Author Pete Woods
It’s high time that Polish auteur Walerian Borowczyk (1923-2006) was due a thorough reappraisal and Arrow Films have gone all out in breathing new life into the director of over 40 short films and a dozen features. They are re-releasing,… Continue Reading →
We seem to get a split disc every couple of weeks or so and they are certainly reliable for discovering new bands, especially when it comes to the black metal side of things. This latest one via Immortal Frost Productions… Continue Reading →
UK CULT HORROR ACTRESS’ BAND APPEAR ON THE X FACTOR September 2014, LONDON, UK: Following successful auditions, The Courtesans made it through to be amongst the last 40 contestants in Bootcamp! The Courtesans, comprising of UK leading horror, scream queen… Continue Reading →
I think some of us take black metal from Ukraine a bit for granted. Sure it is an underground thing but many of us into the music look to the region for releases of a consistent high quality at least… Continue Reading →
There is no denying that Steve Bastado aka Steve (Speed Machine) Redman has led one hell of an interesting life. He probably has the scars to prove it and he definitely has the tattoos. He was in both the Magic… Continue Reading →
Wondering just how to start this review I went for the tried and tested look up the band name and see if other than as a moniker it has any real meaning and discovered that according to Urban Dictionary it… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed the debut CD ‘The Echo Of Emptiness’ which landed my way earlier this year from this Swedish duo. It really hit the spot purveying a classic Scandinavian raw blackness which harked back to the early years of… Continue Reading →
Some Hungarian folk music anyone? What’s that shaking the head all about, we never did claim to be a noisy metal site, we try and cater for all tastes within reason and it’s always nice to chill out to something… Continue Reading →
Hurrah it’s almost autumn, yeah piss off summer you had your turn and made us all hot, sticky and uncomfortable as well as spreading all your nasty allergies and dishing out some strange and severe weather of all sorts. Favourite… Continue Reading →
There is a mad scientist burning away the midnight hours in his laboratory and this could be looked at in two ways. The first is Frozen Ocean’s Vaarwel at work making strange sounds and contorting them. ‘Weighing Form’ is another… Continue Reading →
If you know all about adjusting tracking then you lived through the video age, congratulations on surviving the frustration of fizzy screens and blurry images with lots of buzzing noise. Long before taking DVD for granted the video cassette and… Continue Reading →
One man, one track, 57 minutes. When I also mention that it is intrinsically instrumental funeral doom from the Ukraine and on Solitude Productions that may have all but the hardiest of fanatics running in terror but it would be… Continue Reading →