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There are just some bands that you know transcend norms. It turns out to be twelve long years since the Swedish Doomsters produced their last album, “Mammon’s War”. What’s more worrying is that I reviewed that piece of work and… Continue Reading →
History and geography lesson time from Ayloss of Spectral Lore as he follows up debut Mystras release ‘Castles Conquered And Reclaimed,’ which was certainly a fascinating album. It mixed burgeoning medieval black metal with well-known traditional folk songs as it… Continue Reading →
Coming from the same camp as sleepmakeswaves and We Lost the Sea, cinematically-inclined instrumental post-rock band clayhands – it’s all in the lower case – now enter the scene. I liked the symphonic start. With a patient build up, there… Continue Reading →
Metaphorical cards on the table, Ipswich’s A.W.A.P. (Ant Walking Alligator People – a noun given to the survivors of the Hiroshima atomic blast) feature someone I know very, very well. And when I say I know them well, A.W.A.P. vocalist… Continue Reading →
The continuous evolutionary flux of Emma Ruth Rundle has been fascinating to follow and listen to – from her time in Marriages, to her solo material and collaborations with Chelsea Wolfe and Thou, she is always pushing sonic boundaries, revealing… Continue Reading →
If you are familiar with this multinational band then you will also be familiar with the pedigree within its ranks, comprising of Shatraug (Sargeist), Doedsadmiral (Nordjevel), BST (The Order Of Apollyon) and ex-Tsjuder drummer and current member of Beaten To… Continue Reading →
International death metal outfit (UK, Germany, Netherlands) have released two previous full lengths of horror based metal but this here short sharp EP I guess is a happy little Halloween film tie in which I got to a little late…. Continue Reading →
Well, well, well, whoda thunkit? Once again the esteemed editor of this online zine you are reading has decided that what I need is yet more music hailing from the land of Sweden, and you know what, he’s damn right!… Continue Reading →
Engaging with the art of Dehn Sora (Vincent Petitjean), regardless if it’s art of the visual or sonic kind, means entering a parallel world, a place that is simultaneously prehistoric and dystopian. The images and soundscapes that the artist creates… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Svpremacist typify how black metal felt and sounded over three decades ago, their primal proto black annihilation has that dangerous feel, rancid, putrid riffing, a raucous production and savaging vocals are all at the core of this act, whose… Continue Reading →
I had this playing prior to reviewing pretty intensively over the Halloween weekend which is apt as these are songs that truly go bump in the night. Cult Italian act Abysmal Grief have been bringing the doom since 1996 and… Continue Reading →
Three albums in for Beast In Black and I reckon the whole Beast In Black vs Battle Beast thing can be easily laid to rest. Since guitarist Anton Kabanen left the Battle Beat ranks back in 2015, he took with… Continue Reading →