Category ALBUM
Billy Idol, Glenn Danzig, The Sisters of Mercy, Ghost and a huge offering of 80’s goth, punk and B-Movie horror. These things on their own are (mostly) great, so what happens when you mix them all together? You get The… Continue Reading →
It’s Christmas time. There’s no need to be afraid. Well, I wouldn’t go that far, especially as a fella with more than a passing resemblance to Saint Nick. “Oh thanks for the Father Christmas shout random stranger – original!”. However one thing that… Continue Reading →
Bryan Eckermann wasn’t a name that was known to me until this came along. Billed as melodeath / black metal, “Plague Bringers” is listed as being for fans of, amongst others, Arch Enemy, Old Mans Child, Hypocrisy, Death, King Diamond,… Continue Reading →
In the realms of Progressive Power Metal, Eternity’s End are immediately interesting from a musical point of view, as well for their current and past members. The band’s core contains three members of Progressive Death Metal band Alkaloid for one,… Continue Reading →
Just when I thought I couldn’t hear any more top-quality death metal in 2021, along comes German band Rexul with their debut album. Comprising of a duo, Benny Oprea and Simon Milizia, both ex-Diabolical Imperium with the latter also from… Continue Reading →
It’s time to get “rattled” by Estertor who have given us a game to play with these tales, guess the horror films that the songs take their inspiration from? We have been given a couple of answers and some titles… Continue Reading →
This shall be the sixth album by the German quartet and first on Nuclear Blast. Formed 20 years ago by vocalist and guitarist Steffen Kummerer, the band has always pushed the envelope of technical death metal with progressive tendencies. Returning… Continue Reading →
Since 2009, Germany’s Der Weg Einer Freiheit have been delivering their own brand of black metal and have deservedly built up a legendary status in the extreme metal underground. As such, the release of their fifth studio album was much… Continue Reading →
Do you ever have those bands at your disposal that are the meat and potatoes of a genre? I don’t really mean generic as such, more so just basic really. Well, for me when it comes to Brutal Death Metal… Continue Reading →
Ah, Gurthang the sword meaning “the iron of death”. The band behind the reference from Tolkien’s “Silmarillion” is from Poland and this is their seventh album. The intro or prologue as it’s called is sinister and doomy. Things fly in… Continue Reading →
“Millions die in vain”, goes the lyric on “Blinded” off Hypocrisy’s “Into the Abyss” album (2000). This could apply now. The solid sounds signal menace. The deeply invasive metal tones of Peter Tätgren and his Hypocrisy mates kept me going… Continue Reading →
Since Mr. Turilli departed the ranks of Rhapsody Of Fire, about a decade ago now, it is fair to say that the horde of fans they have amassed since their formation over two decades prior felt like a hammer blow… Continue Reading →