihar (vocals)
I have never had a bucket list, but for black metal fans seeing Mayhem live and interviewing Attila Csihar would be definitely on...
252Other Reviews
- Faeces - Nihilominus (2021)
- Throneum - Oh Death... Oh Death... Determinate, Preach And Lead Us Astray... (2020)
- Symbolik - Emergence (2020)
- Vale Of Pnath - Accursed (2019)
- Cult Of Lilith - Mara (2020)
- The Zenith Passage - Solipsist (2016)
- The Zenith Passage - Solipsist (2016)
- Undeath - Lesions Of A Different Kind (2020)
- Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance (2019)
- Morbid Macabre - Hell And Damnation (2009)
- Godsend - As The Shadows Fall (1993)
- Swords Of Dis - Cor Mundum Crea In Me, Sanctum Ignis (2021)
- Swords Of Dis - Cor Mundum Crea In Me, Sanctum Ignis (2021)
- Barn - Barn (2020)
- Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum - Šahrartu (2021)
Upcoming Releases
- Ritualization - Hema Ignis Necros - Aug 12
- Weregoat - The Devil's Lust - Aug 12
- Carrion Vael - Abhorrent Obsessions - Aug 12
- Seventh Storm - Maledictus - Aug 12
- The Sombre - Monuments Of Grief - Aug 19
- Eruption - Tellurian Rupture - Aug 19
- Elliott's Keep - Vulnerant Omnes - Aug 19
- Tomb Of Finland - Across The Barren Fields - Aug 19
- Spirit Adrift - 20 Centuries Gone - Aug 19
- Child Of Caesar - Spirit & Liberation - Aug 26
- Machine Head - Øf Kingdøm And Crøwn - Aug 26
- Intent - Exile - Aug 26
- Anchillys - Elan Vital - Aug 26
- Hexis - Aeternum - Aug 26
- Phobophilic - Enveloping Absurdity - Sep 01
- Imperium - Ex Mortis Gloria - Sep 02
- In Grief - An Eternity Of Misery - Sep 02
- Heads For The Dead - The Great Conjuration - Sep 02
- Reincarnated - Of Boötes Void Death Spell - Sep 03
- Vrenth - Succumb To Chaos - Sep 05
Latest Media
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