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Album EK Even Knudsen April 27, 2026 206 1 2

Released by Iron Fortress Records in late 2025, End of Eden, the debut album from American duo Primal Scourge arrived as a surprisingly refreshing force seemingly out of nowhere. The band, consisting of Austin Asmus (guitars, bass, vocals) and Rio Mariucci (drums, vocals), delivers...

PAGANIZER As Mankind Rots New

8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 27, 2026 171 1 2

Rogga Johansson rides again, this time with Paganizer, arguably his flagship band, whose history stretches back to the late nineties. As Mankind Rots marks the group’s fourteenth full-length album, and as always, Paganizer delivers exactly what longtime fans expect. This is straightforward, no-frills Swedish...

PATHOLOGY The Everlasting Plague Hot

8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 23, 2026 4267 1 2

Over the past couple of decades, extreme metal has splintered into a dense thicket of subgenres, and even seasoned listeners can struggle to pin down where certain bands belong. Pathology, however, has long been rooted firmly in the brutal end of the death metal...

PROFANITY Fragments Of Solace Hot

8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 11, 2026 2086 1 2

German tech‑death veterans Profanity return on December 4th with their fourth full‑length studio album, Fragments of Solace. The record was tracked during the first half of 2020 across several studio locations before being mixed and mastered by Lukas Haidinger at Deep Deep Pressure Studios....

PLAGUE Portraits Of Mind Hot

8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated April 11, 2026 2383 1 2

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...

PALADIN Ascension Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 3189 1 2

Every now and then when listening through loads of new albums you’re in for a big surprise when you least expect it, and that was certainly the case when I first heard this debut album from Atlanta, Georgia based Paladin. Stylistically we’re talking a...

PSYCROPTIC As The Kingdom Drownes Hot

8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2447 1 2

Founded by brothers Joe and David Haley back in 1999, Tasmanian technical death metal veterans Cryptopsy are soon about to celebrate their 20th anniversary, but before that a new album sees the light of day. As The Kingdom Drownes is the title of their...

PIAH MATER The Wandering Daughter Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen Updated September 09, 2021 2518 1 2

Heading from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, progressive death metal act Piah Mater are back with their second full length album entitled ´The Wandering Daughter´. The band was founded in 2010 and released their debut album ´Memories Of Inexistence´in 2014. I can´t remember having heard...

PROFANITY The Art Of Sickness Hot

9.0

Album EK Even Knudsen August 24, 2017 3367 1 2

German band Profanity, who's history goes way back to 1993, was originally formed as a traditional death metal band but has gradually evolved towards the technical end of the death metal genre. Despite a carreer spanning over nearly 25 years 'The Art Of Sickness'...

PRESSURE POINTS False Lights Hot

8.0

Album EK Even Knudsen November 16, 2015 3204 0 1

Pressure Points is a progressive metal band founded in Heinola, Finland in 2004, and they mention bands such as Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater and Rush as their main influences. It may be correct to define Pressure Points as a progressive metal band, but there...