Author Andrew Doherty
Nodus Tollens is “a neologism used by John Koenig to define the feeling of insecurity that some people get when they find that their lives don’t make sense any more”. To be honest, this description covers most things that I… Continue Reading →
Epic traditional folk songs and mystical auras were what we experienced on “Ansur : Urkraft” (2017), Byrdi’s outstanding last album. Describing it simply as “Scandinavian nature music” is in fact an epic understatement. “Avantgarde Norse folk music”, which is the… Continue Reading →
With a guitarist formerly of Setherial and Impiety and now bass player for Gorgoroth, Italian black metal Xeper are now releasing their fourth album. Stylistically, this is a mixed bag. On the one side, it’s got the air of a… Continue Reading →
Sometimes you look at an album’s cover and you know what you’re going to get. Others make you think. This nicely-packaged album suggested something psychologically deranged but progressive, something angst-ridden but carefully crafted. That bit of fun over, I read… Continue Reading →
You may know Vladimir Pavelka as Cult of Fire’s Infernal Vlad. This album however is different. “Spomienky”, which means Memories, is a long standing atmospheric instrumental work in which Vladimir evokes eight memories of his rural childhood in Slovakia –… Continue Reading →
This is Ad Nauseam’s second album following their 2015 debut “Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est”. This technical death metal band from Italy has been going for 18 or so years, having previously been called Death Heaven and before that Kaos…. Continue Reading →
Sergei Tumanov is a sound artist, musician and producer, specialising in experimental sounds and as with many in this field blends in sounds from rural and urban environments. His discography and collaborations are far too long to list but he’s… Continue Reading →
This is US tech metal band Abiotic’s first album since “Casuistry” in 2015. We’re promised “some classical and eastern style instrumentation, along with some progressive and jazzy elements.” Noteworthy is the number of contributors over the album, among them members… Continue Reading →
Of Zherbin’s work, it is stated that it “ranges from tape looping the sounds of waterfalls to making a racket with DIY electronics and noise shakers”. I found a video where Zherbin, who is based in Finland and since 2009… Continue Reading →
The old-world charm of Victoria, British Columbia, isn’t the sort of place I’d associate with “black metal surging with atmosphere and anguish, melancholy and rage” but this is what we have. With an eleven-minute track at each end of this… Continue Reading →
This is the debut EP by Phalanx Inferno. The nihilistic lyrics and the fact there’s a Celtic Frost cover here give a clue as to where this US band comes from for inspiration. The Celtic Frost cover is “Jewel Crown”… Continue Reading →
Just the usual “ominous and sepulchral hymns to death, destruction, chaos and misanthropy” to savour here. This is in fact the first album from Polish black metal band Cultum Interitum following on from a demo, EP and a single since… Continue Reading →