Author Gizmo
I first heard this Finnish lot back around 2005 when they were still called The Coven but for reasons of life and stuff unrelated it’s been a good ten years or so since I last dropped in on them. I… Continue Reading →
It’s been over a dozen years since I first heard the high energy hard rock, borderline metal of this Chicago band with 2011’s Another Night and in that time they’ve become a go to band when I’m low with their… Continue Reading →
This is Slovakian black metal band Aeon Winds third (I think) full length in a little over a decade but, as is my wont skulking down in the depths of lo-fi cassette world of late, my first acquaintance. But it… Continue Reading →
This band from Cyprus have apparently been around since 2011 according to the PR blurb but 2017 according to Metal archives but this is indeed their debut. The PR promises epic, NWOBHM with folk and when the jaunty guitar run… Continue Reading →
More strangeness from the strange dimension that is Aesthetic Death, definitely one of the most adventurous labels out there. This time we have a collaboration between Ord (sole member Ord Err) and Demonologists (Cory Rowell, Evan Price) both I guess… Continue Reading →
I mean, with that name (though can you have a non-misanthropic war?) and that label and that cover I think you can pretty much guess that genre and picky sub-genre aside you’re in for a total racket. Now that’s fine… Continue Reading →
Doro, metal queen indeed, is less than a year older than me. Considering how long I’ve been listening to her that is a sobering realisation. I have immense respect for her as an artist and a person – she has… Continue Reading →
So, Cirith Ungol fans. New album. Off you go, pre-order it. You know you want to and it will not disappoint. Right, have they gone? Good. You see as a long term fan of this genuinely unique band there is… Continue Reading →
It appears that I am way behind the curve on Fortíð. I thought I knew these Icelanders but apparently just their name had crossed my path. So twenty years and seven albums later I finally catch up with them. The… Continue Reading →
This appears to be a Norwegian/Italian duo, who released their debut album in 2020 and I am reliably informed (by my own damned research) that it was black metal. This EP however most certainly is not. This, gentle reader, is… Continue Reading →
Another day, another band with undisclosed members. This time they spring from Oranssi Pazuzu, Seth and ‘other undisclosed bands’. Fair enough and also if you like either of those two bands I’d advise you to run out and buy this,… Continue Reading →
For those of you who didn’t go to or read my Warhorns Festival review, I first encountered this young (formed in 2022) Plymouth based band in the live arena and their melodic death metal usually has a tough time with… Continue Reading →