Category ALBUM
Black metal band UNRU have been going for 10 years. This is their second album. Ambient gloom and an unstoppable maelstrom of sound are what is promised here from these five lengthy pieces. The title translates as “The Return of… Continue Reading →
“Spanish death metal maggots” indeed, hmm? Debut album too. An album of catchy, putrid, crusty death metal? Mmm, putrid crust on a death metal maggot pie; sounds tasty to me. So. A rather cool and atmospheric intro bodes well, something… Continue Reading →
For many months now I’ve been slowly formulating the theory that the esteemed editor of the review site that you are currently perusing has been gaslighting me by sending nothing but wave after wave of Swedish rock and metal for… Continue Reading →
I am generally intrigued by anything I can’t pronounce and this Dutch group named after a Mesopotamian God along with twin Lugalirra are apparently associated with Nergal. Nope not that one and forget any similarities to Behemoth here. What I… Continue Reading →
Doing a trawl through the internet yielded very little as to who is actually in this Swedish band as this debut full length ticks plenty of boxes for me. All of the three tracks on the debut EP have ended… Continue Reading →
I’m writing this on the 24th of February 2022, the day that Russia invaded Ukraine and began a war. A war in Europe, in the 21st century. If you had asked me only a week ago if war was a… Continue Reading →
Three years since the release of ‘Apoptosis’ and their 6th album, the band from Colorado state that this is the first time they have written everything as a band, rather than individually bringing songs for the others to play, and… Continue Reading →
Serious Black are back once again and for those who have read my previous coverage of their releases, you know that I consider this band a formidable force in the European metal scene. They have the history and pedigree of… Continue Reading →
German Symphonic Metal band Heaven’s Guard are relatively new to the scene. This is in fact their debut which was preceded by a couple of demos and a single over the past couple of years before being snapped up by… Continue Reading →
Everyone needs to take things slowly once in a while, even the speediest of musicians. Gathered among this sextet we have past and present members of bands such as Finntroll, Impaled Nazarene and Barathrum among many others, all bands not… Continue Reading →
Cobra The Impaler bring their own brand of metal from Ghent, Belgium. Mixing classic heavy metal tropes with elements of thrash and throwing in a ton of groove, there’s plenty to look forward to on their debut album, “Colossal Gods”…. Continue Reading →
We face a musical crisis in this world, and that crisis is atmospheric music, whether it be the ambient works of Brian Eno or the Post-Rock mastery of Godspeed You! Black Emperor it’s something which is a massive part of… Continue Reading →