Author Chris Davison
Hey! You! Do you like Celtic Frost? No, not the modern Tom G. Warrior in a beany hat doom stuff, but the old, old stuff? You know, the “URGH”-laden Morbid Tales of yore, before the synthesisers, Mexican Radios and all… Continue Reading →
What’s the nerdiest influence on a metal band you’ve ever heard of? I always thought that Slough Feg had got the winner there, what with their album based on the classic pen and paper RPG, “Traveller”. Achelous have ripped the… Continue Reading →
The Australian hard rockers return with this, their fifth album. I reviewed their last album, “Memoirs of a Rat Queen”, and found it to be an enjoyable, if not entirely addictive slab of rock n’ roll. I have to admire… Continue Reading →
When it comes to promotion of bands, there are some tried and tested tricks. Some of these are well worn, of course. A nicely written bio, some promotional pictures, some easily transferable words within the accompanying blurb. Then, of course,… Continue Reading →
Fine wine. Cheese. Napalm Death. No, this is not the ingredients for the world’s most unpleasant dish, but rather a selection of things that seem to get better with age. As well as being one of the very best live… Continue Reading →
Necrophagous are a Swedish death metal band. What if I told you that the line up of the band was comprised of dudes that used to be members of the mighty Entrails? Featuring Tommy Carlsson (Visceral Bleeding, ex-Entrails) – Vocals… Continue Reading →
Quite the back history to Denmark’s Detest, as it turns out. I’m a bit of a sucker for Danish metal, particularly bands from the 90’s, and it turns out that Detest formed way back in 91, and were actually making… Continue Reading →
In his ongoing quest to be featured in one in every three heavy metal bands, Tomas Lindberg is – aside from his main stint as vocalist for a little-known band called “At The Gates” – also the vocalist for The… Continue Reading →
I’ve been having a discussion with my son. Stay with me on this, it will have relevance! He’s been playing the “Shadow of War” game on the Xbox. “I like it – I mean, it’s got loads of flaws, and… Continue Reading →
Ah, the much-anticipated return of modern heavyweights Khemmis has finally occurred. This is the fourth album by the Colorado heavy hitters since their first release back in 2015. Now operating as a three piece, their previous albums have all been… Continue Reading →
There are just some bands that you know transcend norms. It turns out to be twelve long years since the Swedish Doomsters produced their last album, “Mammon’s War”. What’s more worrying is that I reviewed that piece of work and… Continue Reading →
Polish extreme metal, eh? These days, it’s pretty much synonymous with Behemoth, which – to my mind at least – is a massive shame. There’s been a really great and healthy scene over there for a long time now, and… Continue Reading →