Best New Noise
Album Review: Haunter – ‘Sacramental Death Qualia’
September 5, 2019 Jon Rosenthal
San Antonio quartet continue their evolution from crust punks to underground metal force.
Album Review: Sacred Reich – ‘Awakening’
August 23, 2019 Greg Pratt
The first new Sacred Reich LP since 1996 might actually be their best album yet.
Album Review: Knocked Loose – ‘A Different Shade of Blue’
August 20, 2019 Decibel Magazine
Emotive hardcore heroes Knocked Loose move the next youthful crew forward.
Album Review: Cerebral Rot – ‘Odious Decent Into Decay’
August 5, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Northwest death metallers deliver a twisted reeking mass of repulsive decay — and we LOVE it.
Album Review: Tomb Mold – ‘Planetary Clairvoyance’
July 25, 2019 Sean Frasier
The wait for Tomb Mold’s next death metal masterpiece is over before it began
Album Review: Abbath – ‘Outstrider’
July 5, 2019 Adrien Begrand
Goodnight Wintermoon – the former Immortal frontman emerges from the cold with album #2.
Album Review: Memoriam – ‘Requiem for Mankind’
June 19, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Former Bolt Thrower and current Benediction members return with their third LP in as many years.
Album Review: Pinkish Black – ‘Concept Unification’
June 13, 2019 Jeff Treppel
There are no other colors in the extreme music rainbow quite like Pinkish Black.
Album Review: Pelican – ‘Nighttime Stories’
June 3, 2019 Jeff Treppel
Instru-metal heroes return with their first full-length LP in six years.
Album Review: Gaahls WYRD – ‘GastiR – Ghosts Invited’
May 29, 2019 Chris Dick
The controversial ex-Gorgoroth frontman returns with what may be his best work to date.
Album Review: Haunt – ‘If Icarus Could Fly’
May 23, 2019 Sean Frasier
The ever-prolific Trevor William Church returns with the strongest collection of Haunt anthems to date.
Album Review: Full of Hell – “Weeping Choir”
May 15, 2019 Shane Mehling
Full of Hell push the limits of grind at an accelerated clip.
Album Review: Possessed – “Revelations of Oblivion”
May 7, 2019 Chris Dick
Possessed’s first new LP in over 30 years is worth the wait for true death metalheads.
Album Review: Enforcer – “Zenith”
April 29, 2019 Louise Brown
Enforcer approach their Zenith with a new album.
Album Review: Inter Arma – “Sulphur English”
April 8, 2019 Sean Frasier
Inter Arma take a bleaker approach to new album Sulphur English.
Album Review: Teleport – “The Expansion”
April 3, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Teleport continue to find their voice on The Expansion.
Album Review: VLTIMAS – “Something Wicked Marches In”
March 29, 2019 Shawn Macomber
David Vincent returns to death metal in the form of VLTIMAS.
Album Review: East of the Wall – “NP-Complete”
March 18, 2019 Jeff Treppel
East of the Wall try something new on NP-Complete.
Album Review: Noisem – “Cease to Exist”
March 13, 2019 Shawn Macomber
After four years in purgatory, Noisem are back and ready to reclaim their crown.
Album Review: Misery Index – “Rituals of Power”
March 4, 2019 Greg Pratt
Misery Index strive for deathgrind nirvana on Rituals of Power.
Album Review: Devil Master – “Satan Spits on Children of Light”
February 25, 2019 Sean Frasier
Philly freaks Devil Master can headline your next black mass or haunted house keg party.
Album Review: Rotting Christ – “The Heretics”
February 4, 2019 Chris Dick
Rotting Christ find lucky number 13 with The Heretics.
Album Review: Carnal Forge – “Gun to Mouth Salvation”
January 23, 2019 Chris Dick
Carnal Forge find their old-school spirit on Gun to Mouth Salvation.
Album Review: Soilwork – “Verkligheten”
January 3, 2019 Chris Dick
Soilwork continue their tear through melodic death metal with Verkligheten.
Album Review: Create a Kill – “Summoned to Rise”
December 17, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Create a Kill unites Malevolent Creation members from different eras as a thrash metal powerhouse.
Best New Noise: Graf Orlock – “Examinations of Violent Cinema, Vol. 1”
December 5, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Cinegrinders Graf Orlock are back.
Album Review: Deceased – “Ghostly White”
November 12, 2018 Chris Dick
Death-thrash legends Deceased find a new energy on Ghostly White.
Album Review: Evoken – “Hypnagogia”
November 5, 2018 Daniel Lake
Evoken unleash their first concept album with Hypnagogia.
Album Review: Soulfly – “Ritual”
October 17, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Word on the street is that Ritual is a return to form for Soulfly. Is it true?
Album Review: Author & Punisher – “Beastland”
October 2, 2018 Justin Norton
Author & Punisher‘s Beastland is reviewed.