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Ah, hipster black metal from Minnesota. That’s what first came to mind when reading about Manetheren. Comprised of two guys, this post-black-whatever project has now released four albums, the newest one being Time, the subject of this review of course. … Continue Reading →
Those Finnish Dark Rock Vampire Sleaze Glam Metallers 69 Eyes have chosen to inflict their tenth gothic Metal-ish studio album on their predominantly female, predominantly young, predominantly gothic audience – considering which who can blame them? This is a band… Continue Reading →
Distortion and reverb can be used to hide a multitude of sins or else to turbo-charge the fuel rods of your armoured car ride into the caverns of the underworld. Doom loving death metal crew Corrosive Carcass have finally loomed… Continue Reading →
If a debut EP achieves anything it should at least be a determined effort to give the world a kick up its backside.Ireland’s Three Hour Ceasefire sound like they have strapped on their hobnail boots for the attempt and taken… Continue Reading →
The backlash that was bestowed upon Cryptopsy following “The Unspoken King”, especially the brutal lambasting of singer Matt McGachy, falls nothing short of shocking. As the old adage goes, change is inevitable; unless you play in a metal band, of… Continue Reading →
Chile’s Undercroft have led a long and distinguished career supporting bands like Morbid Angel, Therion and Suffocation but have remained firmly in the underground despite relocating first to Sweden and now Germany. It sounds like more bad luck than bad… Continue Reading →
The cover of this screams black metal – black and white, gothic font, skulls, but this is as far from black metal (musically that is) as you can get within the rock world. Lyrically and subject wise ‘Berlin Occult Bureau’… Continue Reading →
Ok, I’m going deep on this one and I realise for many of you Elvenking’s 7th album may not deserve this level of introspection, so bear with me. Mixing power metal and folk music leaves a band on the margins… Continue Reading →
Endurance; “Out of that scene we came up in, there aren’t many bands that are still together. Endast stuck it out, and my life is better because of it.” Eight years in and on the verge of releasing their fourth… Continue Reading →
There are some tracks designed for opening all the windows, cranking up the volume and waiting expectantly for someone to come round to your house* (*flat / cardboard box – delete as appropriate) and thank you for introducing them to… Continue Reading →
Floridian death metal pioneers, Obituary, are gearing up to tackle their first headlining tour of North America in three years, before heading overseas for a European headlining trek. The exact set list that the band will be bestowing upon its… Continue Reading →
Ayloss, the man behind Spectral Lore, resides in Athens, but his latest effort sounds far removed from the traditional traits of Greek black metal, drawing instead upon a dense and dynamic Eastern-European aesthetic merged with a heavy dose of Nordic… Continue Reading →