Author Andrew Doherty
I picked up the following comment about “Juuristo” from the Facebook site of Jyrki Portin, the artist behind Aarniseppä: “I hope that the listener gets to experience something about the eternal charms of the forests on the album”. From an… Continue Reading →
This band from France promises us a dreamlike journey, and in doing so spans extremes of sound. The quoted musical points of reference here are Alcest, Sylvaine, Cult of Luna, Amenra and Darkher. “Les Dires de l’Âme” (The Words of… Continue Reading →
It would seem that opening bands this weekend are four-letter words. Sunday’s starter for four was Ursa from Belgium. It remained to be seen whether their impact would be Major or Minor. My first impressions were of an action band… Continue Reading →
Saturday 5th October 1.30pm, Saturday – it’s the graveyard shift. As tradition dictates, and they like their tradition round these parts, a Dutch band took to the stage. I can’t count the number of times the occupant of this… Continue Reading →
ProgPower Europe is the musical equivalent of a holiday in the sun. One thing that makes me particularly appreciative – maybe it doesn’t take a lot – is how orderly and organised it all is. I do realise that I’m… Continue Reading →
With this latest work of dark ambience comes an interesting story of Finnish collaboration and recycling. While accessible on bandcamp, the principal format of this production is cassette tape. But this is no mass production exercise as Mikko Polus, a… Continue Reading →
It’s always hard to do justice in writing to something that should be listened to – I ought to know as I spend my time doing it – so I commend Kosmodome’s stiff attempt to describe their own music: “Kosmodome’s… Continue Reading →
This is the second album and second part of a trilogy from The Mist in the Mountains whose have found themselves being mentioned in the same breath as proponents of nature-inspired, epic black metal such as early Dimmu Borgir, Borknagar… Continue Reading →
As the band’s name suggests, dark soundscapes have been their trademark, a view which I confirmed when listening to previous works “Semente” (2016) and “Sangue Cássia” (2018). I found the former offered more than the latter, which for me overdid… Continue Reading →
The first thing I noticed about this was that of the quartet that makes up Human Impact, one of them was in Unsane, a band I like. Noise rock they call it, and reading the band biography all four members… Continue Reading →
The experienced Black Dahlia Murder embark upon their tenth album following the tragic premature passing of lead singer Trevor Strnad in 2022. The line-up change sees rhythm guitarist Brian Eschbach stepping across to vocals. The previous one album “Verminous” was… Continue Reading →
Atmospheric black metal with a psychological and even psychedelic touch is what’s being offered here. The duo behind are responsible for other black metal projects including Vargsblod and Goat Sabbath, but why there was a need to create another one… Continue Reading →