Reviews, Interviews, and Podcasts celebrating the best Extreme Metal music

  • Harakiri For The Sky – “Scorched Earth” Review

    Harakiri For The Sky – “Scorched Earth” Review

    Harakiri for the Sky is my favorite band. Not just recently, but all-time. Throughout my life I’ve likely listened to over a hundred thousand of hours of music, and throughout that entire journey, I’ve been on a constant hunt for bands and music that make me feel things. I’ve found many truly exceptional emotionally-driven bands,…

  • Barshasketh – Antinomian Asceticism Review

    Barshasketh – Antinomian Asceticism Review

    Antinomian Asceticism is Barshasketh’s 5th album, released almost 6 years after their previous album, the self-titled Barshasketh. Originating from New Zealand, these guys are now based in Scotland and have been working hard at perfecting their black metal craft. This record is pure black metal at its finest, in their own words “intentionally free from…

  • Necromaniac – Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable

    Necromaniac – Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable

    Necromaniac is a London based band which is composed of members from Sweden, Greece, Poland and Spain!  They call their music ‘Morbid Metal’ and have released a couple of demos and one great EP,  Subterranean Death Rising (2018).  The band were formed in 2011, so this album has been a long time coming and further supports the…

  • The Halo Effect – “March of the Unheard” Review

    The Halo Effect – “March of the Unheard” Review

    You miss the 90s era of Melodic Death Metal? Those days when you first discovered In Flames and Dark Tranquillity (first time in 25 years of doing reviews I have spelled Dark Tranquillity correctly… Somehow I never noticed there are two Ls in their name…lol)? Well, a scant 18 months after their incredible debut, The…

  • Am I in Trouble? – “Spectrum” Review

    Am I in Trouble? – “Spectrum” Review

    Am I Trouble is the solo project of Steve Weiner, who is also behind the project Negative Bliss, which put out an EP that I reviewed late last year. While it is a solo project, where Steve recorded all of the lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, and probably most other sounds you’ll hear, he did…

  • Bri’s 2024 in Review

    Bri’s 2024 in Review

    This was my first time ever making an end of year/”best of” list, and I know there’s a ton of music I missed because I started paying attention to new releases kind of later in the year. However, below are my favorites of what I did listen to and love in 2024, and I can’t…