Yin Yang Audio - Resistance (2025)

After some releases more beat-driven and with more diversity in the moods, Mexican producer Yin Yang Audio is back, with Resistance, to a darker and more atmospheric techno. Good stuff.

 

The BC page. 

 

Dragon Skull - Chaos Fire Vengeance (2025)

After an excellent EP in 2022, Dragon Skull, from Greece, are back with an album called Chaos Fire Vengeance. And what an impressive first album it is! I feel this is the heavy metal album to beat in 2025, no less... Taking from traditional power metal and NWOBHM, but with also a heavier and more aggressive edge, often reminding Machine Head, it sounds both like a finely crafted tribute to the glorious past of heavy metal while being totally relevant in today's metal scene. And relevant is not enough, it is vibrant and dominating. I've been playing it every day since I discovered it. Great songwriting, awesome vocals, and an original take on the heavy metal genre while staying rooted in its best traditions. Yes, Chaos Fire Vengeance is a clear contender for album of the year, other bands better sharpen their guitars, the bar have been already raised very high.

 

The Bandcamp page. 

Convulsions / Civilian Thrower (2025)

If you dig old school grind I really recommend you this split. Convulsiosn are from Spain and their grind is between old school and powerviolence, but with vocals more guttural than is usual for PV. Civilian Thrower are from France (with the singer of Whoresnation and members from Hordur, Lovgun and Morbid Scum) and this time their old school grind is going more on the death metal side than it used to be.

Good stuff! 

Convulsions side on BC

Civilian Thrower on BC 

 

Vulvodynia - Entabeni (2024)

Blending every shades of modern death metal, from slam to technical and progressive death metal isn't an easy task, but Vulvodynia are more and more successful at achieving it, as you can hear on their new album Entabeni (with one of their guitarist replacing the former singer, and African mythology replacing alien entities as lyrical inspiration, and released by Unique Leader Records). And they manage to do this mix while keeping their own specific sound (especially the guitar playing that is very special). Perfect for anyone enjoying both the impact and groove of slamming brutal death and the subtleties of tech/ prog death metal. Highly recommended!

The BC page.

 

Drugs of Faith - Asymmetrical (2025)

Asymmetrical is the third album from Drugs of Faith, and another excellent piece of noise-rock flavoured hardcore punk, evoking both Black Flag and Unsane. Great songs, and an excellent vocalist. Recommended stuff!

 

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Wailin Storms - The Silver Snake Unfolds (2022)

Wailin Storms is a band I've been following for ten years, so it's due time I review one of their album, even if a bit late, since The Silver Snake Unfolds was released in 2022. Their music is a kind of modern take on the post-punk/swamp rock/gothic americana thing, reminding Joy Division, Gun Club, Birthday Party or Slug Guts, but blending it with heavier doom/Neurosis elements. Good stuff.

 

The BC page. 

 

Savage Master - Dark & Dangerous (2025)

Dark & Dangerous is the Fifth album from Savage Master, and they deliver again a finely crafted piece of heavy/speed metal, full of cool riffing, but what really set them apart are the awesome vocals of Stacey Savage. It's released by Shadow Kingdom records, probably the best dealer of traditional heavy metal right now. Recommended!

 

The BC page. 

 

Erection House - Feels of Correction (2023)

Sounding like a mix of The Stooges at their most psych/noise and Brainbombs, Feels of Correction, released in 2023, is Erection House (from Copenhagen) excellent first album. Time for a second one guys, I'm looking forward to it! 

The BC page.

 

Christoph de Babalon - No Favours (2024)

No Favours is my favourite among the recent Christoph de Babalon releases. A 4 tracks EP showcasing his ability to blend old school jungle and dark ambient (the "gothic jungle" tag he uses is also a good way to describe it) with great results. Recommended stuff!

 

The BC page. 

