Author Andrew Doherty
I play Cynthesis’s previous album “DeEvolution” (2011) a lot and am a great fan of Zero Hour, the band with which the talented Tipton brothers also play. I therefore had great hopes of a giant technical progfeast when “ReEvolution” came… Continue Reading →
Revelation’s Hammer are a black metal band from Norway. New on the scene but not unconnected with a member from Nidingr and a guest musician from Troll, this album suggests they have taken on a more modern path in the… Continue Reading →
There’s an identity to the sound of this album. This is muddy, crusty, bluesy style rock metal from the USA, except that Sofy Major are French. It was recorded in the USA, however, with assistance in recording from guys involved… Continue Reading →
Scenes of devastation, a man in corpse paint and a spidery logo point to one thing: black metal. The man in question is Leviathan who has been weaving his solo warmongering since 2003 after playing with other Yorkshire-based black metal… Continue Reading →
“Turkish Black Metal” is what’s advertised on the sleeve of my copy of this album. “Manevi” is the fifth album by this band from Istanbul. “Manevi” translates as “spiritual” or “ghostly” and I’d say it’s the atmospheric sections which are… Continue Reading →
Tristania are one of my favourite bands. For me, there’s no-one ahead of them in the field of darkwave gothic metal music. I go back to “World of Glass” (2001), a work of metal and magic, then bought “Ashes” (2005)… Continue Reading →
I own a crusty old black metal split cd from 2004 featuring Svartsyn and Arckanum. It’s a particular favourite of mine. I can’t remember where I got it – some underground hell or from a cardboard box of goodies examined… Continue Reading →
The words I wrote down after I listened to this album for the first time were: woozy, gloomy, folksy, hippie, Tiamat. “Minor chords, voices, delicate drones, and violent sprawls of sound, offered up to house the haunting presence of a… Continue Reading →
I’d not heard of Harasai before. The strange thing was that when I listened to “PsychoticKingdom” it was as if I had. My initial impression of this band from Germany was of a fusion between Dark Tranquillity, In Flames and… Continue Reading →
I’ve reached the time of life where Bosch is a brand of washing machine from Germany, not the name of an electronic metal band from the same country. The title “Apparat”, which means “appliance” doesn’t help to allay my preconception…. Continue Reading →
The story of this concept album from Norway’s Nergard is that of an Irishman who in 1890 was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a burglary he did not commit. He is separated from his pregnant wife, who dies… Continue Reading →
Tesseract, or TesseracT if you prefer, are a respected Prog band who can lay claim in part to the foundation of the style known as “djent”. This album, their second full work, is split into four groupings: “Of Matter, Of… Continue Reading →