Category ALBUM
Albums of the year are special things. To hand that accolade to a Black Metal debut is something I didn’t think I would ever do. However, Godslastering Hymns of a Forelorn Peasantry was so damn good and hit just the right spots for me in 2021…. Continue Reading →
Must be a full-moon. We just recovered from a savage mauling by Australian band Werewolves and now we have more lycanthropic rage from Columbus Ohio. Invultation is apparently the practice of making and using effigies of people for magical purposes… Continue Reading →
I’ll be honest I have not really kept up with “The Waste” over the years. I have most of the albums they have released on MP3 left unlistened to (tape trader style innit – I’m an old thrasher) and that is something I was completely comfortable with…. Continue Reading →
A “musical journey through deep valleys, high hills and dark forests” is what’s promised. Well, Horizon Ignited are from Finland. Claimed to be the new pretenders in the melodic death metal scene, this is their second album release. The problem… Continue Reading →
There were a couple of bands called Entrails in Sweden back in the early 90s during the days when the ‘Swedeath’ sound was craved for and opposed the more clinical cleaner sound that was emanating from Morrisound Studios around the… Continue Reading →
A couple of days before this appeared on the new releases list from Ave Noctum towers I read an article online featuring Knoll. It was one of those ones to watch or get your ears round this shit kind of affairs from either… Continue Reading →
I have to admit that I felt slightly underwhelmed on first perusal of this album, the fifth from Catalans Vidres A La Sang and second since they came back from a ten-year hiatus. But the five songs here should probably… Continue Reading →
Saor is a Gaelic word meaning free or unconstrained. Saor is also a one man band flying the flag for Scottish inspired blackened folk metal. The concept for heritage and folk influenced heavy music has been quite noticeable among Nordic… Continue Reading →
The new EP by Volcandra has me excited because I get to talk about one of my favorite things: videogames. When I first listened to Border World, I thought it was alright. I was unfamiliar with the name but I… Continue Reading →
Lingering around the review list and casting a filthy miasma this US based power trio were crying out ‘In The Name Of Death’ for some coverage. Noting that they are described as playing a form of ‘blackgrind’ ala war metal… Continue Reading →
Four-piece deathmongers Paganizer seem to have been around for eternity and whilst the band has existed under this moniker since about 1999 it feels like they have been around since death metal emerged in the mid-80s. However, one thing is… Continue Reading →
After having just covered the lunacy of Horns and Hooves for another publication here comes another bunch of mad hatters, well and truly on the lunatic side of black metal. Having been active since 2005 one has to first address… Continue Reading →