Album Reviews

Enemies Everywhere is a Finnish deathcore band founded in the early 2022. Never heard of these guys before, it being a very new band with its 2 years age. But what they produce on their first EP... Well let me tell you, it blew me away. Inhuman vocals, groovy riffs and crushing breakdowns. This EP was mastered by Buster Odeholm who has done Currents and Shadow Of Intent. But enough of this let's talk about the music shall we.
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On October 11th, the 11th album from The Offspring was released. This time, we didn't have to wait crazy long for new stuff. The Offspring can take their own style and take it to the next level or try a different approach. Let's see what sound they put on this album called Supercharged.
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Scandinavian death/thrash metal powerhouse The Crown is among the first bands to infuse aggressive thrash and melodic death metal; their classic albums like "Hell Is Here", "Death Race King" and "Crowned in Terror" packed speed and brutality given the Swedes a unique trademark style. Over two decades The Crown went through many lineup changes, but this has not held the band from showing what they’re capable of, the 12th studio album “Crown of Thorns” showcases a significant display of propelling the old-fashioned style.
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The sixth studio album “Sub Rosa in Æternum” by Swedish gothic cult ensemble Tribulation take its craft into dark music and lyrically finds itself revolving around the mystical and occult subjects. On this album, Johannes Andersson (vocals, bass guitar), Adam Zaars (guitar), Oscar Leander (drums), and Joseph Tholl (guitar) thoroughly present refreshing elements of the gothic style that have been attributed to past studio recordings.
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On their second full-length album “In the Jaws of Bereavement” Fargo North Dakota death metal collective Maul delivers a vicious offering by mixing the nuances of hardcore and chugging swampy riffs. The variety in the ten tracks sees Maul blending modern and old-school death metal their musical palette injects dynamics and aggression throughout the album.
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Gothic doom metal act Funeral returns with another quality release, the seventh studio album “Gospel of Bones” out via Season of Mist since Oct 18th, 2024, is one of the few albums that enfold a structured musical requiem, even though they started as a funeral doom/death metal style, Funeral was one of the first bands to hail from Norway in 1991. The sextet is fronted by Anders Eek (drums), Rune Gandrud (bass guitar), Sareeta (violin and backing vocals), Stian Kråbøl Tom Trones (guitars) and Eirik Krokfjord (vocals) and André Aaslie (keyboards and orchestration).
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French purveyors of extreme death doom Ataraxie do not write short songs. Just like the predecessor 'Résignés’ the new album ‘Le Déclin’ only counts 4 tracks but still spans a length in excess of 81 minutes across all four sides of the vinyl gatefold.
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In 2012 Tuomas Saukkonen shocked everyone with his announcement that he will bury all of his metal music projects at the same time to start a new. But a while after that he already released an album with Dawn Of Solace and Before The Dawn that came back from the dead but that aside. Releasing his first album 'Winterborn' in 2013 and now 11 years later we are back to his 7th album already in 11 years. Keep in mind that in these 11 years he also worked on and released work from Dawn Of Solace and Before The Dawn. Let's see what our Finnish busy bee did on his newest release 'Draconian Darkness'.
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Thomas Eriksen of Mork continues to refine his craftmanship by becoming more known in the Norwegian black metal scene as a songwriter and guitarist. The seventh studio album 'Syv' proves the composer's finest talent. However, the inspiration of Thomas Eriksen stretches far beyond the raw and old-school style of black metal. The nine songs suggest why Mork’s new album is undisputedly diverse.
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Swedish heavy/doom metal veterans Grand Magus elevated themselves to an inspiring status, the trio opted for a heavier metallic sound to recapture the glory days of heavy metal. The 10th studio album “Sunraven” out via Nuclear Blast on October 18th, 2024, cements Grand Magus’ standard emphasizing the epic infusion of the lead guitars, scorching solos, and pounding drums. The album excels in the tradition of the early pioneers like Black Sabbath and Motörhead hence, forging immense powerful riffs and focusing more on the mid-crushing tempos with a stellar production and a majestic album cover art, having a theme of the legendary Danish hero “Beowulf”.
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