Suffering so you don't have to!
Metalcatto
I’ll say it loud: Hippotraktor is one of the most interesting projects of this decade. This unique blend of Djent, Prog, and Post-Metal has been offering banger after banger, yet it still feels like the band hasn’t reached its full potential—at least not on Stasis. But maybe it has done it on Annihilist. Okay, maybe you should stay and find out. It’s going to be a fun ride.
Metalcatto
I’m starting a new section, one where we forget about greatness and jump straight into the horror. Not everything is awesome in our Metalsphere, and it’s time for me to warn future generations about albums like Metallica‘s St. Anger, the bad album par excellence. Not many albums are this iconic and this atrocious. So where the hell do I even start?
Metalcatto
Time to give back to the deep underground. We’ve talked about HKSPK—I know, it sounds like the name of a K-pop band—before in our feedback special, but today we’re not pulling any punches. We’ll review Heimkehr with all the brutality of the law. The guys had their chance, so now they’re going to get a full review and get judged like a proper high-league act. Okay, I’m just scaring people off now, but I had to raise the stakes, right?
Metalcatto
Alright, you probably know that I feel next to no love for Deathcore. I’m just not that excited about the constant breakdowns. However, I’ve heard good things about Crown Magnetar, so of course The Hollowing of Godflesh was my target before this next release date. Can these guys convince me to have faith in the subgenre? Maybe I shouldn’t hold my breath.
Metalcatto
You might wonder why I’m even bothering to review Cursum Perficio so late. Well, the reason I’m late is because I’m kind of an Anthrax hater. I don’t see the big deal about the band. Testament is much better. Anyway, that doesn’t mean I won’t make an effort to be fair. After all, their last album got good reviews—I couldn’t even finish it, though. Let’s go.
Thechopstickdrummer
I’m back, I’m back. Yeah, yeah, I get it. What other way to punish myself for my absence than to listen to half an hour of punishing, brutal death metal shipped to me all the way from Jakarta, Indonesia? Well, the music being from abroad is actually a push for me to get back to Metal Eclipse Reviewin’. Vertiginous is the lucky band to break my brutal death metal fast; their second record, Incessant Affliction, hopefully leaving me like the unfortunate guy in the bottom-left corner of the album cover: stabbed in the back and haunted by a thousand souls. Either that, or impressed. We’ll see.
Vicky
When you talk about Doom Metal, and especially about talented vocalists in this genre, one of the first singers to come to mind is, without a doubt, Heike Langhans. As some of you may know, Heike was until a few years ago the lead vocalist of Draconian, and she is now a part of many great projects: Remina, Sojourner, :LOR3L3I: and Light Field Reverie. I had a while ago the opportunity to interview the incredible Heike Langhans (whom I thank once again for everything), about her overall career, from her beginnings until 2026. Enjoy!
Metalcatto
I know I’m ridiculously early with this review, but when a promo says Haxprocess is a mix of Opeth (the good albums) and Blood Incantation, that made me excited. Either because it was going to be awesome or utterly disappointing. Both would be interesting. So does Endlessly Flowing Cascades of Grief—this isn’t a band name, but a sentence—deliver? Let’s find out.
