Suffering so you don't have to!
Metalcatto
Time to continue with one of our oldest traditions, courtesy of Veilburner. These guys have basically released an album every year we’ve been running this business. It’s not up to us—they’re crazy productive and even more consistent. I can’t think of any of its albums being bad, which is why I’m approaching All That Glimmers is Gloam with a healthy degree of optimism. You never know what the band is going to deliver, and that’s exciting.
Metalcatto
Rarely has a band had a more fitting name than Emptiness. It’s hard to define whatever is going on in Nowhere Speaks, but what I can tell you is that “depressive” is the lightest way to put it. Is this Industrial Goth? Like, I’m edgy but live in an Industrial wasteland? Hard to tell. But if you’re into strange imagery, you should keep reading, because this is only going to get weirder as we descend into absolute despair. That sounded awesome, right?
Metalcatto
The year is 2001. A new era of world terrorism falls upon the world. China joins the World Trade Organization. The Second Intifada is taking place. And there’s no smartphone in sight. Right, I’ve gotten carried away again. The Metal was spectacular—we got timeless classics from Opeth, Tool, Converge, and System of a Down. However, we’re not going to dig even deeper into the underground. We’re going to talk about Emperor‘s Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire and Demise.
Metalcatto
Today, I feel like trying something different. I’m going to expand on our latest IG post and see if that does any good. As a reviewer, you get to hear many hidden jewels that nobody cares about. Maybe because the algorithm isn’t pushing them down your throat on every reel or short. But I’m here to try to do some justice in this indifferent world.
Metalcatto
Let’s face it: in our current social and political climate, satire has lost its purpose. Reality is just funnier than anything else. Double Mute has done two things: brought us one of the strangest concepts for a band and shown one of the most heinous cover arts in MER history. Anyway, if Corporate Culture CEO Edition delivers what it promises, I might once and for all punch that intern who keeps messing up the printer at work.
Metalcatto
When the band is named Hebephrenique and the album is titled Decathexis, you know they aren’t here to play My Little Pony. If anything, you should expect something that would ruin your breakfast harder than massive layoffs at your workplace. It’s been a while since we reviewed some sick Black/Death Metal around here. 2025 will be hard to top in that department, but that doesn’t mean we should disregard the underground so quickly.
Metalcatto
Time flies when you’re mourning. It feels like yesterday when Pappa Catto left for Valhalla. This past year, there were albums I would turn to when the emotional mess hit me hardest. You know what I’m talking about: the deep ache of loss and the nagging sense of existential meaninglessness, paired with the paradoxical need for brutal riffs to power through the day. Here are some of those albums that helped me navigate the pain. Maybe they can help you, too.
Metalcatto
It’s time to reward the albums that made us scratch our heads and wonder: what the heck just hit me? Is this even metal? And should I be having an identity crisis because this album makes me feel stuff I didn’t even know I could feel? Anyway, you don’t have the answers to these questions either, so why keep bothering you? Here are my favourite avant-garde albums of 2025.
Metalcatto
Time to recognize those albums crawling out of the sewers of the underground. The ones that struggle to even get 30 seconds of your attention, but promise a deep reward if you stick around. So here they are, in no particular order, the revelations of 2025.
Metal Eclipse Reviews 