I was as shocked as any when it was revealed that Coroner was doing a tour in the US and releasing a new album. Yes, I know they'd gotte...

If you asked me to choose a favorite Swedish black metal for all time, I can't promise that this record would win the honors, but I'...

Allsighr is the first Sarke album where I detect a hint of color to the cover choice. Maybe it's just my imagination that there's ...

If I had any reservations or mixed memories of the third or fourth albums, there could be no such confusion with Viige Urh , a record I fell...

1184 seems like it's the first Windir album which is considered more of a 'band' effort. Valfar is still the chieftain of this...

As soon as you hear the interchange between the accordion and the synths of "Byrjing" that herald Arntor , you know there's b...

When I look back at the metal albums that end up my favorites for a particular year, there's a pretty even division between those that a...

The last Skyforger record I covered was Kurbads back in 2010, and while that was a pretty damn good one, there were points where I felt th...

If the biggest criticism I can level at Never Surrender is that it partly sounds like a couple of outtakes from Wildfire with some new ide...

Wildfire might lean a lot more heavily into the band's thrash/speed metal side than any of the other  Deströyer 666 albums, but it also...

The Knocking... is one of their rare, anomalous records that comes around and completely eradicates you, and then has you begging the quest...

Electric Wizard led me to Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats , and I do admit I consider the latter to be an evolution on the other's sound...

Witchcult Today is one of those records that feels so simple and primal that you could just plug in, write it and record it on the spot, an...

Black Hole are one of the earlier bands to latch onto that  Sabbath sound and then morph it into something new with a heavy dosing of 70s ...

There have been endless reunion albums out there, from bands both successful and obscure, but the return of Possessed had to be one of the ...

Full disclosure: Unbleed is my favorite Dawnbringer album, but that does come with a few caveats. The production here leaves a lot to be d...

The third Chapel of Disease full-length (don't expect me to type out the whole title) is probably a smaller stylistic transition than w...

With the news that Cirith Ungol has retired from touring after 2024, one can only wonder what the future might hold for the studio side of t...

One Foot in Hell was the first Cirith Ungol record I picked up on cassette, smitten after repeated exposures to the opening track "Bl...

I'm a huge fan of bands like Sarke, Slegest and Darkthrone , and also enjoy the black & roll era of Satyricon or the newer Tulus r...