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De Profundis – The Corruption of Virtue (Transcending Obscurity)

This album is De Profundis’ sixth in their 17-year existence and is both melodic and aggressive in equal measure. The London based quintet have been honing their skills for quite some time, and I thoroughly enjoyed what they have delivered… Continue Reading →

[ówt krì] and Pigments – Fractured Lore (Anticipating Nowhere)

Forget the collaboration between Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. You probably have forgotten already. Here’s the real dream team: [ówt krì] and Pigments. These masters of electronic sound art from Finland have come together for this work. The dream may… Continue Reading →

Eclesios – Halls Of Salvation (Eisenwald)

Yet another newly formed band in front of me here and again one with calibre in the ranks with members from outfits such as Wolfhetan, Infaust and MOSAIC. Hailing from Thuringia Germany they are a slightly difficult act to categorise… Continue Reading →

Razor – Cycle Of Contempt (Relapse Records)

It has been 25 years since Razor’s last full length, ‘Decibels’, and the thrash fraternity have been hungerly awaiting another sacrifice from the Canadian speed royalty every day since. Well wait no longer, ‘Cycle Of Contempt’ is upon us, so… Continue Reading →

LAWA – Manipulation (Cineploit)

The duo of Austrian “mega synthesists” who manipulate their names into LAWA are Alain Leonard and Alex Wank. Here they are back with the first in a two-part album series which they have classed as an “electronic nightmare”. There is… Continue Reading →

Sang Froid – EP (Black Gods)

Nomen est omen with Sang Froid from Nantes. Making good use of the infectious winter of 2019, these cold-blooded Frenchmen, composed of two members of Regard les hommes tomber and one member of The Veil, have created a decidedly un-sanguine… Continue Reading →

The Antichrist Imperium – Volume III: Satan In His Original Glory (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)

I was trying to explain to a friend the situation that we find ourselves in with now having both The Antichrist Imperium and Akercocke as going concerns, but in the end as his brain was hurting I just kinda settled… Continue Reading →

Languish – Feeding The Flames of Annihilation (Prosthetic Records)

This is the third full length album by the quartet from Tucson, Arizona, and the longest… Well almost, the debut was ten tracks in under 17 minutes, with the follow-up being fifteen tracks in 27 minutes, while this one is… Continue Reading →

Behind Your Fear – Anthropocene (S/R)

Formed from the union of members from Crimson Moon, My Own Ghost and former members of Flowing Tears and originally Melechesh, Behind Your Fears are a five piece whose sound is primarily focused on the vocal style and delivery of… Continue Reading →

Borealis – Illusions (AFM)

I find the hardest reviews I have to write are the ones about the follow-up to an album I absolutely loved. Sure enough, Canadian Metal band Borealis’ previous album “The Offering” is one of my favourite albums from the last… Continue Reading →

Caustic Casanova – Glass Enclosed Nerve Center (Magnetic Eye Records)

Caustic Casanova are a bit of a many headed beast. Definitely not a band to slot themselves into any particular genre, theirs is a mash up of sludge, doom, psyche rock with a smattering of prog. Hailing from Washington DC,… Continue Reading →

Asgrauw – Façade (Death Prayer Records)

This album may be about the area between life and death but this band from the Netherlands decidedly plays black metal.” Façade” is Asgrauw’s fifth album release. Anger and slashing people with razors is the thought that came into my… Continue Reading →

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