Since forming in 2021 this US death metal act has released a demo, split and EP in quick succession as this marks the band’s first, and hopefully not the last, full length. You rarely get to hear a straight up… Continue Reading →
Good luck to anyone trying to keep up with Spider God as G their arachnid muse never stops spinning his musical web. Since 2020 there have been a staggering 26 releases (according to Metal Archives) of varying lengths and types… Continue Reading →
I am familiar with this band and their two previous albums prior to this EP, and can say from past experience that they leave no stone unturned. Both were hard, fast, menacing and punishing but in a way that as… Continue Reading →
Manchester Academy – 8/11/24 First up on this varied bill were Philadelphia’s Jesus Piece, who have been building an impressive reputation in recent years, not least due to their incendiary live shows, and tonight was an opportunity for them to showcase… Continue Reading →
It’s one thing to be creative and another to able to express the creativity in a way that intrigues and captivates listeners. Tamás Kátai as Thy Catafalque has been doing both for 25 years. Each of the eleven albums so… Continue Reading →
Towards the end of last year, I found myself reviewing what was easily the strangest album (I use the term loosely, quite frankly) I’ve encountered in many a long year. It wasn’t an album in the traditional sense, but rather… Continue Reading →
I can’t be absolutely sure when Ploughshare formed but this Australian group put their first EP Literature Of Piss out in 2017 and thus followed some acclaim for the band’s debut full length In Offal, Salvation. Since then they have… Continue Reading →
Late last year the excellent Green Lung released their monument to the folklore and magic of Albion, This Heathen Land. A landmark to be sure and one that drew in listeners not usually obsessed with the stoner/doom end of things…. Continue Reading →
This is the fifth album by Germany’s Chaos Invocation who I was introduced to on their second album ‘Black Mirror Hours’ and reviewed for the site back in 2013. I have kept up with the band since as each subsequent… Continue Reading →
It pains me beyond compare to know that the far right is on the rise again across Europe and, at the time of writing this review, has once again taken over the most notorious and dangerous nation on the planet…. Continue Reading →
Greece, one of the most intriguing and influential nations of Europe in all areas of art, history, culture and science. And it also has a fascinating history in terms of black metal and other extreme metal communities. Said influence can… Continue Reading →
A dark, rain soaked landscape stretches forebodingly into the hazy distance. The grey clouds hang heavy over the mists of dank depression, a smog of broken dreams and lost hope. The perfect landscape for a soundtrack of melancholic Gothic Doom… Continue Reading →