Nov 012026
 

Recommended for fans of: Ne Obliviscaris, Nightrage, Wintersun

Wow, 200 editions of THE SYNN REPORT… how time does fly.

Of course, strictly speaking there’s actually a few extra ones knocking about, but those were all “special editions” and don’t count towards the official total (plus 200 is a nice round number, so let’s stick with that).

For such a momentous milestone it’s only fitting to choose an equally momentous band, one whose work has impressed us with each and every release – up to and including their new album, The Mother Void, which came out last month – in the form of cosmic Melodeath maestros Iapetus, aka Jordan Navarro and Matthew Cerami.

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Dec 092019
 

Caronte

 

(Andy Synn prepared this collection of reviews, covering three excellent 2019 albums to which we haven’t previously devoted sufficient attention.)

Despite promising to take some time off after last week’s orgy of lists here I am, back again, with more bands/albums for you to check out.

My plan, as it stands right now, is to spend the next week or two, if/when I can, catching up with a few bands who either missed out on last week’s year-end round-up, or who made the lists but haven’t received a full write-up here as of yet.

The reviews themselves may be a little shorter than usual, simply due to time constraints on my end, but hopefully they’ll prove just as insightful as ever. Cough…

Anyway, today we’ve got some groovesome Satanic Doom, some progressively inclined Melodeath, and some nasty Blackened Sludge, so there should be something for (almost) everyone to discover. Continue reading »