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The Latest Metal Reviews and News
With a vast encyclopedia of musical theory, Chort the Crop Infestor and Chernoglav The Hero With The Silver Moustache review the expansive darkness of the Metal genre. From the latest to the greatest they describe intricate nature of new black metal albums, legends in Death, Doom, Prog, Thrash, and much more. Check out the latest stuff now!
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September 2023 Latest Metal Releases
Discover the latest metal singles, EP, and full length album releases for September 2023.
Single Review: Asagraum - Impure Fire
Conjure the dark one with this latest single from Asagraum off their upcoming LP, “Veil of Death, Ruptured” set to release on Oct. 20th 2023. It’s all female, 90’s black metal with a hint of the psychedelic. Read on!
Album Review: Celestial Sanctuary - Insatiable Thirst for Torment
Celestial Sanctuary's "Insatiable Thirst For Torment" delivers a rancid, intense experience, evolving from earlier output to deliver a pummelling modern DM album.
Monday Metal Bulletin 20/08/23
Here are some of the trending news in metal for the week of 21/08/23.
Album Review: Spirit Adrift - Ghost At The Gallows
Spirit Adrift return with another full-length of pure, unadulterated metal, the kind that gets your blood pumping and your head banging 'til your necks snaps like a Twix bar. This is Ghost At The Gallows!
Monday Metal Bulletin 14/08/23
Here are some of the trending news in metal for the week of 14/08/23.
Gig Review: Sacred Reich
Sometimes we feel like a bit of the ol’ thrash metal. Chart & Chern go to a politically charged rally- I mean gig - featuring Sacred Reich
Gig Review: Deitus
Gig Review of Deitus’ glorious album release for their new album Irreversible, as Chart & Chern see some tight BM.
Album Review: Bees Made Honey in the Vein Tree - Aion
In the vast, black waters of the musical ocean, there exists a leviathan hailing from the depths of Stuttgart known as Bees Made Honey in the Vein Tree. Discover how their latest album Aion is the musical equivalent of dipping your spirit into the seas of eternity.
August 2023 Latest Metal Releases
Discover the latest metal singles, EP, and full length album releases for August 2023.
Album Review: Crypta: Shades of Sorrow
Crypta’s latest album is a finely tuned death metal machine, as it mixes old and new school, crushing basslines, and prominent guitar sections. It’s a must listen for death metal fans.
Split Review: Inhuman Nature / Ninth Realm
In the thrashiest corners of the metal realm, where the fires of chaos burn bright and the riffs strike like thunder, two forces of thrash metal ascend. Inhuman Nature and Ninth Realm, a force potentially stronger than Crom!, have joined forces to forge an alliance that much like Pin-Head from Hellraiser will tear your soul apart!
Music Video Review: Mayhem - Malum (Live 2022)
Mayhem crushes new skulls with the release of their music video “Malum Live 2022” as a run-up to their new live album release Daemonic Rites available in Sept. 2023. Check out Chorts rambling review of the video.
Album Review: Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
Hellripper’s latest album Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags is a cosmic gumbo that dares to step outside it’s previous label of sheer blackened speed. Check out the latest album from James McBain of Hellripper.
Album Review: Baazlvaat - Incredible World
Hailing from Flint, Michigan, this two-man Metal band blends Black/Folk Metal with Hard Rock elements, Experimental and even Western. Check out the latest album from these heathens.
Album Review: Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Hora Nocturna
Chort takes a deep dive back to 2006 with Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult’s Hora Nocturna. If you’re into your German black metal and dig Immortal or Marduk this is one for you!
EP Review: Claws of Moriis - The Night Is So Lovely
Chort takes us deep into his dungeon of black metal, erotic magazines, and the 2022 EP from Claws of Moriis, The Night Is So Lovely.
Album Review: Cavalera - Morbid Visions & Bestial Devastation
Chort the Crop Infestor reviews the latest from the Cavalera brothers, their re-releases of Sepultura’s Morbid Visions and Devastation. These are old tracks with a minty fresh take!
Bar Review - Godz (Tokyo, Japan)
GODZ is the gold standard of heavy metal bars in Tokyo, with its electric atmosphere, wall to wall CDs, and enough loud music and beer to keep you going all night.
Gig Review: KISS, Rock’s Up & Comers!
Chort and Chernoglav your favourite innkeepers from THE HEAVY METAL CITADEL, recently went to see rock ’n’ roll’s latest up and comers, KISS, at the O2 in London for the End of the Road Tour - the final tour EVER! Read what happened in the words of Chort’s confused cerebral cortex, and check out the hi-res photos from the gig.