Author Pete Woods
A picture can paint a thousand words and this one, the cover of Ke has an incredibly striking one. A figure, possibly in lockdown looks out their window in screaming agony as what I assume is snow or maybe bird-shit… Continue Reading →
It’s always more than welcome receiving a box of review discs from Polish label Godz ov War especially as we are locked down in Brexit land. Going through these and noting bands both new and old it was Wilczyca ‘the… Continue Reading →
Even if you don’t realise it, chances are you have heard of renowned supernatural German author Gustav Meyrink due to his most praised novel The Golem which was adapted to film several times. The strangely named Meister Leonhardt is one… Continue Reading →
Talk about business as usual and I had to smile. Putting together the 1st review list of the year 2 names stuck out, both of them prolific artists who we will probably get stacks more albums from over the course… Continue Reading →
Listening to the latest label sampler from Les Acteurs De L’Ombre Productions, Les Chants De Nihil were a band who stuck out as one I had not previously encountered and their brand of Gallic blackness definitely struck as one needing… Continue Reading →
Art Of Propaganda Records are hitting the ground running this January with some highly anticipated offerings from Karg, Harakiri For The Sky and Ellende. All 3 are well regarded in post black metal circles so we can expect plenty in… Continue Reading →
Hellchrist Xul has been creating Satanic overtures since way back in 1991. During this time he has upped sticks from home in the Netherlands to Prague and collaborated with countless band members, delivering 4 previous albums and a plethora of… Continue Reading →
So, I am sitting here minding my own business when an email lands in my inbox from casket technician Tox in Switzerland saying they had liked my review of last release Massoula and would I do similar with their new… Continue Reading →
Like many a band, perhaps Concrete Age envisaged London as a Dick Whittington wonderland with the streets paved with guitar shops and headed over here from their homeland Mineralnye Vody Russia. No doubt they headed straight to Tin Pan Alley,… Continue Reading →
The package of discs that arrived via Talheim Records just prior to the end of the year have taken us all over the place and now find us in Blumenau, Santa Catarina Brazil. Lacrima Mortis appear to be a fairly… Continue Reading →
Coral reefs and a Volcano. Not the sort of words one would normally start off a review of a black metal album but Northorn are from Manado, North Sulawesi in Indonesia so their locale is not exactly the sort of… Continue Reading →
I always like to take a peek into a group’s environment if it is not a place I have particularly heard of and Chelyabinsk Oblast Russia where Hovert dwell seems like a perfect place for musicians practicing black metal to… Continue Reading →