Author Jonathan Butlin
`Remnants of Forgotten Horrors’ is a remarkably apt name for this, the debut album of Swedish band Astrophobos (named after an H.P. Lovecraft poem). This album absolutely and totally harks back to a time when this youthful band were probably … Continue Reading →
Forget the last few decades, nothing in the last 30 years will have any bearing on what Nigromante are doing. For the crazy Heavy Metal fiends from Madrid worship true, unadulterated heavy metal, from a time when the music was… Continue Reading →
The stereotypical view of Australia as a very sunny, laid-back country will surely be dispelled after one listen to `The Saviours Slain’, for this album contains 100% pure rage. This is the fifth studio album from prolific death/thrash/metalcore crew Truth… Continue Reading →
`Soul Rot’ looks like Disfigurement’s first official release. One glance at it, and the listener will almost know exactly what to expect. If you’ll indulge me; the cover has a screaming, mutant skull dripping in green slime and cobwebs, underneath… Continue Reading →
Once I saw the name of this Finnish metal band I was intrigued, as I love a ridiculously over-the-top band name. However `Welcome To The Den’ isn’t a concept album about a character from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (although I… Continue Reading →
As with other releases on the retrogressive Inverse records, you’d be totally forgiven for thinking this was a re-release of some forgotten gem, an obscure 70’s rock band whose back catalogue had recently been unearthed, rescued from some long-buried time… Continue Reading →
Progressive rock is one of those genres that metal fans tend to either love or loathe; some find it way too self-indulgent, lengthy and unnecessarily complex, whereas others love the over-the-top , overwhelming musical structures, and the sheer creativity and… Continue Reading →
When someone said to me `Dune influenced death metal’ I leapt at the chance to give this a listen. Call me strange if you like, but I enjoy metal albums with overblown fantasy concepts. With a lavish sci-fi cover, and… Continue Reading →
All fans of extreme metal over a certain age should be overjoyed at the final return of Carcass, legendary, groundbreaking and unique purveyors of gore-drenched yet witty and sharp, crushingly heavy death/gore/grind/metal… Call it what you will, Carcass made it… Continue Reading →
The fact is, there is no-one quite like Fleshgod Apocalypse. This creative bunch of Italian maniacs have successfully created `symphonic brutal death metal’. Chances are, many a spotty teen has dreamt of such a grandiose idea since the inception and… Continue Reading →
For those that already know this veteran band, the fact that this, their seventh full-length release (the clue is in the title) contains an all-new line-up won’t be a huge surprise. Panzerchrist has been a constantly changing collection of Danish… Continue Reading →
It has been quite a long time since a black/death metal release from Poland was a novelty; at one point the very idea would have sent chills down the spines of extreme metal fans everywhere. Now of course, many bands… Continue Reading →