Wonderbox Metal

Hecate Enthroned are a black metal band from the UK and this is their seventh album. Featuring members of Ba’al and Sidious in their ranks, legendary black metal act Hecate Enthroned return for the first time in seven years. What dark delights does The Corpse of a Titan, a Lament Long Buried bring to us? …

Monolord are a doom metal band from Sweden and this is their sixth album. If you have never encountered Monolord before, then prepare yourself for classic doom metal shenanigans, seasoned with a contemporary delivery. The promo blurb should sort you out as a decent starting point, stating that the 43-minute Neverending is for fans of …

Bear are a progressive hardcore/metal band from Belgium and this is their fifth album. This new 19-minute EP from the mighty Bear packs a punch. It’s five songs and no messing around. These songs are short and to-the-point. Two do their damage, then get out swiftly, laughing as they do so with murderous glee. Bear …

This is the tenth album from Norwegian black metallers Dimmu Borgir. Eight long years since 2018’s Eonian, the legendary Dimmu Borgir have returned. Bringing the world 72 minutes of new material, Grand Serpent Rising is an unexpectedly atavistic record, but is all the better for it. Grand Serpent Rising offers up a slightly stripped back …

This is the eighth album from Impure Wilhelmina, a Swiss post-metal band. 2021’s Antidote was a very strong record, so it’s great to see follow up Le Sanglot appear. It’s a 50-minute case study in portraying emotion and depth of songcraft. Impure Wilhelmina once again show just why they are held in such high regard …