Category ALBUM
The artist behind this debut album makes no pretence that he is doffing his cap to bands that have had an impact on him, among them Testament, Strapping Young Lad, Slayer, Annihilator, Pantera and Meshuggah. Martijn Balsters, the artist in… Continue Reading →
Macedonian Doom merchants The Temple were briefly known under another guise, Scooby Doom, back in the mid-noughties. This has no relevance to the review but it really did make me chuckle! As the more seriously named The Temple, this Thessaloniki… Continue Reading →
Before the Internet, label samplers used to be part of the life’s blood when it came to discovering new artists and music. Some of them introduced us to a roster of bands that clicked and has had us following things… Continue Reading →
I was starting to despair. Here we are in December and I don’t feel that I’ve been treated to a truly unashamed, unapologetic, bombastic Power Metal album all year…although, now I think about it, Fellowship came pretty damn close, but… Continue Reading →
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 →
After causing a bit of a stir with 2020 release Sternenberster, this “extermination sect” from Germany are back. Essentially the work of Kerem Yilmaz who works alongside a session drummer and expands things for live performances this is a work… 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 →
Vladphemer the Sodomizer, Noctisadistum and Branded Rebel, the members of black / speed metal band Bafomet, formerly known as Sigil of Bafomet, have pleasure in bringing us “F.O.A.D.I.F”. I know what FOAD is, but not IF – in flames? Anyway,… Continue Reading →
I’m accustomed to reading ridiculous hyperbole as albums are presented for our attention and hopefully enjoyment, but to suggest that the concurrence of choosing the name Written in Blood and the coronavirus pandemic kicking off is some sort of coincidence… 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 →
I almost fell through a time-warp opening the envelope and pulling out this EP. After sniffing to see if it smelled of patchouli it was time to work out that it was a new and second release from Isle Of… Continue Reading →
It’s been a couple of years since Cave Dweller’s debut Walter Goodman (or the empty cabin in the woods) entered my unsuspecting ears. I gave it 9.5 out of ten despite finding it hard to describe the profound effect that Adam R Bryant’s… Continue Reading →