Author Gizmo
[Very strangely a second word doc turned up with this review and puzzled us a fair old bit. Sometimes the music we listen to does really get beneath the skin and does strange things to us poor writers and it… Continue Reading →
My name is Gizmo, and I am a Doro fan. There, said it. Not just her voice and her music but her determination, her integrity, her personality and even her bravery (especially once in the face of an Alan Partridge… Continue Reading →
Things I don’t often get to review exhibit A} a twenty one minute, one track EP with the intriguing title of ‘ Vagary’. I had the pleasure of reviewing Scottish sludge doom band Of Spire & Throne’s last EP ‘… Continue Reading →
Nordland are a one man UK black metal band masterminded by Vorh and this will be their first release having previously been issued in extremely limited form as a CD-r. This version also arrived on CD-r noted in marker pen… Continue Reading →
Tempestuous Fall. Another new name and one wrapped in grandeur and Classical allusion. Just a little peek behind the thick curtains and we catch a glimpse of the robed mastermind behind the heavy sobriquet; it is father Hades himself, the… Continue Reading →
Now this is an intriguing split: three songs from Legendary Japanese blackthrash fiends Abigail spliced together with seven from up and coming UK deathcrust squad Winds Of Genocide, and all wrapped in a superb black and white cover by SICKNESS… Continue Reading →
“Oh goody,” I thought, “I do love a bit of girly goth metal….” Nah, just kidding. Yep Fastkill are so thrash they probably eat thrashed ‘n’ shredded wheat for breakfast. They are also Japanese and this is their sixth release… Continue Reading →
If there were still high street shops selling CDs then this lot would have a couple of things going for them from the off: It’s hard to walk past that name without stopping, and the cover is utterly fantastic. Anything… Continue Reading →
Now stay with me (look at the score if you must) but I have to say that by the time I get to the first few seconds of the second track on Against All Odds, Ireland’s Eternal Helcaraxe have managed… Continue Reading →
Way back in 2010 I was handed a promo by this Polish blackened death metal lot to review and was eagerly awaiting the full length. Which never turned up. Until now. The confusing thing is it seems to have been… Continue Reading →
This second full length from the Quebecois duo of Athros and Nordet, who also play in Forteresse and Ur Falc’h respectively, has been a difficult album to review. I was keen to hear it because of the Forteresse connection, although… Continue Reading →
Not frequenting London much I had never come across this lot before, so a fresh opinion and all that. Liking my orthodox black metal from the noisy filth of Bahimiron through Sargeist to Forteresse I also hoped their choice of… Continue Reading →