Praise Mollusca! UK death metal force Slugdge make a triumphant return with their fourth album Esoteric Malacology. Now on Willowtip Records and stronger than ever, the band continues to forge their lore of cosmic slugs and the allmighty Greatfather. Read More
Howling Sycamore – Howling Sycamore
Boasting an impressive line-up, Howling Sycamore make their astonishing debut rearranging the well-established into something new to breathe some fresh air into the progressive metal scene. Read More
The State of Noise Vortex
Taking some time to talk about the state of the website and how things are supposed to go this year as well as reflecting a bit on last year. Read More
Noise Vortex Anticipated Albums 2018
With the first month of the new year almost behind us, here’s a short list of anticipated releases for 2018. Not all of those are confirmed, but most of them are likely to come out within this year. Read More
Noise Vortex Top 10 Albums of 2017
Just barely in time, as always, here’s Noise Vortex Top 10 Albums of 2017. Read More
Aosoth – V: The Inside Scriptures
Aosoth are back. Four years after IV: An Arrow in Heart, french Aosoth make a fierce return with their unrelenting and characteristically dissonant fifth album V: The Inside Scriptures. Read More
Looking Back: VI – De Praestigiis Angelorum
It is time for the third installment of Looking Back. This time the focus will be on De Praestigiis Angelorum, the debut album by french black metal trio VI, featuring members of renown outfits such as Aosoth and Antaeus. Read More
Botanist – Collective: The Shape of He to Come
It is time to return to the Verdant Realm once more. Ever the industrious one, american Botanist have come out with their new album and first part of the “Collective” series. The Shape of He to Come is to be taken literally as it sees the band revolutionize their sound. Read More
Chiral – Gazing Light Eternity
Hailing from the italian countryside, one-man black metal band Chiral delivered a dreamy and melancholic style of black metal on the project’s third full-length release Gazing Light Eternity. Read More
The Ruins of Beverast – Exuvia
Four years after his last album Blood Vaults – The Blazing Gospels of Heinrich Kramer, german mutli-instrumentalist and vocalist Alexander von Meilenwald returns to make another entry to the discography of his project The Ruins of Beverast. Enter Exuvia, one of the most densely atmospheric albums to come out this year. Read More