Author Andrew Doherty
Helpfully, we are given points of reference for this debut album by Greek band Wothrosch. The reference points are the soundscape of SepticFlesh running into the fury of Anaal Nathrakh. So armed with this information, it came as no surprise… Continue Reading →
This death-grindcore band from Rzeszów in Poland has been around for some 20 years and now releasing its fifth album, all of them from the rotting end of the scale. As might be expected of an album of this genre,… Continue Reading →
Here Shaam Larein go round sticking knives into the world, which is how “Sticka en kniv i världen” translates. It’s a world of mystery, certainly stylistically as this “Goth-tinged doom rock band” promises nocturnal post-punk atmospheres and avant-garde metal. Spooky… Continue Reading →
The artist behind this debut album makes no pretence that he is doffing his cap to bands that have had an impact on him, among them Testament, Strapping Young Lad, Slayer, Annihilator, Pantera and Meshuggah. Martijn Balsters, the artist in… Continue Reading →
Vladphemer the Sodomizer, Noctisadistum and Branded Rebel, the members of black / speed metal band Bafomet, formerly known as Sigil of Bafomet, have pleasure in bringing us “F.O.A.D.I.F”. I know what FOAD is, but not IF – in flames? Anyway,… Continue Reading →
I’m accustomed to reading ridiculous hyperbole as albums are presented for our attention and hopefully enjoyment, but to suggest that the concurrence of choosing the name Written in Blood and the coronavirus pandemic kicking off is some sort of coincidence… Continue Reading →
The name Ragnar Zolberg rang a bell to me, Ragnar being one half of Isafjørd. I narrowed it down to ProgPower contacts, but also research revealed that Ragnar is the artist behind Sign. The other artist and composer is Aðalbjörn… Continue Reading →
This album, we’re told, Documents “the deep-rooted and rich Eastern history, depicted in sonorous depravation soaked in all its atmospheric glory”. Death metal is the medium for exploration. Winds blow. Deep voices can be heard distantly in the mountains. The… Continue Reading →
In The Woods ….. the Norwegian wood indeed as the band from Kristiansand embark on their sixth album over a 30 year period. Most of the members have joined in the last four years, and indeed the sound of the… Continue Reading →
This “soundtrack to a dying world” comes from Polish experimental band Ketha. This is their fourth album release, accompanying a couple of EP’s, one of which is called “#!%16.7”. Imagine walking into a record shop and asking for that one…. Continue Reading →
In order to extend their range further at the core of what they call “complex instrumentation, huge, crowd-pleasing riffs and diverse poly-rhthms”, instrumental prog / mathrock band Poly-Math have added a saxophonist to their line-up for this album, their fourth… Continue Reading →
Melodic, progressive or whatever you want to call them band Threshold now hit us with their twelfth album release. I knew about them but really picked up on them mid-way through with their 2007 album “Dead Reckoning”, which is as… Continue Reading →