Eternal Delyria is a new discovery for me, though the band has been active since 2011. Formed in Ticino, Switzerland, they previously released one EP and one full‑length album before unveiling Paradox of the Mechanical Angel. While the foundation of their sound is firmly rooted in melodic death metal, the band incorporates elements from several other genres, giving the album a broader and more textured identity. ...

Some releases are simply harder to review than others, and State of Deception is certainly one of them. The reason is straightforward: Conception is a band that has given me mixed emotions over the years. I was a huge admirer of their first three albums before things took a steep downturn with Flow, followed by more than two decades of silence. Those mixed feelings resurfaced as I approached this...

With a career spanning more than 30 years and 13 full‑length albums behind them, My Dying Bride hardly needs an introduction. With the exception of Evinta, the British doom legends have consistently delivered quality, sometimes producing outright classics, other times more modest but still solid releases. Since their last album, the band has undergone a few lineup changes, bringing in former Paradise Lost drummer Jeff Singer and new second...

If you had asked me just a few days ago to name a metal band from Bangladesh, I would have struggled to come up with an answer. That changed the moment I discovered Rising Vengeance, the debut album from Dhaka-based Nawabs of Destruction. Signed to the Spanish label Pathologically Explicit Recordings, the band delivers a technical, melodic death metal debut that deserves far more attention than it’s likely to...

Nephylim is a five‑piece melodic death metal outfit from the Netherlands, formed in 2015. After a handful of line‑up changes, the band has now completed its debut full‑length, Severance of Serenity. Their stated ambition is to craft Scandinavian‑inspired melodic death metal infused with touches of black and doom metal, and their press material cites Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum and Be’lakor as key influences. It’s hardly the most groundbreaking formula on...

Noble Demon Records may be a relatively new player on the scene, but founder Patrick Walch, well‑known from his tenure at Nuclear Blast, clearly has an eye for quality. A few weeks ago I covered the excellent new Night Crowned album released under his banner, and now the spotlight turns to the latest offering from No Raza. Originally formed in Colombia in 1997 and now operating...

The deathcore genre continues to evolve, pushing the limits of musicianship and production with each new wave of releases. While UK‑based Viscera may be a fresh name to some listeners, the musicians behind the project are anything but newcomers, boasting résumés that include Sylosis, Nervecell, Heart of a Coward, Martyr Defiled, and Abhorrent Decimation. That pedigree shows. Although deathcore forms the backbone of Viscera’s sound, Obsidian...

Portraits of Mind marks a confident and compelling debut from Greek death‑metal outfit Plague, and it’s one that should immediately pique the interest of anyone drawn to the genre’s old‑school roots. The band leans deliberately toward an early‑nineties aesthetic, raw, organic, and unvarnished. The production captures that spirit well enough, though a touch more clarity and low‑end definition wouldn’t have hurt; the kick drums in particular come across a...

‘A Memoir Of Free Will’, the second full length album from North Carolina based Krosis, is quite a mouthful to consume and I had to give it a few spins before it really started to sink in. Their style is progressive deathcore and the musical skills of each bandmember is simply breathtaking. The album has a powerful and clear production with a well balanced low end allowing kick, bass,...

Black Metal hasn’t featured on my menu too often the later years to be honest, but there are of course exceptions and I can still appreciate well produced symphonic black metal once in a while. Although Night Crowned probably is a relatively new name to many out there the members are genre veterans from the Swedish Gothenburg scene coming from acts like Dark Funeral, Nightrage and Cipher System. ‘Impius...