Author Gizmo
Chaosweaver do look great; kinda like a bunch of malevolent faery Carny folk dreamt up by Neil Gaiman after he’s been ripped off at a fair. It’s the kind of flair you rarely see and looking at the images I… Continue Reading →
For me, if there is a defining feature of the bands I’ve heard from the French black metal scene it has to be the intellect they often seem to build their music around. For better or worse depending on subject… Continue Reading →
Not knowing much about this Italian group, from the description I was expecting some descent into utter Hell carved out by the collective sickness of something akin to Khanate meets the Axis of Perdition. Er… No. This is an altogether… Continue Reading →
There is a corner of my heart that is forever goth. I also have a real soft spot for horror punk of a gleefully candy coated ghoulish nature, tattooed ladies with a fifties styling and quiff rattling psychobilly. Well apart… Continue Reading →
Agruss’ debut ‘Morok’ really has been one of the musical highlights of the first half of this year: Grim, bleak and oppressive but imbued with a fluid and complex nature and a maturity as frightening as it’s intent. Offered the… Continue Reading →
Bulgarian duo Bohzidar and Anton who make up this doom band have a background in black metal but from the first chord of the lead off song ‘ At The Temple Doors’ you kind of know that you’re safely in… Continue Reading →
One of the good things about the ‘occult rock’ bandwagon had been the rise in profile of women in the slower arts. Not sure why that has happened but it’s welcome anyway as relief from the gothic waifs. New US… Continue Reading →
Moonless are a very new name to me and so the only preconception I have of the Danish band is based on the cover; pop art colours, psychedelic tinge, Doomentia records. So. Sludge, stoner, doom kind of area? Well first… Continue Reading →
Syn Ze Sase Tri are a Transylvanian band who feature ex-Negura Bunget man Corb (there’s a few to pick from these days) and this is their second full length, and their second with a seriously striking, vibrant warrior cover. Add… Continue Reading →
There’s a track on this self released album called ‘Radiant Sea’ which is a pretty good pointer for one of the big influences of Cyclopian; Isis. They have that restless, tidal sound to the melody that laps over the top… Continue Reading →
So here I am in power metal territory again, France division this time. Still I have been known to really enjoy the genre too so what do I have, hmmm? Nightmare are another long running band with roots in’ the… Continue Reading →
Nachtvorst (that would be Night Frost, I believe. As opposed to Nachtwurst which I read it as initially and wondered what the lyrical concerns could possibly be of a band called Night Sausage….) are a Dutch duo who apparently play… Continue Reading →