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So I just got back in the saddle with reviewing, and I thought I would jump straight in the deep end. So I asked to review this band “KEN mode”, mainly on the basis that I have never heard them… Continue Reading →
Tonight, live on stage for your audio and video entertainment here at the Fox Theater in Oakland California, all the way from the Rubber Capital of the World in the Buckeye state…..DEVO! (The actual concert does not start that way)… Continue Reading →
I missed the first two parts of this trio of releases from Romanian blackened power metal thrashers Syn Ze Șase Tri so the big question was always going to be: would I be stirred into checking out the first two… Continue Reading →
There are atmospheric black metal bands to stroke your chin to, in knowing appreciation of a job reasonably well done, and there are others to lose yourself in completely. Grimoire’s second release, an EP, makes a good effort aiming for… Continue Reading →
Looking for reasons to be cheerful this January? Then you’re very probably reading the wrong website. You might want to try typing ‘funny cats’ into You Tube instead. But if that prospect fills you with hatred for mankind then maybe… Continue Reading →
Einherjer is back with another round of epic, adrenaline-fuelled battle chants and out to prove, yet again, that it’s still got what it takes to be among the vanguard of pagan metal bands. As with all good bands, Einherjer has… Continue Reading →
Saturnian black magic eh? Well this duo apparently come from NW England not Saturn but they could hardly have described themselves as Mancunian black magic could they, that would have been silly. Apparently the pair comprising Malphas (guitars, drums and… Continue Reading →
There is something in here. Almost like, if I could put it in a vial and drink it every day, I would never need to worry about the dull reality of life again. Chaotic, blissful abandon and knuckle-whitening control over… Continue Reading →
I’ve been impressed with the sheer quality of music hitting this site throughout this year. And so perhaps it shouldn’t surprise me that one of the few genres I’ve only ever mustered a passing interest for can threaten to hurl… Continue Reading →
Spotting the line between atmospheric black metal and early-1990s shoe gaze is sometimes not an easy thing to do. Take Atrum Tempestas, for example, which comprises all the vital ingredients of both: taking the steady, depressive rhythms of the floppy… Continue Reading →
If ever there was a soundtrack to an extreme metal Sunday morning, then Black Autumn have it. Combining the crushing intensity of funeral doom with snail-paced atmospheric black metal, this would be the perfect way to spend a few hours… Continue Reading →
We should be used to the weird and wonderful emerging from the Far East by now. But South Korea’s Madmans Esprit still manage to sound like they discovered the idea with a strange and beautiful blend of metal that exists… Continue Reading →