Finnish symphonic metal miserablists, Depressed Mode, might have the most literal album title of the year. Their last outing was back in 2009, when Fleshgod Apocalypse were still in their…
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Finnish post-metal debutants, Light Beneath, know how to conjure an image of despair. Their music is the despair of gesture and feeling. Like any human being with an element of…
Russian duo, Inner Missing, are masters of the enchanting gothic metal synonymous with Britain and Europe in the 1990s, yet none of their predecessors dared to be as mournful as…
Danish metal crew, NORÐ, formed in 2013 and have just one EP to their name prior to this release. Covid-19 ensured their debut LP could not see the light of…
Finnish metal disruptors, Khroma, first emerged on the SBR radar as support for Jinjer on the 2019 Macro European tour. As a live proposition, the quartet are an enthralling band…
Ghorot aim to incorporate doom, sludge and black metal into a miasma of despair and destruction. Stripped down to the core sound of distorted guitars, drums, bass and agonising vocal…
Finland’s Mortyfear formed in the late 1990s, yet this is only their second album following a sporadic release of EPs and various line-up changes. Now the quintet are confident enough…
Berlin quartet, Bloodbeat, make no secret of their love for the golden era of 90s death metal. Was there a more exciting year than 1991 when Sepultura, Carcass, Napalm Death,…
It’s not unusual for progressive metal artists to create a concept album based on a sci-fi setting (Voivod), a sinister cult (Queensrӱche), a classic piece of literature (Mastodon), or even…