Category ALBUM
Ever had the feeling you’re on to a hiding to nothing with trying to review an album? I was so taken with the last album by Finnish black metal/dungeon synth project Druadan Forest (the domain of V-Khaoz) that I bought… Continue Reading →
Having been relatively quiet since releasing third album “Ye Canariae Abezan” in 2017, Muert emerge from the Spanish underground once more. Formed in 2010 and describing themselves as “Canarian Terror Metal”, their raw, aggressive musical aesthetic is seemingly at odds… Continue Reading →
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band’s formation, Katatonia have released Mnemosynean, an offering to the goddess of memory. Encompassing 2 CDs, this extensive collection of rarities, B-sides, unused album songs, special edition bonuses, covers and remixes, will delight… Continue Reading →
Although the Swedish incarnation of Sarcasm have been around since 1990, the band did not properly get going with album releases until 2016 with “Burial Dimensions”. With a couple of current members being involved with the band since the 1990s,… Continue Reading →
Since 2011 Abyssus have been churning out death metal, Greek style. They’ve a string of EP’s, split releases and latest offering “Death Revival” is their third full length. The band have continued to grow and mature, evolving their sound into… Continue Reading →
Necrophagous are a Swedish death metal band. What if I told you that the line up of the band was comprised of dudes that used to be members of the mighty Entrails? Featuring Tommy Carlsson (Visceral Bleeding, ex-Entrails) – Vocals… Continue Reading →
Does anyone else class local gigs as a sort of separate entity? Part of the gig goers experience is surely the travel, the train beers, missing the encore because the rail service sucks, you know the usual. Whilst that is… Continue Reading →
One person projects are de rigeur these days. No time for band members when you got the vision and skills. Instrumental? Of course – don’t need no shouty egotists to take me where I want to go. But …. a one man… Continue Reading →
Well here’s an interesting one for all the European Symphonic Metal fans out there (as we bid a fond farewell to all the other people who had started to read this review…), a new Italian based Symphonic/Power Metal band with… Continue Reading →
Having just released an album last year, the Finnish septet have been keeping themselves busy and are back with this 6-track EP. It’s a far more laid-back affair which at times seems to be showcasing the silences and mellowest of… Continue Reading →
Since its inception, the black metal genre has evolved to cover a huge variety of styles, most having little resemblance with the genres origins and many would argue that these newly evolved genres should not even carry the label Black… Continue Reading →
Mon dieu, it’s time for the crazed carnival that is Pensees Nocturnes once more. Their last album ‘Grand Guignol Orchestra’ took us on a madcap ride on the waltzer and ended with the Magic Roundabout theme and this one starts… Continue Reading →