Doomnivorous--Self titled cassette&digital{Rat Covenant}

 

This is a review of Russia's Doomnivorous self titled EP that was released on cassette through the German label Rat Covenant.Starting off with a intro the music kicks in some raw guitars and drums that are played with aggressive fast paced music.The guitars are raw with a mix of fast paced guitars with some slower mid paced passages.The guitarist even has some solo's mixed into the songs that are well played.The drums are extremly fast and chaotic with some hyperspeed drum arrangements.The vocals are raw and harsh black metal screams that fit the musician style nicely. If you are looking for a good war metal band that plays raw and bestial black metal then check this band out today.                            Rat Covenant                                                                                                                                                   https://ratcovenant.bandcamp.com/album/rat-213-doomnivorous-doomnivorous                                       https://www.instagram.com/rat_cov_2/                                                                                                        https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQhQzcVfX84T8Sz8Qfr2iw                                                          

                             

HellHunger--The Painful Will Of An Ancient Being cassette&digital{Rat covenant}

 

HellHunger is a solo project that was started by Shoggoth who's other bands include Shoggoth and Doomnivorous.The Painful Will Of An Ancient Being is the debut full length featuring eight tracks of well composed and performed black metal.This project seems more rooted in the traditional raw black metal with some very well delievered musicial passages.The guitars are played with some memorable patterns and passages.The guitars range from extreme fast paced patterns amd some mid paced passages.Both guitar styles are performed with skillful writing.The drums are played with skill and delievers some very well performed drum patterns.Like the guitars the drums are a mix of extremly fast drums and some slower mid paced drum patterns.The vocals are raw and grim black metal screams and shrieks. This debut from HellHunger is very impressive and i hope the band releases more quality releases soon.                                                                                                                                            Rat covenant                                                                                                                                                   https://ratcovenant.bandcamp.com/album/rat-219-hellhunger-the-painful-will-of-an-ancient-being          https://www.instagram.com/rat_cov_2/                                                                                                       https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQhQzcVfX84T8Sz8Qfr2iw                                                          

GOATKRIEG--Hanging God cassette/digital(Rat Covenant}

 

Hanging God is the second EP.coming from GOATKRIEG who are a  duo with members from Germany and Hungary.The new EP.features five tracks of bestial and uncomprimising black and death metal that is savage in the delievery.The music is played with a assault of fast blasting drums and some whirlwind fast paced guitars.The vocals are demonic and brutal growls and some shrieks and screams are also used throughout the songs.Hanging God is another masterpiece of brutal bestial black and death metal that should please all fans of this genre.                                                                                                                 GOATKRIEG                                                                                                                                                                     https://goatkrieg.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                               https://www.facebook.com/people/Goatkrieg/61555964307690/                                                               https://www.instagram.com/goatkrieg/?igsh=NXF4aXg5cG93N2hj#   

Rat  Coveenant 

https://ratcovenant.bandcamp.com/album/dis-061-goatkrieg-hanging-god

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQhQzcVfX84T8Sz8Qfr2iw

https://www.instagram.com/rat_cov_2/

                                                                                                

    

GoatKrieg--Satan's Legion Marches cassette/digital release{Rat Covenant}

 

GoatKrieg  is a two man band with members in Germany and Hungary.Satan's Legion Marches is the debut EP.that is getting a cassette release through Rat Covenant. featuring  eight tracks of bestial and relentless black death metal.Moloch handles the instrumens and writing the music Both the guitars and drums are a barrage of fast and chaotic guitar patterns,The drumming is fast blasting drums that bulldoze through each song with intensity and barbarity.The vocals  are handled by  Bal and are a mix of demonic and brutal growls that are delievered with power.Their are also some insanely blackend shrieks and screams that give each song a nice mix.Satan's Legion Marches  is a must have for all those who love bestial and brutal black death metal you will not be disapointed.                                              GoatKrieg                                                                                                                                                     https://www.facebook.com/people/Goatkrieg/61555964307690/                                                                https://www.instagram.com/goatkrieg/?igsh=NXF4aXg5cG93N2hj                                                          https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDIlWEj_KOswZCwVqEdr43g   

Rat Covenant 

https://ratcovenant.bandcamp.com/album/dis-062-goatkrieg-satans-legion-marches                                 https://www.instagram.com/rat_cov_2/                                                                                                                 youtube.com/channel/UCYQhQzcVfX84T8Sz8Qfr2iw?reload=9                                                                         

Funebre Devastation--Allegiance In Torment cd{Morbid Shrine Prod.}

 

Allegiance In Torment  is the latest EP from Spain's Funebre Devastation.Featuring four tracks of old school death and thrashing anthems.The music is rooted in the early to mid 80's thrash,death metal scene.The guitars are played with speed and aggressive patterns that are well executed.The guitarist does write some memorable passages and adds some well performed solo's throughout the songs.The drums are equally as impressive with some fast and chaotic drum patterns that are played with power.Like the guitars the drummer does perform some extremly chaotic yet well delievered drum passages.The vocals are old school gruff growls and some raw gruff screams are used in a few of the songs.If you are looking for bands that play old school death metal with alot of thrash influences then defintly check out Funebre Devastation today                                                                                            Funebre Devastation                                                                                                                                      https://www.facebook.com/funebredevastation#                                                                                        https://www.instagram.com/funebredevastation/                                                                                         Morbid Shrine Prod.                                                                                                                                  https://morbidshrineproductions.es/                                                                                                            https://morbidshrineproductions.bandcamp.com/album/allegiance-in-torment-mcd-2025                      https://www.facebook.com/morbidshrineproductions                                                                                https://www.instagram.com/morbidshrineproductions/#                                                                          https://www.youtube.com/jsdreed                                                                                                                 