 

Exhorbitant Prices Must Diminish - For A Limited Time (2024)

For A Limited Time is the first album from Swiss grinders Exhorbitant Prices Must Diminish (but they exist since 2015). From the cover art you wouldn't expect old-school grind, but that's not totally misleading since they manage to play old school grind with a twist, taking the core elements, but unlike many bands they avoid sounding standardised. Sounding at the same time old school and "fresh" isn't so easy, but For A Limited Time is definitely succeeding in doing exactly that. Good job!

 

The BC page. 

 

Saturnalia Temple - Paradigm Call (2024)

Released one year ago, Paradigm Call is Saturnalia Temple third album, ten years after the previous one (the also excellent To The Other). And one thing is clear : they lost nothing of their ability to craft quality psychedelic doom. And like previously, they lean on the more epic heavy metal side of psych doom, with parts getting closer to High on Fire than to Sleep. Paradigm Call was worth the wait, thank you !

 

The BC page. 

 

Fleshbore - Painted Paradise (2025)

With their second album Painted Paradise (released by Transcending Obscurity Records, who you can trust for good death metal) Fleshbore have delivered an awesome piece of technical death metal, both brutal and melodic/progressive. It can evoke both Archspire and Obscura (but I think Painted Paradise is better than the new Obscura album) and stand as the death metal album to beat in 2025. Good luck!

 

The Bandcamp page.

 

 

PISSGRAVE - Malignant Worthlessness (2025)

Malignant Worthlessness is the third PISSGRAVE album. Their trademark intensity remains (as well as their... special taste for cover art), but maybe this time their super filthy and brutal war metal has more "colder and blackmetalish" moments than previously. Solid album again anyway if you like when metal gets very raw and barbaric. 

The BC page.

 

Cacophonous Incantation - Implements of Hell (2019)

I really hope Implements of Hell won't stay the only release from Cacophonous Incantation, since I really enjoy it. I like their deathgrind/goregrind filled with vicious riffing and catchy grooves. Nothing groundbreaking, but they're excellent at doing it.

 

NECROTECH - Necrotechnology (2025)

Necrotechnology is the first release (with Sentient Ruin Laboratories) from Brazilian industrial metal trio NECROTECH. Only five tracks, including an intro and a kind of (somewhat dark ambient) interlude, and we could say it's mostly Godflesh worship. But it's well done, and I really enjoy it, and look forward to hearing what they can do on a longer release, maybe following some directions that are hinted on Necrotechnology : dark ambient, noise, black metal, trap? Who knows, but it could be interesting... but for now I recommend you give a try at this promising first release.

 

The BC page.

 

Defeated Sanity - Chronicles of Lunacy (2024)

Chronicles of Lunacy is the seventh album from Defeated Sanity (more than 30 years after their beginnings), and, maybe except a slightly rawer production, not much has changed. But that's fine with me, they didn't really improve over their previous albums, but still, what they deliver is more than enough to keep them among the apex predators of brutal and technical (very brutal and technical) death metal. Obviously recommended.

 

The BC page.

Groin - Paid in Flesh (2024)

Groin music is fast and straightforward, and my review of the latest album from the trio from Ariona will be the same. Paid in Flesh delivers quality powerviolence/grind just how I like it, and obviously I recommended it warmly.

 

The BC page. 

 

Xenotheory - Blissful Death (2024)

On this second album called Blissful Death, Xenotheory from Paris mutated their "alien slamming deathcore" into something that I would say lost in hardcore impact in getting a bit more repetitive and monotonous, with less change of paces, but gained in (dark and futuristic) atmospheric depth with more stress on the synth soundscape and the building of a massive wall of guitars for a result somewhere between slamming brutal death, Meshuggah and Cryo Chamber style dark ambient. Probably a smart move since it distinguish them more from most brutal/slam bands, another good album in any case.

 

The BC page. 

 

Ghost Dubs - Damaged (2024)

Ghost Dubs is German producer Michael Fiedler and Damaged is his first album as Ghost Dubs, released by Kevin martin label PRESSURE. Of course you can expect quality industrial dub, and this is what you'll get, but expect something less heavy and dark than The Bug, something more in an ambient/drone vein. A nice hazy atmosphere, with subtly noisy and ominous tones. Good stuff.

