Numeron – Road to Valhalla
Indonesia Vallendusk is one of my favorite atmospheric black metal bands, so when I heard that Numeron was from also Indonesia, played the same style of black metal, AND have a concept album based on...
View ArticleKlausenitzer, Linus – Tulpa
Fretless Bassist Linus Klausenitzer (formerly of Obscura, Currently Alkaloid) shines with his solo record Debut Tulpa (based on the 18 73book “Die Sphinx” by Emil Besetzny) Having been familiar with...
View ArticleNecrosanct – Reprisal in Death – Anthology
Necrosanct was a short-lived death metal band from England, who had a little smattering of success. In their brief 5 year period they were writing maniacs and released three full-length albums which I...
View ArticleNail Within – Sound of Demise
Jesus Fucking Christ. Has it really been 20 years since Israel’s Nail Within released their self-titled debut? That was three jobs ago, I was a baby; only 27 years old, and my daughter was only 3....
View ArticleNecrowretch – Swords of Dajjal
Years ago I came upon the Putrid Death Sorcery debut album from Necrowretch, a French death metal band. I reviewed the impressive album and was able to be in touch with vocalist/guitarist Vlad and...
View ArticleNecro Weasel – A Brave New World
Gotta give credit where it’s due – Finland’s purveyors of thrashy ermine mayhem, Necro Weasel, really hit the nail on the head when it comes to their chosen moniker. If you caught my review of the...
View ArticleNecrocracy – Predestiny
4 years ago I reviewed the debut album, Decay from Glasgow’s Necrocracy and it was a rough and ready, solid release of no-frills, burly black metal. And then out of the blue, the band emails me and...
View ArticleNecropanther – Oblivion Jones: A Tale of False Consciousness EP
This certainly came out of nowhere. It’s an EP, not a new full-length, but new Necropanther is all I, and hopefully by extension, you need to know. Before really getting into the meat (dead panther...
View ArticleNocturnus AD – Unicursal
When founding Nocturnus member, drummer/vocalist Mike Browning, resurrected the Nocturnus spirit, by adding the AD at the end I was very intrigued. I was a huge fan of Nocturnus, their first 2 albums...
View ArticleNyrak – Devourer of All
Devourer of All is the second album from Belgian black metal band Nyrak, (I could not find who or what a ‘Nyrak‘ is) a new band to me, but based on this excellent second effort they will be a regular...
View ArticleNile – The Underworld Awaits Us All
August 23rd 20024 saw both Fleshgod Apocalypse and Nile release new albums. That’s the music equivalent if Deadpool & Wolverine and Alien Romulus had been released on the same day. I love both but...
View ArticleNails – Every Bridge Burned
For a while there in the early/00s, Nails was one of the flagship bands of what I call the “Southern Lord” sound. Bands like Nails, Trap Them, All Pigs Must Die, Black Breath, Dead In the Dirt, playing...
View ArticleNasty Savage-Jeopardy Room
Back in 1986, I was just a fledgling Metalhead. I had cut my teeth on Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and KISS, but in 1986 three albums came out that changed my life: Reign in Blood, Master of Puppets and...
View ArticleNeckbreakker – Within The Viscera
The debut album from Denmark’s Neckbreakker is a deathcore album. Unless you’re the boss, that may be a dirty word. I haven’t found much to like in what is inconceivably still the “it” genre. Don’t get...
View ArticleNite – Cult of the Serpent Sun
I don’t need to tell you all the ways that the isolation and uncertainty of the pandemic left marks on the world that, to this day, we’re still recovering from. In a lot of ways, I think most of us are...
View ArticleNekrodeus – Ruaß
I’m usually a little leery of bands that use the Kult, ‘K’ in their band moniker or album title. However, I also trust almost anything FDA Records puts out, so here we are. Nekrodeus hails from Austria...
View ArticleNightfall – Children of Eve
Once upon a time, I thought of Melodic Death Metal as the Michael Bolton of the Metal community. It’s pretty, at times brutal as fuck; but ultimately one cancels out the other and it either sucks ass...
View ArticleNoumenia – Echoes
Full disclosure: I grabbed this promo as I thought it was a new album from Finland’s doom/death band Noumena. Then I actually read the promo, saw some stuff about a female singer and...
View ArticleNovembers Doom – Major Arcana
Novembers Doom missed a significant opportunity to release Major Arcana in November, but we’re getting it in September instead. In my neck of the woods, it’s already starting to get cooler, so it’s...
View ArticleNecroticGoreBeast – Brute EP
Canada’s brutal knuckle-dragging slam death metal band NecroticGoreBeast returns with this 5-song ep, titled Brute. With three full lengths already under their belt, alongside their debut demo and...
View ArticleNazghor – A World Ablaze
If you were listening to black metal in the mid-90s to the early 2000s, you might be familiar with Germany’s Solistitium Records. They were pretty productive in that time, releasing records from bands...
View ArticleNecrofier – Transcend Into Oblivion
Like a bolt of lightning piercing your eardrums, Texans Necrofier have returned to deliver their blistering third full-length called Transcend Into Oblivion. Twelve saber-toothed tracks of prime USBM,...
View ArticleNecrogore- Ectoplasmic Rape Phenomena
Swedish/HM2 death metal can come from anywhere these days. There are stellar bands in the style from France (Iron Flesh), Japan (Heteropsy), Greece (Abyssus), Chile (Soulrot), Russia (Wombripper),...
View ArticleNunslaughter – Satanic Chaos Legions
Nunslaughter has been spreading their joyful filth since 1987, when their Ritual of Darkness demo was unleashed upon the unsuspecting Death Metal community. Two fistfuls of various split albums were...
View ArticleNirriti – Dhrupad Anutpada (ধপদ অন$ৎপ&দ): Apophatic Ragas Of Non- Origination
This is not a fun album. Nirriti don’t want you to have fun while you’re listening to their debut album Dhrupad Anutpada (ধপদ অন$ৎপ&দ): Apophatic Ragas Of Non- Origination. I wasn’t even sure if I...
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