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Viande – Monument Aux Morts (Debonair Blackened Death Metal)
For a band who’s name just means “meat” you might not expect much. I know it’s in French, but come on now. It does sound cool with the accent, however, I’ll admit, but if you’re a first-timer for the power that is Viande, you might be wondering if it’s worth it when they’re named […]
epic metal \ fantasy metal \ France \ Gates of Hell Records \ heavy metal \ Mario Lopze \ power metal \ speed metal
Iron Slaught – Metallic Torments (Protean Heavy Speed Metal)
Talk about versatility. We have a true gathering of sages here. Few bands have I encountered who have this much ability to adapt and shift. They’re practically protean in that regard, which makes Iron Slaught’s latest full-length, Metallic Torments, the new must-own for 2026. The French excel at certain types of metal, in this […]
Antiq Label \ Antiq Records \ Canada \ France \ melodic black metal \ poetic black metal \ Veneden Art
Morte France – Hesperia (Historical Poetical Melodic Black Metal)
Tis the season for black metal of all forms (it’s cold out there and always in our hearts), but only a few can make it to the Deaf Sparrow ranks of “reviewed.” Remember, I don’t bother unless I’d give it at least a 4/5, plus the art has to catch the attention. So obviously […]
adventurous black metal \ Antiq Records \ dungeon black metal \ dungeon synth \ dungeon synth black metal \ fantasy black metal \ Flamberge Illustrations \ France \ RPG black metal
Hyver – Shaâtaunoâr: An Album in Which You Are the Hero (Choose Your Own Dungeon Black Metal)
I forget when I first heard Hyver, but I can tell you from experience this type of sound only seems to be properly done in the hands of the French. No one else has the poetic nature in their soul to pull off dungeon synth black metal of the fantasy role-play variety. But this […]
Flamberge Illustration \ France \ heavy metal \ heavy speed metal \ Jawbreaker Records \ speed metal \ Woven Hoof Records
Palantyr – The Ascent & the Hunger (Triumphant Heavy Speed Metal)
I was like “that’s a weird album title” at first, until I realized this is something of a comp for what is this band’s new path of greatness. Previously under the moniker of Destrukt, France’s now-crowned Palantyr have moved away from the speed thrash direction of their earlier work into heavy speed, and in […]
death grind \ France \ grind \ grindcore \ Time to Kill Records
Putrid Offal – Obliterated Life (I Settled on This Grind)
At first I thought I was settling on this, because these past two weeks for promos have been wretched. Typical metal, and other genres, with not a lick of creativity to differentiate any of it from what I’ve heard a million times. So then I’m looking here at France’s Putrid Offal, who’ve been around […]
blackened heavy metal \ blackened power metal \ blackened speed metal \ Dying Victims Productions \ France \ Jon Whiplash Illustrations
Hexecutor – …Where Spirit Withers in Its Flesh Constraint (Hauntingly Ethereal Blackened Heavy Metal)
Are the French coming up to overtake the Finns in weirdness? Also the ghostly and ethereal? Might happen, at this rate. I really needed to listen to the latest from Hexecutor several times to get what they were doing. Even after that I’m not sure I’m in the “get it” crowd yet. Maybe I […]
acoustic black metal \ Antiq Records \ France \ L’Atelier du Hérisson d’Or \ medieval \ Medieval Painter \ Miho Kuroyanagi
Grylle – Egrotants, Souffreteux, Cacochymes, Covidards (Legitimately Medieval Black Metal)
Perfect success comes in many forms. In the case of France’s bizarre, medieval black metal minstrel troupe Grylle, it’s written all over everything they do, everything their fingers touch. From the promo pack, looking at what appears to be a photo taken in corpse paint while pregnant, medieval demon and plague art, and a […]
Antiq Records \ atmospheric black metal \ France \ Lilas Dupont \ Ondine
Silhouette – Les Dires de l’Âme (Ghostly Black Metal)
Sometimes I lean towards bands too easily, perhaps, but in the case of France’s Silhouette I couldn’t help but with their mostly ghostly style. I reviewed their EP Les Retranchements when it dropped about two years ago, and it hit right in the emotional core more than most bands attempting the atmospheric route, but […]
Alexander Gjerdevik Skjøtt \ aristocratic death metal \ death metal \ France \ Hells Headbangers
Skelethal – Within Corrosive Continuums (Aristocratic Death Metal)
I like skeletons. I also like skeleton words, and France’s Skelethal are rocking a skeleton word for their name. Now, to be honest, I’ve heard these guys before, I was just not a fan of the artwork on their last full-length (the last promo I remember receiving from them), but this time around, staring […]
