Author Pete Woods
One always wonders what bands do for entertainment on those endless tour bus journeys from one city to another and Morten Bergeton Iversen has no doubt clocked up many a mile. Who you ask? Well you probably know him better… Continue Reading →
A bare and scarred torso, hand grasping a spear is the striking cover art confronting us on this album and the scars of the mind are the deeper sub-text. This band spanning membership in both Belgium and Russia narratively represent… Continue Reading →
This is a 25th anniversary compilation album from this German black metal group who appear to now be the ‘soul’ domain of Lord Esgaroth. According to the big rant in the CD booklet though the cards are on the table… Continue Reading →
Continuing to lovingly bring Esoteric’s albums to life on vinyl Aesthetic Death have now breathed fresh air into the group’s 3rd full length Metamorphogenesis. It is a somewhat odd release even by this band’s standards. For a start it is… Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year where we enter autumn and a flurry of releases hit us, the big guns come out and fire their weapons. Although this year has been different in many respects and seen the death of live… Continue Reading →
Strange, avant-garde and very Polish. -S- from what I can find out are a duo Patyr (bass Vocals) and Grzegorz (Drums), they are joined by Paweł Szamburski on clarinet. Whether the two main musicians in -S- are also in other… Continue Reading →
Space, the final frontier… well it is as far as Starless Domain are concerned. For some who decide to take a trip to the fringes of the universe with them it was not the easiest of journeys. The US based… Continue Reading →
Anyone in London who didn’t make the 2-day Finnfest at The Garage in February is probably kicking themselves now as it would have been one of the last shows before lockdown kicked in. Although not on the bill, Proscription would… Continue Reading →
Has it really been 2 whole years since we last covered a Vardan release? Talk about time flying. It appears that it was Unholy Lightless Summer since we last had something turn up but of course that does not mean… Continue Reading →
Once you get past the somewhat corn(y)ea name of this young band from Aberdeen there are some interesting ideas on their debut 5 track EP. There’s not a huge lot to say about them other than what they have stated,… Continue Reading →
Unholy levitating black monks Batman, what on earth is this? Well it certainly looks rather splendid turning up here on 180g vinyl and I prepared for a lesson in grim one-man black metal but one should never judge anything by… Continue Reading →
Well, you should certainly recognise the artwork adorning the cover of this but what is that indecipherable band logo? Xasraug, right, ok. Now what about Indricothere the musician, surely not a hornless rhinoceros making all this noise? So, behind that… Continue Reading →