FFO: Animals as Leaders, Cloudkicker, Chimp Spanner … More EP Review: Despite Earth [India] Revive Groove in the Progressive Instrumental Scene for Promising ‘Apotheosis’ Debut
FFO: Melechesh, Dark Funeral, Mayhem… … More Album Review: Desert Shadows Rise As Folk-Black Metallers Arallu [Israel] Make One Hell of a Comeback on ‘Death Covenant’
FFO: Tesseract, Erra, Chevelle… … More Album Review: Massface [Russia] Ascend Deeper Into the Growing Haven of Ambient Metalcore Within ‘Inequable’
FFO: Lamb of God, Slayer, Power Trip … More Album Review: Sinnery [Israel] Proves Thrash is NOT Dead in Groove-Oozing Cesspit of ‘Black Bile’
FFO: Tesseract, Karnivool, A Perfect Circle … More Album Review: City of Souls Ascend Ambient Metalcore to Lush Heights During ‘Synaesthesia’ LP [New Zealand]
FFO: Orphaned Land, Jinjer, Myrath … More Album Review: Ignea Mix a Myriad of Styles with Proggy, Folk Metal in Stunning Conceptual Record ‘The Realms of Fire and Death’ [Ukraine]
FFO: Alcest, Violet Cold, Amesoeurs, Void Ritual … More EP Review: Nuitville Shows Provoking Musicianship on Post-Black Metal Debut ‘When the Darkness Falls’ EP [Ukraine]
FFO: Orphaned Land, Scardust, Symphony X … More Album Review: Myrath Enrich Their Folk Metal With Hard-Hitting Power-Prog in ‘Shehili’ [Tunisia]
It’s easy to do stoner-doom badly. Fortunately, Age of the Wolf show the world how to do it right, and have fun doing so … More Album Review: Age of the Wolf Brings Excitement Back to Stoner Doom on Debut Album ‘Ouroboric Trances’ [Costa Rica]
Death and the occult are excellent subjects for a doom album. But that doesn’t mean they can’t also be fun. Just ask Poland’s Monasterium … More Album Review: Monasterium Have Fun With Death and the Occult on ‘Church of Bones’ [Poland]