Author Andrew Doherty
The grisly sleeve artwork and the much-used pictures of the forest in the gloom set the scene from Absorption, a band with a demo and a split to its name previously. With it comes the promise that the band has… Continue Reading →
Black metal band UNRU have been going for 10 years. This is their second album. Ambient gloom and an unstoppable maelstrom of sound are what is promised here from these five lengthy pieces. The title translates as “The Return of… Continue Reading →
Many claims are made about this third album from Brood of Hatred. In summary the expectation is of melodic, progressive metal with haunting atmospheres. Dark growls meet a dreamy yet heavy progressive style. “God over Demons” has a soaring and… Continue Reading →
There’s competition out there tonight. Over in Hitchin there’s “Extremity” featuring Must Kill and others. Elsewhere Enslaved, Swallow the Sun and Nordic Giants are scheduled to put in appearances according to the listings (most cancelled sadly Ed), and Grimsby would… Continue Reading →
There are many things I think about when hearing this band’s name but “intelligent structures” is right up there. I can entirely understand why comparisons might be made with Katatonia, Anathema and Amorphis because this is a band which doesn’t… Continue Reading →
Looking at the stories which go with the 9 tracks of this nicely packaged album, it seemed to be about a pilgrimage or spiritual journey. The opening Oriental style spoken piece does nothing to deflect this impression. But whilst dreams… Continue Reading →
This is a very interesting band. An atmospheric black metal band from Indonesia, there is a Ukrainian element in the form of the drummer who was with the admirable White Ward, and some guitar elements. This band has been around… Continue Reading →
To follow their ep “Delusions (2019), Irish groove metalcore band The Risen Dread are now releasing this, their debut. I haven’t come across the band myself but it is clear that they have been putting themselves about with live shows,… Continue Reading →
Nice artwork. I like this sort of thing. I didn’t know of Endless Dive before this came my way but it’s evident that they are of an artistic persuasion, speaking of visualising the music and managing the intensity of the… Continue Reading →
It’s been 22 years since the original line-up of this legendary black metal band put out “Infernal Satanic Verses”. Four subsequent albums were released, with original member Graf von Beelzebub keeping the satanic flame burning, before the band stopped altogether… Continue Reading →
My recollection of seeing Nordic Giants live is of two men with strange headgear on a dark stage playing weird and wonderful music with a big screen mirroring the strange and at times extreme journey. This journey starts out ominously…. Continue Reading →
The Antiq label is one dedicated, in their own words, to “sound, image, video and attitude”. Silhouette sound just right to fit right in with their “dreams and visions about distant people” and “fantomatic shapes”. Yet this Montellier-based band plays… Continue Reading →