Author Chris Davison
With connections to one of my favourite bands of the last ten years, Ghost Brigade, I was really excited to hear this album. I was even more impressed when I read the band’s biography, which spoke about their love of… Continue Reading →
As an early declaration of interest, I should say that I have more than a little love for Danish heavy metal. The Danes are less well known than their Scandinavian cousins when it comes to heavy metal, but truth be… Continue Reading →
You’ve got to hand it to Solitude Productions. They’ve got a complete focus on all things doomy, and although their catalogue tends to be based around Eastern Europe, they do cast their net on a global scale. They’ve also got… Continue Reading →
Ah, and here we are, with the second album from brilliant death metal rising stars, Sectu. I had the very good fortune to review their debut “Inundate” when it was released, and at that time, I made comments that placed… Continue Reading →
When Nothing Remains are from Gothenburg, Sweden, though to be honest you wouldn’t know it. I mean that in an entirely supportive way; there are no overwrought Maidenisms creeping forth, no sickly saccharine duelling guitars to distract away from the… Continue Reading →
Just when you think you know a band, they go and change their spots. Some call this progress. Still others will no doubt nash their teeth, wail and go into over the top histrionics, bellowing at the skies, raging against… Continue Reading →
It’s fair to say that Rob Lowe era Candlemass has been ever so slightly divisive for Candlemass fans. There are legions of Candlemass supporters who are all massively invested in their own particular favourite album from their long back catalogue…. Continue Reading →
It’s an obvious joke to make for Anglophiles interested in cuisine from the sub-continent, but Faal are really comparable to the legendary black phaal, a curry that originated in theWest Midlands, but has subsequently spread throughout the world. Why? Because… Continue Reading →
Thick, grunty mid-paced old school death metal, done in the Swedish way, coming out at you from the mean streets of, erm…Holland. This is the second album from these rather brutal Dutch gentlemen, and… Continue Reading →
Unleashed have been undergoing a strong resurgence since the release of 2006’s “Midvinterblot”, an album which saw them in particularly vital form. Each subsequent release has been an improvement on the former. Of course, there is a finite amount of… Continue Reading →
I’ve been a bit of a doom hound since the early 90’s. This intensified during the mid 90’s, when I was ensconced up north in the delightful northern city of Leeds. The reason? Well dear readers, I’m afraid that aside… Continue Reading →
I was really pleased to be sent this demo from Horizon Obscur, a Canadian band that I have had the pleasure of reviewing before, with their “Damnes” demo that was unleashed about a couple of years ago. At that time,… Continue Reading →