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Leper Colony – Leper Colony (Transcending Obscurity)

1985-1988 were really important years in the development of extreme metal. For a while, the terms now used in relatively precise terms by lovers of our brands of noise were relatively interchangeable. I can recall Megadeth proudly calling themselves “state… Continue Reading →

Kommandant – Titan Hammer (ATMF)

Having unleashed a parasitic ‘Blood Worm’ on humanity five years ago, Kommandant scuttled back to their nuclear bunker under the Chicagoan ruins hoping for swift eradication of mankind. In the meantime, they have perfected their bodies via bio-engineering into lethal… Continue Reading →

Inherits The Void – The Impending Fall of the Stars (Avantgarde Music)

Antoine Scholtès from the Clermont-Ferrand region of France has returned with his Atmospheric Black Metal solo project, Inherits the Void. Two years on from his debut full length album ‘Monolith of Light’, his new opus ‘The Impending Fall of the… Continue Reading →

Manntra – Kreatura (NoCut Entertainment)

Manntra are a Croatian band who blend Industrial Rock/Metal with elements of Gothic Rock/Metal and hints of Neo/Traditional Folk, then deliver it with their own catchy Euro-Metal style. Unsurprising I suppose given that Manntra were formed just over 10 years… Continue Reading →

Resist The Ocean – In Death We Are All Equal (Boersma Records)

MetalCore is not my usual sub of the day. I managed to swerve the avalanche of bands that hit 20 years ago with only a few registering on my radar. This may have been snobbery on my part or possibly a… Continue Reading →

Wuodan’s Wunde – Es glimmt empor aus ewger Nacht (Altare Productions)

Austrian Black Metal band Wuodan’s Wunde have unleashed a smart looking debut album that comes adorned in intricate and inspiring artwork. Entitled ‘Es glimmt empor aus ewger Nacht’ which translates as ‘It glows up from eternal night’, features extracts of… Continue Reading →

Slegest – Avstand (Dark Essence)

Always a pleasure to see Stig Ese and his cohorts return. It’s been four years since Introvert where I noted that the heavy metal was definitely in the ascendancy over the black metal so I was interested to see if… Continue Reading →

Turmion Kätilöt – Omen X (Nuclear Blast)

I must start with a warning: if you prefer your music to be serious, Omen X is not the album for you. Turmion Kätilöt describe themselves as disco metal, but I think that eurodance industrial metal would be more accurate…. Continue Reading →

SKÁLD – Huldufólk (Universal)

Unless you are completely new to Nordic Folk, you will know that the genre’s best times are behind it. It reached its climax a few years ago and it stopped being nouvelle and wondrous before that. Today, even its best-known… Continue Reading →

Toehider – I Have Little or No Memory of These Memories (Bird’s Robe)

If you would like an audio depiction of a girl taking a 2TB usb stick off her keychain, and plugging it squarely into a swamp of a tiny planet, here’s the place to come. This ambitious work is a prog… Continue Reading →

Kohnerah – Ominous Ubiquitous (S/R)

Kansas City Death Metal quintet Kohnerah have been pretty silent in their seven years of existence. Three single releases are all that the band have put out thus far, but that has now changed. ‘Ominous Ubiquitous’ is their self-released debut… Continue Reading →

Screamer – Kingmaker (Steamhammer)

Album number five is ready and waiting, from this Swedish heavy metal juggernaut. I have followed their releases from the start, with each one there’s marked improvement. This one some might say is a cataclysmic shift in the quality stakes…. Continue Reading →

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