The BC page.

 

 

Full of Hell & Andrew Nolan - Scraping The Divine (2024)

Full of Hell is one of the best blackened hardcore bands and released several excellent collaborative albums in the past, Andrew Nolan never failed to make his music, whether more hardcore/metal or industrial, interesting at least, most of the time brilliant. Saying I had big expectations for this Scraping The Divine collaborative album would be an understatement. Does it live up to it? No, it EXCEEDS it! Yes, sir! Ranging from ferocious noisegrind to more atmospheric industrial metal (the track with JK BRoderick isn't the only moment of the album evoking Godflesh), it is a truly awesome album. Warmly recommended!

The BC page.

 

Blind Guardian - The God Machine (2022)

Obviously, anyone into heavy metal knows about Blind Guardian, but maybe not everyone knows The God Machine (released in 2022) is a break from the symphonic direction they had for a long time and a return to a lot more aggressive and heavier music. And it turns out to be a totally awesome album, keeping the excellent singing and lead guitar playing, but putting aside any cheesiness, keeping only the best you can have in a heavy metal album.

The BC page.

 

Chat Pile - Cool World (2024)

With this second album, Cool World, Chat pile confirms that they belong to the top noise rock/metal bands. One thing I noticed with this new one is that they often sound nearly as much related to Korn that they are to Unsane, which, believe it or not, is actually pretty cool. And doesn't matter if you agree with this or not, you'll probably enjoy how it is raw, bleak and crawling with a sneaky groove, and will agree it's a great album.

 

The BC page. 

 

Black Hole Deity - Profane Geometry (2024)

Profane Geometry is Black Hole Deity (from alabama) first album, and their music is already excellent. They play some modern technical death metal that also includes elements evoking Morbid Angel and Nile atmospheres and massive epicness. Recommended!

The BC page.

 

The Bug - Machine (2024)

Last year, The Bug (producer Kevin Richard Martin) released a series of five EP called Machine, from I to V, and then compiled some of its tracks on this Machine album released by Relapse. As expected from The Bug, it delivers the best dark and industrial dub. This time it's all instrumental, perfect for feeling the power of the beats and getting lost into the pulsating bass. Strong stuff!

The BC page.

 

Kesem - Wander (2024)

On one hand I regret the near punk energy of their more rocking first album (the awesome Post-Terra), ont he other hand I like when bands are not replicating the same album and bring something with a different mood. And that's what Kesem did with Wander, an album more on the quiet side of progressive rock, evoking at times King Crimson, sometimes Porcupine Tree, but keeping some heavy psych rock moments as well. In any case it's another excellent piece of progressive/psychedelic rock. Recommended stuff!

The Bc page.

Vile Species - Disqualified As a Human (2024)

Disqualified As a Human is the third album from old school grinders from Greece Vile Species, confirming they are trustworty dealers in quality grind. Good stuff!

The BC page.

 

 

Gigan - Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus (2024)

I won't compare Anomalous Abstractigate Infinitessimus with Gigan previous four albums, because I'm discovering them with this one (No, I don't live under a rock, but previous album was seven years ago and by that time I was still mostly sticking to the old school death metal). But what I can say is that it's an awesome album, the embodiment of how mind-blowing technical death metal can be. Gigan is tech death at it's most radical, dissonant and abstract, but also progressive and catchy in it's very special kind of unhuman groove. Highly recommended!

The BC page.

 

Graveyard - 6 (2023)

Usually graveyard is where people end, but for a change I'll start this new year for Blasting Days with a Graveyard review. Their sixth album, called 6, and released in September 2023. After a couple of albums in which they had modernised a bit their sound, they are back to their proto-heavy metal / heavy blues roots. The result is a very quiet album, but filled with excellent songs that I enjoyed listening many times. Good stuff.