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To Wither Beneath Thy Radiance
Hagetisse
Although the album self-proclaimed to be a return to 90’s inspired Black Metal, and those elements are alive here, it’s not just an ode to the FWOBM. In addition to the deep aggression and bleakness of the album, the synths provide just enough smoothing to blur some of the jagged lines. Once you start it up however, it can’t be shut down, and you better just hang on for the ride of your life.
Liitto Hengen ja Veren
Dark Divination
This is FWOBM inspired music, which means it’s raw, primal, and aggressive. I always look at albums through a forward thinking lens however, and this album is just stuck in the past glory days.
Song Of Darkness
Leaves’ Eyes
Song Of Darkness” offers the classical LEAVES’ EYES trademark sound, a mixture of symphonic Metal and Folk Metal elements including historically themed tracks
Infernal Symphony
Shatterheart
SHATTERHEART deliver a good and promising debut album. “Infernal Symphony” offers a very good balance between the Metal sound and the symphonic elements. The orchestral arrangements are very well thought through and fit perfectly to the tracks
In Light, No Shape
Cognizance
For me, the album was like taking a short cut to get somewhere faster but the shortcut is riddled with a dense underbrush that with each step, it gets harder and harder to move. The density is probably its best quality, but so are their technical skills. It was complex, but also accessible, something that not many bands in this style can pull off with the seeming ease that they do.
Italian Dark Sound
Midryasi’s Kult
“Italian Dark Sound” holds together fairly well, and while it wasn’t terribly diverse it does have a few unexpected twists.
Infernau
Azken Auzi
If you’re already invested in doom, you won’t lose anything with this one and, in fact, may have plenty to gain.
Ex Imperium
Nine Orders
Perhaps my biggest concern about the album isn’t the songwriting, or the musicianship, it’s rather the succession of one melancholy song after another. It keeps the album from really being able to take flight. Progressive music is typically always full of surprises, but this just coasted under the radar for me.
Liminal Shrines
Gutvoid
Overall, this was an excellent album. At its central core, it’s Death Metal, but there are some tasty riffs and pyrotechnics that suggest this is thinking man’s Death Metal. There are also some moments of ambiance and outright melody at times. Come take a walk with “Liminal Shrines” and see where it might lead you.
Too Fast To Die
Archspire
This doesn’t border on or has any association with Grindcore or any subsidiary of that genre. ARCHSPIRE plays pure Technical Death Metal that just goes a lot faster than you are used to. The title is quite apt, because what I am hearing on “Too Fast To Die” has the right combination between being as Heavy and intense as possible, whilst simultaneously maintain a bit of Melodic undertones to make the whole experience just that bit easier to digest.
Coronach
Hellripper
To me “Coronach” is an album that is exactly right for HELLRIPPER. The band needs to be able to vary more in their intensity and expand their musical horizon, in order to prevent the band being one of those who keeps repeating themselves.
Eternal Mistake
Karmamoi
This was an excellent album. It’s progressive in the sense of some odd chord progressions and a strong sense of timing from the band, but those qualities don’t take over the album. Instead, the band chooses to focus on a strong vocal performance, including building great harmonies.
Years Of The Snake
The Gems
The Gems are a Swedish Hard Rock trio formed in 2023, which features former members […]
Amnésiste
Korbo
Even for Progressive music, this was a strange album. The best part was their musicianship and willingness to explore. However, the album lacked a cohesive direction for much of it, and the pitchy vocals were a bit hard on the ears.
Violent Iconoclasm
Hellslaughter
Violent Iconoclasm, the 2025 album by blackened thrash metal band from Seattle Hellslaught, certainly lives up to […]
The Killing Streets
No Worth of Man
Right out of the gate the newest album by thrash groove metal outfit No Worth of […]
Cloudfield
Francisco Javier Perez
Keep in mind that instrumental progressive metal isn't the heaviest shit ever (I'm typing this as I'm listening to a twinkly and calm guitar/drum segment), so all you "true" metalheads can piss off.
The Pinnacle of Violence
Rejuvenation
"Scream if you love Bulgaria"
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Nils Ahnland
New Mexican Doom Cult
Just to be clear, NEW MEXICAN DOOM CULT is neither from New Mexico nor are they Mexican. They are in fact based in Gävle, Sweden which would also make them, uhm, Swedish. On January 23, 2026, they released their second full-length album, Ziggurat, via Majestic Mountain Records. In early March, Gary Hernandez, writer/editor with Metal Temple, caught up with Nils Ahnland, vocalist and guitarist, to discuss everything from the band’s origins to ancient Egypt to some background details on several of the tracks.
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CZART is an experimental metal band hailing from Poland. The concept behind their debut album, “Czarty Polskie,” has been controversial not only for the AI debate but for the many references to Polish demonology. On All Hallows Eve, Gary Hernandez, writer and editor for Metal Temple, caught up with members of CZART to discuss everything from AI to the reasons why metal resonates so much in Poland to whether we are living in the best of times or the worst. Most importantly, they discuss the beloved CZART goat.
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Jacob Curwen
All Hell
All Hell has been described as a Blackened Thrash band, but they are much more. On October 10, 2025, the trio for Ashville, North Carolina release their fifth full-length album, "Sunsetter," via Terminus Hate City. Gary Hernandez, writer and editor for Metal Temple, caught up with Jacob Curwen (vocals, guitars) to discuss topics ranging from the band's origins to the details of "Sunsetter" to AI in metal.
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