Glenn Van Bockstaele, Author at GRIMM Gent

Our Mirage – Fractured Minds

8.4

Our Mirage is coming to town with their second album 'Fractured Minds' bringing a great record with emotional metal filled with nasty breakdowns! Out now with Arising Empire!
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31/01/2026 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

Discovery Through Torment – Telesynthetic Rebirth EP

8

Discovery Through Torment's latest EP 'Telesynthetic Rebirth' will serve both fans that love some brutal black metal but also fans that love deathcore that really slams. An blackened deathcore album that creates the perfect bridge between darkened black metal and brutal breakdowns
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24/01/2026 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

Ov Sulfur – Endless

10

Ov Sulfur will play champions league in the near future based on their new album 'Endless', out with Century Media Records. Theyve created a splendid place where darkness meets brutality meets emotion and gravity.
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22/01/2026 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

Paleface Swiss – The Wilted EP

9

Paleface Swiss started the new year properly with the release of their EP 'The Wilted'. More emotional, more brutal, showing different sides of a band that is going places right now! Catch them live on tour in Europe with Stick To Your Guns and Static Dress right now or this summer when they visit many European festivals, including some of our favorites like Tuska and Alcatraz!
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15/01/2026 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

Immortal Disfigurement – Hell Is Right In Front Of Us

10

Brutal, filthy, and uncompromising, symphonic deathcore done right. In October, Immortal Disfigurement released their EP 'Hell Is Right In Front Of Us' with Seek & Strike, an album filled with pure deathcore violence from start to finish that we couldn't let us pass by!
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12/01/2026 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

Deadwood – Rituals Of A Dying Light

6

Canada is giving us Deadwood that blend death and black metal into 'The Rituals Of A Dying Light', out today with Innerstrength Records!
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09/01/2026 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

Kneel Before The Death – Kneel Before The Death

8.2

With Kneel Before The Death, you get a Finnish deathcore band that slays everything on their path with their blackened and symphonic mindset. Their self-titled album is out now with Ranka Kustannus!
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07/12/2025 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

Before The Dawn – Cold Flare Eternal

8

Before The Dawn returned this year with their new album 'Cold Flare Eternal'. The second full-length since the band's resurgence and a masterclass in how to write a massive melodic and melancholic death metal album, out with Reaper Entertainment!
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17/11/2025 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

Lorna Shore – I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me

10

From underdogs to deathcore giants, Lorna Shore have done it again. Their new album 'I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me' is an absolute monster, packed with filthy breakdowns, blackened atmospheres, and a bunch of epic, nearly 10-minute journeys that push the genre’s limits. We dove deep into this beast for our full review and for now, it’s already a strong contender for album of the year 2025, out with Century Media Records tomorrow September 12!
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11/09/2025 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

Heaven Shall Burn – Heimat

8

Heaven Shall Burn has succeeded again with their 10th album 'Heimat'. They have earned the title godfathers of metalcore and they show it yet again with this release. Out via Century Media Records.
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26/08/2025 /0 Comments/by Glenn Van Bockstaele

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