Category ALBUM
Although not a huge fan of themed and ‘gimmick’ music projects they do occasionally hit the right target and I had a big grin on my face the second Napoli Violenta hijacked my inbox. Much the same way as labelmates… Continue Reading →
“Crikey Ails! What we putting in the beer down the surf club. It’s all coming up post rock down under,” is exactly what Ray Meagher’s character Alf would have said if he was sent as many post rock albums by Birds Robe as I am. Well this time… Continue Reading →
It is hard not to talk about Ghost Bath without mentioning a couple of things that gave them some low level “notoriety”. First off, the China hoax – when the band released their debut “Funeral” on Chinese label Pest Productions in 2014 there was… Continue Reading →
In the name of Satan, by all means hail, throw the horns at or praise the goat but don’t torment it and certainly never, ever think about molesting one. After all we have all seen what happens in films such… Continue Reading →
Wow, where do I begin?! To say this is a complex album is a huge understatement but I mean that in a positive way as I thoroughly enjoyed getting to grips with the fifth full length from this Swiss extreme… Continue Reading →
Dark underground black metal is the offering from Dutch band Kaeck, whose second album this is, six years on from their debut “Stormkult”. The occult, black magic and rituals interest them. The style is old school. The riffage is deep… Continue Reading →
Long-term fans of Teutonic Heavy Metal stalwarts Running Wild will probably by now be familiar with mainman Rolf’s statement which he made a few weeks ago about this album. When asked whether last year’s enforced lockdowns and free time had… Continue Reading →
What a phenomenal band this Finnish outfit is. I admit I was late to their party with the coniferous crown already having been worn for a couple of albums and a slew of other releases since their coronation. ‘Uinuos syömein… Continue Reading →
Crust punk from Aðalbjörn Tryggvason of Solstafir and more guests than you can shake a stick at? Oh ok go on then, I’m game. The cover though seems to be trying a little too hard; an 80s pastiche with regulation… Continue Reading →
Kayo Dot’s last album “Blasphemy” (2019) had me hanging onto every note. The discovery of this band was amazing. When you think that musicians have drained the creative pool like draining all the fish from the sea and there is… Continue Reading →
You know, when writing reviews, sometimes the words just flow and the whole thing can be composed, typed up, cleaned up, and submitted in the time it takes to listen to an album a mere two or three times. Other… Continue Reading →
Let’s face it, we all like to vomit a bit of disgust now and again and that is exactly what veteran German doom / death band Odium are doing here on their 5th full-length album. Advocating “No light, no destination,… Continue Reading →