Eighth album. Eight. Seventeen, eighteen years. First album for four though; a statistic that is oh so prevalent. The plague years. Some descended into denial and conspiracies during the laying of that strata, some stood face to face with the… Continue Reading →
There are quite a few bands with this moniker but this version seems to be the most prolific and well known. With six full lengths already released the band has become a beacon in the melodic death metal scene during… Continue Reading →
Time sure does fly and I can hardly believe it has apparently been a decade since we last covered a release by electro mayhem mutants Junkie Kut. That was EP Rebirth and I ended that review saying a new album… Continue Reading →
Horna should need no introduction to any fan of extreme music, having been stalwarts of the Finnish, if not global, black metal scene for the last 30 years. During that time, they have unleashed ten studio albums and countless splits,… Continue Reading →
I discovered this German Heavy/Folk Metal band during Covid times, this is the first full length release following a couple of EP issues. The romanticism of the swirling vocal really encapsulates the band’s sound and I suppose the folk element… Continue Reading →
OK gentle readers, strap yourself in. This is a marathon not a sprint. When I popped my head over the parapet and my hand up for this review I had no idea what was in store. 24 tracks! 24 fucking… Continue Reading →
In order to get to what you are currently reading you’ll likely have noticed the banner for Ave Noctum, declaring as it does its dedication to “Extreme and Atmospheric” music. Well, Dee Calhoun, or ‘Screaming Mad Dee’ if you will,… Continue Reading →
When Ave Noctum’s dark overlord sent me this latest album by Castle to review I went into a bit of a panic. Checking the prior albums by the band I owned I found I had nothing since their rather excellent… Continue Reading →
Solitary are a four piece thrash band from Preston, an unassuming part of Lancashire which sits on the banks of the Ribble river and in terms of music, it is most famous for giving us the UK thrash titans Xentrix…. Continue Reading →
I always see new upcoming Heavy Metal bands floating about but I rarely divulge in them for the simple fact that they almost never live up to the excellence of Maiden, Priest, Saxon or so on. Equally those three bands… Continue Reading →
Kalandra are one of those bands that everyone seems to have heard of, not least through high profile support slots with the likes of Wardruna, Leprous and A.A.Williams, and of course the band’s cover of ‘Helvegen’. They have also played… Continue Reading →
Apparently Tusenårseken means The Thousand Year Oak as this Swedish project helmed by the unbelievably talented Andreas Karlsson, who also has two other acts he runs called Februus and Well Of Depression. This is his third album under this moniker… Continue Reading →