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Mmm, piercing Norwegian black metal with a nasty Swedeath kick — wonderful. That’s right. Tortorum have got the perfect fuck-it-all attitude to go along with their caustic blend of precious metals. Extinctionist, their first release, spews forth fury and intensity… Continue Reading →
French flair and an edge sharpened on the Eastern plains: Fhoi Myore is a black metal band with a journey to make. It may be a frost bitten, bleak trek across snow capped Nordic mountains and down towards the sprawling… Continue Reading →
There is some confusion in all this recent hero worship of rock and metal eras past. It’s all fine and dandy if we are, like some of the haunting occult space rock bands, taking things on a step or two… Continue Reading →
Let’s put to one side for a moment the shameful amount of misguided bollocks which issues forth under the highly-saleable ‘pagan’ metal tag. I feel like I could write a book on it. Chapter one would be very short. The… Continue Reading →
Hello. My name is Kirsten and I am a Jericholic. Just in case you don’t already know, Chris Jericho, the lead singer of Fozzy, successfully combines his role as rock god with that of a multi time belt holder in… Continue Reading →
Helping to permeate the heat of this disgusting American summer as of late has been France’s Ysengrin, who are apparently versed at the art of chilling bones through song. Please note the singular use of the word song here, as… Continue Reading →
Woah, a Baroness double album. Is that the sound of music aficionados throughout the land having minor orgasms at the mere thought? Well, firstly if you really are a music aficionado then let’s not pretend you are in the right… Continue Reading →
The best southern stoner doom is intense in a way that makes some death metal bands sound like a Sunday afternoon spent on thebowling greenwith your grandparents. It feels like the heaviest of prog metal bands has been taken over… Continue Reading →
Ahh, yes. Swedish trad-doomers GRAND MAGUS are the epitome of all that is good in metal: heavy, talented, catchy, and featuring ample sweet-ass riffs and vocal lines. Straightforward and traditionally minded without the irony of so many modern trad-metal-worshippers, what’s… Continue Reading →
The first thing that struck me about this release was the killer artwork, promising no-bullshit, old-school DM with a blackened edge. That’s not the full picture though: Embrional certainly sound like a product of their nativePoland, hammering the listener into… Continue Reading →
At the risk of getting drawn into a debate about what constitutes ‘proper’ heavy metal, I present to you exhibit A –Canada’s Striker. Exhilarating and direct, these guys could not possibly provide us with a more perfect example of one… Continue Reading →
Fresh from the immediate and miserable impact of the latest Manowar effort I found myself in dire need of something, anything, to bolster my belief that traditional heavy metal is not going to forever torture me with disappointment. I held… Continue Reading →