Category ALBUM
Formed in Sweden in 2015, “The Sanctity Of Death” is the second full length release from Ultra Silvam. Their brand of black metal is altogether old school in delivery, with opening track “Dies Irae” introducing the listener to a quasi-melodic… Continue Reading →
‘Featuring members of Aborted, Solium Fatalis and Necronomichrist,’ this was never going to be a nice ride was it? Yep, knee deep into bludgeoning and brutal death metal I go. And straight in it is with barely time for cackled… Continue Reading →
Some eighteen months ago, should you care to peruse prior reviews on Ave Noctum, I was waxing lyrical on the undoubted virtues of Icelandic three piece Volcanova and their first album ‘Radical Waves’. Ah, eighteen months ago, the heady days… Continue Reading →
I see there is yet another upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre film imminent. Talk about getting as much blood out of a franchise as possible. Here (and there is a tenuous link), we move from the killing fields of rural Texas… Continue Reading →
Many claims are made about this third album from Brood of Hatred. In summary the expectation is of melodic, progressive metal with haunting atmospheres. Dark growls meet a dreamy yet heavy progressive style. “God over Demons” has a soaring and… Continue Reading →
Fairy tale may be going a little too far but the journey of Bloodywood would make an awesome film. There is already a documentary “Raj Against the Machine” which you can watch on YouTube which depicts the bands story up to their… Continue Reading →
This Swiss band have three previous full-length releases behind them. Categorized as traditional heavy metal, we all know how vast that could turn out to be. Their two previous releases were more in the field of European power metal. Upon… Continue Reading →
Time to lay the dead to rest and what better way to do it than via the medium of Finnish Funeral Doom? Doing the graveside duties here we have a true apostle of the scene, Mikko Lehto whose name should… Continue Reading →
‘Acts Of God’ starts with a brief intro track, ‘Abandoned’, which is delivered with a sultry, moody doodle before more six strings join the fray and almost tango in unison with the established musical score, creating a foreboding and atmospheric… Continue Reading →
Music that strives to incorporate authentic elements from its place of origin has a special appeal, because it can teach you about history, culture and customs, regional tunes and instruments in an effortless and casual kind of way. At its… Continue Reading →
Going in for albums such as today’s record is always quite a funny experience. In part I’m holding on to the days of constantly discovering top tier Death Metal. On the other hand I’m just going in for blind Extreme… Continue Reading →
It’s odd. Blame the plague but I realised when I got this that I hadn’t heard anything from this atmospheric UKBM band for a couple of years and from what I thought was just a diversification from their sound on… Continue Reading →