
Premiere: MB Premiere: ANCHILLYS - 'Elan Vital'

CARNAL RUIN - Soulless I Remain
Coming out of the ever scorching Tampa Bay Florida is a four piece called Carnal Ruin with their debut titled Soulless I Remain....
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VIPÈRE - Douleurs
Here we go with the first full-length album by the French duo Vipère. After their EP Sombre Marche that was released last year...
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PESTLEGION - Sathanas Grand Victoria
All right, I'll admit it at the outset. The intro to Sathanas Grand Victoria sounds so bombastically overloaded as if Dani Filth...
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COLD EARTH - Your Misery, My Triumph
This is what this album wants to be:“This album is a tribute to Judas Iscariot and the protagonists of the radical late 90s /...
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DEFIATORY - Apokalyps
It’s sad. It’s sad to see a band with an enormous potential that releases a (solid) album far below its capacities. It’s sad to...
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Demonical with Martin Schulman (bass)
Demonical recently released a new album named "Mass Destroyer" which may be best in their career. Once again they perform superb...
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HORNS & HOOVES - I Am The Skel Messiah
When it comes to extreme metal, New York is an interesting and very fertile “scene” of sorts. Many people would immediately think...
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GALLOWER - Eastern Witchcraft
Admittedly, Gallower’s first album did not leave a lasting impression on me. Now they return with an EP on Dying Victims...
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CMPT - Mrtvaja
Serbia's scene is a power that the well-organised black metal disciple should definitely keep on his mind. This should be clear...
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MB on Spotify - July summary
Greetings fellow metalheads! First of all - apologies for not providing you with June summary, but July was pretty busy for me...
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INTROTYL - Adfectus
I first heard of this band in 2018, when they came to my hometown for a show. Sadly, I did not get to see them, but I bought the...
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TRAITOR - Exiled To The Surface
What do have Captain Kirk (R.I.P. Nichelle Nichols….), Agent Mulder and George Michael in common? No idea? Well, they all found...
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Interviews

Demonical - with Martin Schulman (bass)
Demonical recently released a new album named "Mass Destroyer" which may be best in their career. Once again they perform superb...
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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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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...
182Other Reviews
- Cold Earth - Your Misery, My Triumph (2020)
- Blackhorned - Lost In A Twilight World (2008)
- Blackhorned - Dark Season (2010)
- Flagellant - Monuments (2010)
- Misþyrming - Algleymi (2019)
- Cmpt - Mrtvaja (2021)
- 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)
Upcoming Releases
- Spirit Adrift - 20 Centuries Gone - Aug 19
- The Sombre - Monuments Of Grief - Aug 19
- Eruption - Tellurian Rupture - Aug 19
- Tomb Of Finland - Across The Barren Fields - Aug 19
- Elliott's Keep - Vulnerant Omnes - Aug 19
- Intent - Exile - Aug 26
- Child Of Caesar - Spirit & Liberation - Aug 26
- Machine Head - Øf Kingdøm And Crøwn - Aug 26
- Hexis - Aeternum - Aug 26
- Anchillys - Elan Vital - Aug 26
- Consumption - Necrotic Lust - Aug 26
- Adaestuo - Purge Of The Night Cloak - Aug 30
- Phobophilic - Enveloping Absurdity - Sep 01
- Heads For The Dead - The Great Conjuration - Sep 02
- In Grief - An Eternity Of Misery - Sep 02
- Imperium - Ex Mortis Gloria - Sep 02
- Carnal Ruin - Soulless I Remain - Sep 02
- Reincarnated - Of Boötes Void Death Spell - Sep 03
- Vrenth - Succumb To Chaos - Sep 05
- Revocation - Netherheaven - Sep 09
Latest Media
- Carnal Ruin - Soulless I Remain (2022)
- Vipère - Douleurs (2022)
- Höst - Nightmares And Goals (2022)
- Cold Earth - Your Misery, My Triumph (2020)
- Defiatory - Apokalyps (2022)
- Adaestuo - Krew Za Krew (2018)
- Adaestuo - Manalan Virrat (2020)
- Adaestuo - Purge Of The Night Cloak (2022)
- Gonemage - Handheld Demise (2022)
- Traitor - Decade Of Revival (2019)
- Traitor - Knee-Deep In The Dead (2018)
- Traitor - Venomizer (2015)
- Atlantis Chronicles - Barton's Odyssey (2016)
- Atlantis Chronicles - Ten Miles Underwater (2013)
- Atlantis Chronicles - Against The Sea (2012)