
Feature: MetalBite's Top Albums Of 2024

Interview: Ancient with Lord Kaiaphas (vocals, drums)

CRYPTIC BROOD - Necrotic Flesh Bacteria
I don't know if it was just some pure coincidence that I got a terrible flu right after getting the new Cryptic Brood or if...
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BLEEDING THROUGH - Nine
Metalcore? There's no place for it in today's staunch true metal climate. Bands are getting back to the fundamentals of creating...
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HORNA - Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle
There are people who work. Some people work so hard they should be given a medal—or a straightjacket. Other people work so hard...
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VITRIOLIC - Black Steel Vengeance
When it comes to vinyl releases, the role model in terms of value for money is Dying Victims Productions. The fan does not only...
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ABOMINATED - Traumatic Putrefaction
Ah well, these were good old times when you could buy an album only because of its cover. I remember back in the 90s when stuff...
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The Spirit with Matthias Trautes (vocals, guitars)
"Songs Against Humanity" (read full review here) sound quite misanthropic and differs quite significant from the previous album...
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VOID OF HOPE - Proof Of Existence
Let the tears fall because nothing grows without water. Tell that to a depressed person… Some of us endure while others just give...
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SODOM - 1982
I don't know why Sodom have the intention to release more EPs than the rest of the global worldwide scene combined. Anyway, here...
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PHRENELITH - Ashen Womb
The world is burning, literally and with Ashen Womb Danish deathers Phrenelith present us a desperate vision of what is yet to...
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MB on Spotify - January summary
Greetings, fellow metalheads!I've recently noticed that my way of getting older is definitely getting more lazy. And before I...
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LÖMSK - Act I
"If you want peace, prepare for war". Or in this case, prepare for debates on globalization, originality, and the ethics of...
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VINTRAS - Timescarred
On the brink of the spiral do we who have not yet taken the final plunge drift. Swirling over the passing years of our steady...
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Interviews

The Spirit - with Matthias Trautes (vocals, guitars)
"Songs Against Humanity" (read full review here) sound quite misanthropic and differs quite significant from the previous album...
160
Svarttjern - with Hans Fyrste (vocals)
Although I have followed the band for many years now, I guess to most people listening to black metal, Svarttjern is still quite...
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Bütcher - with R Hellshrieker (vocals)
If there is one thing that the Belgian black/thrash/speed metal band Bütcher made sure with their new album "On Fowl of Tyrant...
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Ancient - with Lord Kaiaphas (vocals, drums)
For anyone who has followed the longest enduring acts from the 90's Norwegian black metal scene, you have most likely heard the...
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Vrazorth - with Vra (everything)
One-man project Vrazorth is a new gem in the black metal scene and self-released its debut album "Emergence" a couple of months...
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- Cryptic Brood - Necrotic Flesh Bacteria (2024)
- Horna - Nyx - Hymnejä Yölle (2024)
- Vitriolic - Black Steel Vengeance (2024)
- Abominated - Traumatic Putrefaction (2023)
- Sodom - 1982 (2023)
- Anheim - Anihorim (2022)
- Lömsk - Act I (2024)
- Chainsaw - Satan (2024)
- Serpents Oath - Revelation (2024)
- Darkmoon Warrior - Graveyard Planet (2024)
- Ill Tidings - Hymns To Demise (2022)
- Walg - IV (2024)
- Seth - La France Des Maudits (2024)
- Ossuary Twilight - Enshrouded By The Abyss: A Pact With Malevolent Shadows (2024)
- Vermis Mortem - ...Of The Occult (2024)
Upcoming Releases
- Sacrifice - Volume Six - Feb 21
- Matalobos - Phantasmagoria: Hexed Lands - Feb 21
- Hirax - Faster Than Death - Feb 21
- Sarkom - Exceed In2 Chaos - Feb 21
- Gràb - Kremess - Feb 21
- Airforce - Acts Of Madness - Feb 21
- Retromorphosis - Psalmus Mortis - Feb 21
- Schavot - Verstrikt In Halflicht - Feb 27
- Ofnus - Valediction - Feb 28
- Act Of Impalement - Profane Altar - Feb 28
- Frightful - What Lies Ahead - Feb 28
- Havukruunu - Tavastland - Feb 28
- Toughness - Black Respite Of Oblivion - Feb 28
- Metaphobic - Deranged Excruciations - Feb 28
- Brainstorm - Plague Of Rats - Feb 28
- Ironrat - Beneath It All - Feb 28
- Celestial Scourge - Observers Of The Inevitable - Feb 28
- Voodus - Emanating Sparks - Feb 28
- Unholy Impurity - Oculus Mortis - Feb 28
- Grave Infestation - Carnage Gathers - Feb 28
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Latest Media
- Dawn Of Solace - Affliction Vortex (2025)
- Cryptic Brood - Necrotic Flesh Bacteria (2024)
- Bleeding Through - Nine (2025)
- Qaalm - Grave Impressions Of An Unbroken Arc (2024)
- Vitriolic - Black Steel Vengeance (2024)
- TranscomaR - The Sea Of Trees (2023)
- 16 - Guides For The Misguided (2025)
- Void Of Hope - Proof Of Existence (2025)
- SARS - Synthetic Domination (2025)
- Adamantis - Reforged (2025)
- U Kronakh - The Archaic Dance Of Winds (2025)
- U Kronakh - Night Devours Being (2024)
- Sepulkhral Baptism - Sepulkhral Baptism (2025)
- Putrid Offal - Obliterated Life (2025)
- Sodom - 1982 (2023)