Author Luke Hayhurst
Sulfuric are an aggressive Black/Thrash band from Halmstad in Sweden, and they feature two members of Punk/Speed Metal band Burning Noize Machine. ‘Into the Darkness’ is Sulfuric’s debut album and has been given a CD release by fellow Swedish label,… Continue Reading →
US Progressive Metal merchants Hammers of Misfortune have returned with their seventh studio album and their first since ‘Dead Revolution’ back in 2016. This year’s new opus is entitled ‘Overtaker’ and will see the light of day as an LP… Continue Reading →
Since 1998, Pennsylvanian band T.O.M.B. have been prolific in their output of Industrial noise driven Black Metal whilst bathing in the deep black seas of Death, the Occult and Necromancy. ‘Terror Winds’ is the bands seventh full length opus and… Continue Reading →
Dissonant Death/Black Metal band Veilburner are an intriguing prospect. Their brand new album ‘VLBRNR’ is the latest chapter in the Pennsylvanian’s on-going nuanced storybook world that has been created over their last five albums. As with their last two opuses… Continue Reading →
London based Occult Death Metal duo Qrixkuor are about to unleash a new one track, twenty four minute EP entitled ‘Zoetrope’ and released by Invictus Productions on both CD and cassette. The definition of a ‘Zoetrope’ is a 19th-century optical… Continue Reading →
Hailing from Denver, Colorado, Lykotonon are a side project of the Atmospheric Black Metal band Wayfarer, and their debut album ‘Promethean Pathology’ blends Avant-Garde Black Metal with Death Metal, and has been released by renowned label Profound Lore Records on… Continue Reading →
Australian band Estrangement bring together the gloom of Funeral Doom Metal and the maudlin sorrowful tones of Neoclassical harmonies, to forge a sound that would also appeal to some of a Black Metal persuasion. Released on CD via Aesthetic Death… Continue Reading →
The French duo of label Great Dane Records and Death Metal band Beyond the Void have joined forces to unleash a CD release of debut album ‘The Machinist’. ‘The Machinist’ is a melding of Old School Death Metal influence with… Continue Reading →
With their inception coming during the Pandemic years, Melbourne, Australia based Blackened Death Metal band Black Lava have unleashed their new album ‘Soul Furnace’, complete with stunning artwork. In my opinion, the phrase ‘Soul Furnace’ instantly creates an image in… Continue Reading →
German label Prophecy Productions / Lupus Lounge brings you a fascinating two track split release featuring two Black/Death/Doom Metal bands, US one man outfit Tchornobog, and from the UK, fellow one man project Abyssal. A two track split this may… Continue Reading →
In 1992, Danish Death Metal band Maceration unleashed their debut album entitled ‘A Serenade of Agony’, which featured Dan Swano under his well used alias Day Disyraah. A demo followed this up in 1995 before the band ceased to exist…. Continue Reading →
The debut EP from Parisian Black Metal band Houle has deeply enigmatic artwork that draws you in without a note being played. The band’s music tells the story of mankind’s never ending struggle with the forces of nature around us,… Continue Reading →