Author Gizmo
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 →
That’s some cover up there isn’t it? I think occult obsessed Trivax have a statement to make ladies and gentlemen.. Heh. I wonder if there are any people out there who bought the debut Trivax album back in 2016 but… Continue Reading →
Oooookaaaay Reverend…. This is both weird and more than a little creepy in places. A minute into what has built up into a pretty cool epic/power metal song ‘Leave A Little Room’ , suddenly we drop into half spoken word… Continue Reading →
So when is dungeon synth not dungeon synth? When it uses traditional dark ages instruments and when it isn’t about dungeons…! Er, yeah, but there is a teeny little connection to this, honest, kind of. A lot of dungeon synth… Continue Reading →
No denying I jumped on this when it came in. Been six years since the last Damnation’s Hammer album ‘Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres’ and also that long since I last caught them live. So hopefully this album will help them… Continue Reading →
Day 2 An early start on an Elder God blessed sunny Saturday. A little breakfast courtesy of Drax and a little fine coffee courtesy of Black Coffee Worship (Heavy Blend, a festival must) and my own good taste. Reflecting on… Continue Reading →
So once more I pay respects and minor sacrifices to the Elder Gods and the strangest but actually excellent venue of Drax Power Station Social Club – great staff and security, great beer and food, nice large campsite. Yes it’s… Continue Reading →
Imperial Crystalline Entombment? They released an album back in 2004 it seems (thank Metal Archives) and promptly disbanded and members concentrated on such projects as Aurora Borealis, House By The Cemetery, Azure Emote and Hypoxia. Now there’s a little clue… Continue Reading →
Apparently I completely overlooked the debut album from this reclusive outfit. In 2015 they released their debut full length, entitled (deep breath) ‘Tribute To Krzysztof Penderecki – Passion Et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Lucum’ which I guess I’m… Continue Reading →
Isn’t it funny how when someone not into metal asks what music you’re into and you just say ‘metal’ (OK I usually say ‘loud and ‘orrible’), but if a metalhead asks you go into subgenres? I mean I like traditional… Continue Reading →
Apparently EBM is dead, according to Peter Richter, the guy behind..er.. EBM project Verrottet. It’s kind of odd but back in the very late 80s, up to around ’93 I got into EBM in a big way. And even more… Continue Reading →
So what do I know about Australian one-man black metal project Artanor? Not a lot to be honest. Menelyagor is the entity behind it, the multi-instrumentalist. They started way back in 2007 but their only previous release was a split… Continue Reading →