Look, there’s no getting round this, and let’s not beat around the bush – “Crown of Thorns” is pretty much a shoe-in for my album of the year. This has been a good year for releases, but really, nothing has… Continue Reading →
Switzerland’s Calcined is a band I came across when I reviewed their debut album for the site back in 2015 and was reasonably impressed by it. The sophomore was equally decent upping the technicality slightly that accompanies a band when… Continue Reading →
Hailing from Chicago, Illinois Immortal Bird have spent the past 11 years combining black metal, crust punk and some sludgy genres to create a somewhat unique blend of metal and adjacent sounds to express their outspoken shtick. Having discovered them… Continue Reading →
ProgPower Europe is the musical equivalent of a holiday in the sun. One thing that makes me particularly appreciative – maybe it doesn’t take a lot – is how orderly and organised it all is. I do realise that I’m… Continue Reading →
Syv means seven according to Google. So as appears to be tradition when bands reach their seventh album Mork’s seventh is called seven. But let’s be honest it is something to celebrate. The other thing about the entity that is… Continue Reading →
I think the last album I reviewed which didn’t contain any guitars was Van Canto. But this heavy brass trio consisting of trumpeter Paolo Raineri, trombonist Francesco Bucci and drummer Beppe Mondini are only playing original songs, so there’s no… Continue Reading →
Always nice to receive an actual physical product to review in these days of downloads and streaming. Also cool to get a couple of fine death metal albums from Great Dane Records of which this French band is my first… Continue Reading →
One of the best thing about reviewing is it genuinely keeps reminding you of how little you know. I mean case in point, Obnoxious Youth. Yet another name I had not crossed paths with before so on a quick glance… Continue Reading →
These Italians were already on the rise with debut album ‘Ascension’ proving itself to be a confident and mature opening gambit. Three years later they are back with the follow up which is described as being ‘Cosmic Doom.’ With a… Continue Reading →
I’m not going to lie, outside of Ahab, Bell Witch and a small selection of others my Funeral Doom knowledge on the genre is lacking, and that does make me a bit sad because every time I hear it I… Continue Reading →
Hell is Other People is a great band name and certainly sums up how I feel a lot of the time! Being intrigued, I went away to doing a little digging as to its origins, and was led to a… Continue Reading →
Make no mistake, Autumnal angst and anguish are definitely setting in. Looking at what is left on the review list in front of me, there is one constant and it sure ain’t happiness. So I first turn to Rome a… Continue Reading →