Album Reviews

After a whirlwind week of reviews that saw us hopping from death and doom to blackened thrash and AOR, what better way to round out […]

Phantom are a band who have experienced what can only be described as a meteoric rise within the metal underground over the course of their […]

The first time the name Sijjin crossed my radar was a couple years ago, when they played the 2023 edition of America’s most infamous extreme […]

To call Pagan Altar trailblazers would be an understatement. They were cult (or rather “kvlt”) before the aesthetic was even a thing, and playing full […]

I promise that I didn’t intentionally plan on dropping back to back reviews of Swedish acts today, but considering what a vast history the country […]

Funny how the ’20s has seen me go from a casual H.E.A.T fan at best to the unofficial head of the Midwest chapter of their […]

Phil Tougas’ name is one I’ve heard uttered amidst extreme metal circles for years now, and yet I don’t think I’ve ever consciously sat down […]

Another year, another Hawkwind album! Blessed by the extraterrestrial gods, there is no end in sight for the 83 year old Dave Brock and company, […]

Here at Defenders of the Faith, we’ve gained quite the reputation for covering veteran acts, whether it be in the form of interviews or album […]

In the years since Diabolizer’s 2021 debut, Khalkedonian Death, Turkish death metal hasn’t really caught on here in the States in the same manner as […]