Author Pete Woods
With over two decades of misery behind them there are no expectations that Parisians Mourning Dawn will have found their happy place on album number six. They may have found some euphoria on the last one several years ago but… Continue Reading →
It’s practically impossible to keep up with Spider God and the veritable jigsaw puzzle of releases coming from prime composer George. This is actually the second that has been officially classed as an album following on from 2022’s ‘Fly In… Continue Reading →
So there I was bemoaning a horror themed album for lacking in the key ingredient and along comes this. Surely Vincent Crowley and his team made up of past members of laid to rest Acheron won’t be making that mistake?… Continue Reading →
If you are going to name your album after one of the Three Mothers then it had damn well best be a work summoning up a sense of malevolent witchery. Based upon the writings of Thomas De Quincey and adapted… Continue Reading →
Blimey, has it really been a whole decade since we last had recorded material from enigmatic Swiss explorers of the cosmos Darkspace? It’s not like the trio comprising of Wroth, Zhaaral and new member Yhs have found themselves stranded on… Continue Reading →
We are off to the Basque Country but don’t go expecting a sunny disposition. Judging by the title of the album this is a sun blinded by pollution. The duo of M (guitars, bass and vocals) and N (drums and… Continue Reading →
This was a welcome arrival and I have a new ‘chill out’ album to go to here and make a change from all the noisy metal stuff. It’s a bit ironic really that it comes from a Polish musician who… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since we crept over the crooked, creaky bridge into Creepsylvania, six years in fact. This time we approach the ghoulish sack-clothed faced wearers lair with extreme caution. I nod acknowledgement to the headless horseman on the… Continue Reading →
Is a necro(w)retch the sound made by someone who has consumed too much corpse-flesh? Possibly, as considering three different writers have tackled their albums in the past, none of them have surprisingly come back for seconds. These ghoulish Gaul’s have… Continue Reading →
If you are a fan of French band Griffon whose 3rd album ‘De Republica’ is due to drop any day now, boy have you got a treat in store for you even before you get to it. Vocalist Aharon has… Continue Reading →
Blimey, talk about banging them out? Industrialists KMFDM are back with their 23rd studio album snapping at the heels of 2022 release Hyëna and like its predecessor it’s another diverse listening experience with all manner of musical tropes coming at… Continue Reading →
It might not be a simple few minutes’ walk down the road anymore but there’s nothing quite like going to a bricks and mortar record shop on release day to pick up a new album. That’s exactly what I did… Continue Reading →