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The points of reference here are Gaahls Wyrd and Krakow, from whom this band derives its members. Add in a couple of weighty Norwegian mates on session drums and twisted artwork duties, and you’ve got an introduction. Thrashing blackness is… Continue Reading →
This is the second album by the Greek Sextet hailing from Athens. Their style of melodic doom-death if very well delivered and transitions seamlessly from full on mellow melodies to extremely heavy death metal blasts and lengthy songs that merge… Continue Reading →
Even the name of 71Tonman’s hometown of Wrolclaw, Poland, seems like an apt, ne prescient slice of nominative determinism, being as the band’s raison d’etre is an ominous, slow and brutally dense wedge of sludge metal. Comprising just four tracks,… Continue Reading →
I was hooked in here by a simple claim from the PR that this was an album that would appeal to fans of Ved Buens Ende, Arcturus, Fleurety, Dødheimsgard & Virus. Well, that’s my domain for sure and even if… Continue Reading →
There are a few things that drew me to this release for review, firstly the band name, which I guess is pretty tacky and something you’d probably have expected to see back in the 80s or early 90s with satanic… Continue Reading →
It seems a bit daft stating that you can sometimes actually hear nostalgia but anyone who cut teeth on the emerging melodic death metal scene of Sweden in the mid 90’s will definitely do so on giving Majesties debut album… Continue Reading →
Ukrainian stoner prog trio, Stoned Jesus know more than most about overcoming adversity. With the obvious terrible circumstances in their homeland, the band nonetheless have managed to craft their fifth long player since their birth in 2009. The band have… Continue Reading →
A deeply pessimistic self-titled debut album from Polish Black Metal/Crust quartet Gololedz, (Black Ice) released towards the end of last year on CD by D.I.Y. Koło Records, and given an extra lease of life now via Iron Fist Productions. Gololedz… Continue Reading →
‘Alttarimme On Luista Tehty’ is brutal and venomous Black Metal at its most extreme and it comes courtesy of Finnish Black Metal legends Azaghal. This is the twelfth full length sacrifice from the masters of Finnish Black Terror Metal, and… Continue Reading →
Some of the inspiration behind this album came about as a result of a serious scooter accident to a band member, which caused her to look at the fragility of life, and contrasting emotions from depression to gratitude. Not to… Continue Reading →
A US / Finnish collaboration; Skrying Mirror have dropped their debut album through Italian label I, Voidhanger Records, a label who are known for unleashing upon the world bands and albums of a more thought provoking and different nature. That… Continue Reading →
Imagine this: you’re in the crowd at a gig, the music starts and it’s great. The kind of music you can really headbang to. Everyone is having a great time, people are moshing, crowd surfing, and the band has an… Continue Reading →