Author Andrew Doherty
There’s something vivid about the concept of “insect politics”. Insects do give a certain impression. This fits in to the world of Deathblow, who deal on this punk-death metal album with various forms of decay and breakdown in the 21st… Continue Reading →
Gothic horror would be something I’d associate with Swedish band Tribulation but as they proved when releasing “Children of the Night” (2015), my favourite of theirs, and “Down Below” (2018), each album is a varied metal experience. “Where the Gloom… Continue Reading →
This is Endezzma’s third album release but as is the way with Norwegian black metal bands there’s plenty of history and associations with other musicians. Ominous winds give way to explosive firepower, inevitably. What is striking is that the overall… Continue Reading →
Promising different shades of grey from black to white, the Ukrainian composer and inspiration of Severoth brings us atmospheric black metal with long guitar and synth pieces in the vein of Paysage d’Hiver and Vinterriket. “Vsevit” (Universe) is this one-… Continue Reading →
Nuclear metal, metalpunk or whatever you want to call it, this is Children of Technology’s third album. Expect rebellion. Opening song “Soundtrack of No Future” has a crisp sound, a solid beat and some rousing rock n roll style guitar… Continue Reading →
Soilwork march on. 11 albums, umpteen singles, a few split albums and now a 4th EP is a pretty good haul for around 24 years of toil. The band’s line-up looks the same as for the last album “Verkligheten” (2019),… Continue Reading →
Nihilistic black metal and beating death: that seems to sum up the essence of this trio from Belgium. A suitably spooky and sinister atmosphere sets us on our way before the anticipated explosion and fire. The mastering is done by… Continue Reading →
Okrütnik was a new name to me and by the look of it, the band itself is quite new, having been formed in 2018. I understand they have carved out a reputation as a live band, having toured their native… Continue Reading →
A few months ago TDW released a single called “We’ll Shine Again” with Soul Secret. Its primary purpose was to raise money for the World Health Organisation, but as I listened to the hopeful “We’ll shine out of the darkest… Continue Reading →
I was interested to read that the debut album by Tasmanian band Sens Dep, being the abbreviation of Sensory Deprivation, was recorded over four years in a tin shed, an alpine hunter’s hut, concrete inter-zones, and the Tasmanian wilderness. The… Continue Reading →
Energetic death metal was my expectation. They express it more colourfully: “Metal for angry rednecks, beer-drinking tops and music nerds of the hard sounds that want to vent their frustration with everyday life”. A distinct melodic death metal riff provides… Continue Reading →
Croatian band Evil Never Dies, or E.N.D., have been in existence since 1996 when they were a hardcore band in the style of Sick of It All, since when they have moved towards the realms of groove metal. This EP… Continue Reading →