If you don’t know Darkthrone then I suggest before reading this review you go and do some research because trying to plot their history here would probably be a boring exercise for you to read. The basics are that they… Continue Reading →
Brume (pronounced broom, like witches’ favourite means of transport) are a doom metal/rock quartet from San Francisco, California. In their music, they blend doom, goth, indie rock and a dash of psychedelia. This is my first encounter with them, but… Continue Reading →
I say it all the time but it’s worth saying again – 20 Buck Spin has been killing it in the last few years. Quality release after quality release and always full of spite, big riffs and delicious nastiness. It’s… Continue Reading →
Six years down the line from their debut album Rituals, Sweden’s Crawl return with a new ‘un. Their Metal Archives page amusingly to me lists genre as ‘death metal’ and themes as ‘death’. So there you have it really. Nutshell…. Continue Reading →
Romanticism, deathlike fantasies and world collapse – such are the images presented to us of death metal band Nokturnal from Indonesia. The horror element which is paraded conjures up Tribulation, to whose fans Nokturnal are said to appeal. In truth,… Continue Reading →
If you have ever given this German band’s releases a listen then you know that they rarely stick to one particular style. Indeed throughout their 20 plus releases which consist of full lengths, EPs, splits and live outings they have… Continue Reading →
It seems to be a fine time for atmospheric British doom right now. We are only just digesting recent albums from My Dying Bride and Arð and here comes another UK treasure. Active since way back in 2005 and conceived… Continue Reading →
The third album from Norwegian band Bismarck, the essential fare here is stoner doom with atmospheric post-rock, and “an uncompromising mix of sludgy riffs and psychedelic nuances”. “Vourukasha” is described as “a metaphysical journey through time and space”. The dark… Continue Reading →
Since 2005 Black Tusk have been producing their own brand of sludge metal. A heady, thick brew of sounds the band lovingly refer to as “swamp metal” born in Savannah, Georgia. With a string of albums plus EP’s and split… Continue Reading →
If you are familiar with this German band then you probably already know that they have sort of tagged themselves as mining black metal since their lyrical ideas all stem from the idea of mining and to some degree blacksmiths… Continue Reading →
Not an uncommon name in the grand scheme of things but this particular Beholder are identifiable for being part of the fertile Québécois noir scene. With three members of the quintet previously active in the short lived Grande Pointe this… Continue Reading →
Kind of an interesting one to be reviewing following the controversy surrounding this album’s alleged AI artwork. A separate issue to the music perhaps but not a great start. A band like Deicide absolutely can and should support artists to… Continue Reading →