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After an unusually quiet year for Vried, the band came back with a vengeance last month with their sixth album Welcome Farewell. Darker and more direct than its predecessor it will no doubt get an airing over the coming months… Continue Reading →
In a weird case of synchronicity, as I decided what reviews were next in line to go up and sat down to write this one up to join them, I noticed that one of this duo is also a member… Continue Reading →
There’s always a party atmosphere with the approach of each Avantasia album. For fans of the group the list of contributors alone is enough to get the power-metal pulses racing and there’s no doubt the creative sum is normally turns… Continue Reading →
Black metal bands usually come well sign-posted with names and imagery to save you having to actually put the record on the turntable to get the overall message. No prizes for figuring out that A Transylvanian Funeral may be inspired… Continue Reading →
Society, Modernity, Death. What an excellent lyrical style for a band Finnish ingenuity meets Crust/Punk/Noise melodies and the carnage begins. Unborn Generation’s ”Island” must be one of the most powerful releases I’ve listened to, since I joined the zine. Finnish… Continue Reading →
I don’t know if it’s just the after effects of something I might have eaten in the mid-1990s but I’m always on the look-out for music that can melt me into the sofa. Generally speaking, the heavier and the more… Continue Reading →
When I unpacked the CD and read the leaflet, I thought, that my review was as good as done. The Canadian Deathsters, Abriosis, have a killer lineup and recently joining them in the most male dominated music is singer Alxs… Continue Reading →
Any metal fan will be able to tell you that you should never judge a book by its cover. You can judge someone by the T-shirt they’re wearing, of course (if someone is wearing a Def Leppard T-shirt, for example,… Continue Reading →
Vreid have all the hallmarks of a band on the cusp of a big break and the attitude, talent and drive to back it up. Their catalogue is teeming with the kind of consistency that many other bands only dream… Continue Reading →
Illuminating us with their first omnipotent release, ‘Primal Eruptions’ are Celestial Blades from Finland. The demo speaks through victoriously heavy death vocalisation teamed with fetching riffs and speed metal drumming. Expect sounds of war and battle fuelled death metal. Once… Continue Reading →
As a quick glance at the band name and record label should tell you, this is gloomy doom-death from Eastern Europe, in this case the Czech Republic. ‘On the Shores of Oblivion’ is the band’s first full length, and it… Continue Reading →
Abiding candidly to the musical cultivation of their roots, inherent to Germany is the Symphonic Black Metal act “Totengeflüster” with their debut release “Vom Seelensterben”. What is very compelling and interesting about the album is their choice to perform in… Continue Reading →