Album Review: Chaotic Upheaval by Pronostic

Canadian tech/progressive death metal outfit, Pronostic, return this May with their second full-length album, the forty-two minute Chaotic Upheaval. Self-published, it’s the band’s first full-length release since 2015’s incredible An Atomic Decision. Reviving their aggressive take on Quebeçois tech, the album features ten outstanding tracks that showcase a spectacular revisiting of the band’s athletic instrumentation, […]

Album Review: Ikigai by Abiotic

Well, shit, if you’re going to bust out of a half-decade of hiatus, this is most certainly the way to do it. This coming February, Abiotic returns, brandishing the fifty-plus minute Ikigai. Excellently produced, and stacked with incredible guest performances, this full length is a finely-honed statement, heralding the band’s return under The Artisan Era‘s […]

Rachel Ardour’s Top 10 of 2020 – Full Length Albums

Rachel Ardour counts down her top 10 albums of 2020

Album Review: Paradox of the Mechanical Angel by Eternal Delyria (2020)

Band: Eternal Delyria Album: Paradox of the Mechanical Angel Location: Lugano, Ticino Country: Switzerland Year: 2020 When I saw the album art, I had expectations of something very brutal; possibly an abundance of slams and inhuman gutturals. Although this would have been absolutely welcomed, as I am a huge proponent of that style of […]

Bandcamp Friday September 4

It’s Bandcamp Friday again! Which means that Bandcamp waives all their profit sharing to bands on their site, which means the money you spend today will all go to the bands or artists directly. As usual, here are my recommendations… Replacire I first saw in Rochester many many moons ago. They actually played two nights […]

Yass-Waddah: This Reality Is Just A Deception Album Review

On July 15 of this year, Yass-Waddah of the beautiful, volcanic Canary Islands released their second full length album, This Reality Is Just A Deception. Yass-Waddah caught some well-deserved attention in the underground metal world on their ambitious 2018 release, Light in the Murk, for employing a star-studded lineup including Hannes Grossmann (Hate Eternal), Clemens […]

Bandcamp Friday August 7: Rachel’s Recs

It’s time for another Bandcamp friday! Happily they have decided to once again waive their profit sharing for artists when you buy from them today, August 7th. Details can be found on their article about the event, with a breakdown of the exact 24 hour time window this will take place. So I’ve once again […]

Album Review: Escape from Civilization by Echidna

Echidna is a progressive death metal band, formed in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2004 by Giannis Chionidis (drums), Nikos Parastatidis (guitars) and Panos Bouklis (guitars). In 2005, Nikos Metaxas (bass) and Theo Deligiannidis (vocals) joined, and the band started composing their own songs. In 2005/2006 they recorded their first demo, “This Suffering”, followed up by live […]

The Kingmachine, new track from A Fitting Revenge

On July 3 A Fitting Revenge released “The Kingmachine” digitally, accompanied with the announcement of a new album in the works. This is the first single off the album, and if this song is any indication, it’s going to be a good one! The album will be titled “The Omnipresence”, and is due out worldwide […]

Pit Lord: Seasonings in the Abyss to be released on Vinyl!

On July 24th 2020 Pit Lord is set to release “Seasonings in the Abyss” on digital streaming and on limited purple Vinyl.