Author Pete Woods
If you are standing at the entrance to a labyrinth, you are no doubt expecting that there is a good chance of getting lost as you go in and start to explore. That’s part of the fun unless you are… Continue Reading →
The Polish she-wolves that are Louve (all instruments) and Nidhogg (vocals) and this time with Vor on drums are back. Having knocked out a couple of releases in 2020 they are working fast and hard to bring us more music… Continue Reading →
No doubt remembering those past Transilvanian days when all their fans wrote letters to them by snail mail Darkthrone have decided to give their 19th studio album a sardonic title. They could have gone the whole hog and called it… Continue Reading →
Well, I knew this was going to be a beasty that was going to be hard to contain! It was last summer when Aberdeen based band Cyclops Cataract dropped their debut EP ‘Swallow The World’ and it proved to be… Continue Reading →
The duo behind De Arma that is A Petterson and J Marklund are responsible for so many great bands between them and De Arma is not the only one they have collaborated on either. Armagedda, Bergraven, Saiva, Stilla, Sorgeldom, Whirling… Continue Reading →
This Normandy based trio are new to the label but have several albums prior to this one. They also contain members of bands such as Monarch, Ataraxie, Malemort and Void Paradigm among others. Although liking what I was hearing straight… Continue Reading →
This was a bit of an omen really, sitting there patiently, waiting for a forever home and some petting on our review list, this album was calling out for me to pick it up. This was in no small part… Continue Reading →
It took a while but in a way the timing couldn’t be better. Arriving a whole 9 years after debut album Dar de duh, its follow-up Har has proven to be a bit of a beacon of light in rather… Continue Reading →
Oh, Mr. Crowley Did you talk to the dead? Well possibly, in between a musical career that took him through Acheron to beyond it, dabbling with their Satanic majesties and all that. Vincent Crowley shouldn’t really need much in the… Continue Reading →
It is time to escape to the tranquil and pastoral Austrian Tyrol. Watch that cow-pat it’s freshly laid and still steaming, ouch, damn bitey bugs, achoo, stupid hay-fever. Ah it’s OK, still in the comfort of the living room, but… Continue Reading →
The end of the world could come in many forms; war, famine, plague, meteors, climate change, natural and ecological disaster, zombies, Vogon Constructor Fleets. One thing seems ever more assured though and that is that the end is indeed nigh…. Continue Reading →
Although they have plenty of releases to their name and have been going since 2003, I’m a recent advocate of the Spanish cult of Balmog. Very impressed with last album Vacvvm and one-track EP Pillars Of Salt I had them… Continue Reading →