Author Lee Kimber
Female fronted gothic doom bands are two a penny these days, as is so often the case when a genre becomes in vogue. Ukrainian sextet Edenian are the latest band to roll off the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ production line,… Continue Reading →
For years now I have been extolling the virtues of the French metal scene to anyone who would listen. With bands like Gojira, Blut Aus Nord, Alcest, Deathspell Omega and Mourning Dawn, they have a reputation as a nation of… Continue Reading →
Following their well-received first album ‘In Witch Order’, Castle have slowly but surely been winning people over whilst collecting awards and accolades along the way from Metal Hammer and Roadburn. There’s certainly something about the San Franciscan power trio that… Continue Reading →
The ‘Suomi Metal Star’ award is a prestigious ‘Battle of the Bands’ style award given out in Finland, (think the X-Factor but with artistic merit), and Oddland were the recipients of this coveted award last year having won over the… Continue Reading →
The latest Peaceville re-release marks the completion of Gehenna’s Moonfog trilogy. Naturally these were all reissued in entirely the wrong order, so 2nd Moonfog album ‘Murder’ is the final one to get the Peaceville treatment. After splitting their fanbase by… Continue Reading →
If ever a band has struggled to obtain the credit and plaudits they deserve, it’s Paradise Lost. With a career spanning almost 25 years and now 13 full length albums, the apathy with which they are often regarded is nothing… Continue Reading →
Whilst forever being labelled as industrial black metal, I’ve never quite got where the industrial label really came from where they were concerned, save for the title of their debut album ‘Industrial Mental Concept’. Like their countrymen Blut Aus Nord,… Continue Reading →
Italian alternative crew L’Alba Di Morrigan have been stirring up interest ever since the release of their ‘Circle’ demo in 2009, and now finally they have finished their debut album. Drawing comparison with the likes of A Perfect Circle and… Continue Reading →
With a name that sounds like a Welsh marriage proposal, Llvme are actually from the Leonese region of Spainand their name is the regional word for fire. Purveyors of the finest Leonese folk doom, Llvme perform entirely in their regional… Continue Reading →
The buzz surrounding Weird Fate has been intense since their appearance on a split with the already well-established and well regarded Membaris, at which point the general consensus was that as good as Membaris are, Weird Fate completely blew them… Continue Reading →
Imagine if you will, a time where Planet Earth has become inhospitable. Not a massive leap is it? Quite frankly I’ve been looking for another planet that would sustain life ever since some bright spark decided to allow Simon Cowell… Continue Reading →