Author Pete Woods
Well, this is ‘nice’ and that makes a change as it’s not a word that we use that often around these here parts. If you are looking for an album to while away a summer afternoon, lying on back in… Continue Reading →
Buckle the swash, there’s a new bunch of mariners sailing the seven seas, or at least the Atlantic, harboured off the coast of Portugal. This is a new band from ex-Moonspell drummer Mike Gaspar and we are promised ‘dark metal’… Continue Reading →
The last thing necessary here is a potted history lesson about the (ahem) Roots of Soulfly and what led to their formation back in 1998. It’s well documented and has been discussed ad-nauseum. Like many bands of their ilk, it’s… Continue Reading →
Blimey it was way back in 2008 and ‘Southern Storm’ when I last reviewed a Krisiun album. It was the mid-era of the Brazilian trio I guess my interest really peeked even giving them an album of the year accolade… Continue Reading →
One-man industrial wrecking machine James Hammontree is back and those who like the thudding, abrasive, jackhammering side of the genre are no doubt keen to hear how the Oklahoman has developed ideas from 2020 debut ‘Hallucination Machine’. Truth is, not… Continue Reading →
So many seem to be getting the horror bug at the moment and either realising their own versions of film themes or interpreting soundtracks to their own definitions. Some of these are inventive, some are unique and others are no… Continue Reading →
Taking one look at the album title I expected it was going to be a case of “get thee to a nunnery” here. Then again it doesn’t take much for visions of novices gripped in ecstatically manic activity at alleged… Continue Reading →
Cast your mind back 28 years, were you even born then, have your memories been swept aside by the winds of time? The reason I am asking is because this is when UK doom death act Enchantment released their debut… Continue Reading →
As if it’s not hot enough already, here we have something else of a fiery nature. I can’t say I remembered Prometheus despite the fact last album ‘Resonant Echoes from Cosmos of Old’ had been covered by another on these… Continue Reading →
Cineploit, the label run by ex-Pungent Stencher Alex has a mission statement of primarily releasing Cinematic Music and Italian Genre Film. Naturally this involves some fantastic and at times strange material, which although united by a common sensibility delivers some… Continue Reading →
You wouldn’t want anyone throwing a Pestilent Hex at you, would you? Imagine what you could end up with, all manner of nastiness. Covid would be a prime example perhaps. It could even be booby-trapped within the music itself. We… Continue Reading →
It’s time to step into the time machine with Morlock and back into an analogue world where strange synths were bringing futuristic soundscapes into the musical cosmos and crossing over into various genres from new-wave to prog. We are in… Continue Reading →