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Drab, bleak and moody it may have been but I really enjoyed last album ‘Wounds’ from this duo comprising of (along with guest drummer) Tiffany Ström and Syd Scarlet. Either they like travelling or can never particularly settle as they… Continue Reading →
The word “Goth” conjures up certain images for the rock community. Mopey, white faced corner dwellers. Glow stick wielding tubular hair arm dancers or Hot Topic adorned emo kids. What happened to the tongue in cheek, chicken dancing, dusty dancefloor hoofers? We are still… Continue Reading →
One second. As starts to reviews go, that’s a new one even for me. So, what does that “one second” mean? How long until I turned it off? Hell no. How long until I knew what was coming for the… Continue Reading →
The year MCLXXX (1180 AD) was the first recorded instance of a sighting of the colossus of the deep – the Kraken. This imposing cephalopod which rules the deep has captivated humanity for centuries and many worship it… And rightly… Continue Reading →
This album is painted as one of contrasts, with dissonance, technical and brutal death metal, jazz and prog thrown in. This is the album from this band who released their first in 2012. And indeed the first song is called… Continue Reading →
A debut mini-album from this brutal death metal act that comprises some current and ex-members of Guttural Secrete and Cerebral Incubation. Knowing that should give you an indication as to the bludgeoning sonic horror held within the five songs here… Continue Reading →
Australian Black Metal with strong Norse influences and a strong interest in the epic sagas of Scandinavia; that is the modus operandi of Adelaide triumvirate Lumen Ad Mortem. Following a 2019 demo release, the LAM trio have returned with a… Continue Reading →
Loners are nothing unusual in Black Metal and its various sub-genres, on the contrary. As a multi-instrumentalist, as someone who does everything on his own, Roman V., mastermind of Bizarrekult, doesn’t stand out. But there are one-man bands and one-man… Continue Reading →
Swedish melodic death metal band Ablaze My Sorrow seem to have a rather odd history, releasing a string of albums in the late 90’s and early 2000’s then disbanding in 2006. They then reformed and released another album in 2016… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since I have had the pleasure of committing to the ether, my thoughts, feelings and hyperbolic cliches with the world regarding some lovely new music. It’s always a pleasure never a chore as we see in… Continue Reading →
I don’t know if it’s just me but I have the sneaking suspicion that true doom (or traditional if you like) is doing its phoenix act again and rising from a death like slumber to avoid association with other sub-genres… Continue Reading →
Crawling out of the depths of Greek doom in 2019, Seer Of The Void made an early impression with debut LP “Revenant” in 2020. “Mantra Monolith” is the new offering and finds the trio continuing to explore those classic, dense… Continue Reading →