 

Goatkrieg--Satanic Assault On Holy Lands Digital&Cassette{Rat Covenant}

 

Satanic Assault On Holy Lands is the debut full length from Germany's Goatkrieg.The debut full length is  eight tracks of bestial and fast paced black and death metal.Moloch handles writing and performing the music for the band and on this release it is a barrage of relentless black death metal,The drums are done with some hyperspeed and crazed  drum passages.The guitars are razorsharp with furious fast paced guitar patterns that are done with power and aggression.Bal handles the vocals and are a mix of black metal shrieks and screams but also uses some heavy demonic death metal growls.Satanic Assault On Holy Lands is a great full length of intense and barbaric black death metal.                                      Goatkrieg                                                                                                                                                    https://goatkrieg.bandcamp.com/                                                                                                                   https://www.facebook.com/people/Goatkrieg/61555964307690/                                                                 https://www.instagram.com/goatkrieg/?igsh=NXF4aXg5cG93N2hj#                                                         https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDIlWEj_KOswZCwVqEdr43g                                                      Rat Covenant{Cassette}

https://ratcovenant.bandcamp.com/album/rat-208-goatkrieg-satanic-assault-on-holy-lands

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYQhQzcVfX84T8Sz8Qfr2iw

https://www.instagram.com/rat_cov_2/

Superion Tyrant--Demo MMXXV {Digital}{Independent}

 

Superion Tyrant is a new band that was formed in 2025 and this is a review of the debut demo.Demo MMXXV contains a intro and four songs of Vicious and violent blackdeath metal with some war metal elements added into the mix.The intro is machine gun fire and expolisions then the music hits.The music is played with fast aggressive guitars that are played with skillful writing.Their are some slower mid paced guitar passages to give the guitarist a break from the extreme speeds.The drums are done with some powerful mid paced drums and some fast and crazed drum patterns that are well executed and delievered.For a debut this is a really good start looking forward to hearing more from the band in the future.

Superion Tyrant

https://superiontyrant.bandcamp.com/album/demo-mmxxv                                                                      https://www.facebook.com/people/Superion-Tyrant/61581349941602/                                                    https://www.instagram.com/superiontyrant/

Infernal Gates--Hell's Reaper (CS) {Independent}

This is the second full length from this Quebecois band. We get black thrash with primitive riffing that straddles the lines of black, thrash, and sometimes even death metal. In fact, there's almost a rock and roll feel to some of the songs and writing, a swagger that not many black/thrash bands have. They even have a song entitles "Caveman Rock 'N Roll." Their solos in particular bleed rock and roll. Much of this is mid-paced, galloping along with a black metal feel. The production is nice and spacious, clear and well engineered, but it's also very natural, especially the drums. They sound almost live. The vocals are largely standard mid-range black metal growls but some low vocals do appear here and there, usually as backing vocals. The break up the album they give us an interlude filled with somber riffing and acoustic guitar, and it was a welcome break from the rest of the record. It was a smart move. A break for the ears can go a long way to making an album memorable. I hope a proper label comes along and puts this out far and wide, but there are cassettes available on their Bandcamp site.

infernalgates.bandcamp.com

Perditus--Hailing the Coward Moon (Digital) {Independent}

Hailing from Austria, this is the one-man project of Gravedweller. It's black metal in the Nordic style but with it's own distinct identity. There's a technical edge to the guitar playing that doesn't exist in black metal all that often, with the use of little sweeps in the riffs. It's interesting, adding a dynamic that really helps give this a different feel. The vocals are strangled out of Gravedweller's throat, and he employs all sorts of techniques, from standard black metal rasps to screams, yells, growls, wails, and sometimes even clean vocals. The drums appear to be programmed, but you'd never guess it unless you're either very tuned in to the music or you haven't read the Metal Archives page about the band. The record is cleanly produced but retains and element of rawness that stems from the playing and arrangements. This isn't bad stuff at all, and worth checking out.

perditusbm.bandcamp.com

Graveripper--From Welkin to Tundra (CD/LP/CS) {Wise Blood Records}

From the depths of the Indianapolis scene comes this black/thrash act, a trio that performs with force and power. They play a seamless mixture of black metal and thrash, with black metal taking the place of prominence most of the time, using the thrash to vary the songs and add aggression. The vocals are hard-edged black metal rasps and screams. This is slickly produced stuff - the production is absolutely perfect. I almost want it to be more raw, and I feel like it loses something being this clean. However, I'll be they absolutely kill in a live setting! This is recommended if you prefer your black/thrash with more of a black metal side. It's enjoyable if not earth-shattering.

wisebloodrecords.com