Category ALBUM
This is the fourth album by the Finnish quintet comprising of Jyrki Leskinen (vocals), Teemu Vähäkangas and Simo Partanen (guitar), Esa Pennala (bass) and Petteri Lammassaari (drums), of which four have been there for 21 year and most have performed… Continue Reading →
I feel like I have gone from being clueless about what constituted “Post Rock” a decade ago to becoming the Ave Noctum specialist. In fact, to drill down even further I seem to be the go to guy for Australian instrumental post rock on Birds Robe records. My… Continue Reading →
Yep apparently it’s a U not a V. Fooled me so out go my kvlt crvdentials…. Lovely packaging for the debut EP by this French solo project of atmospheric black metal. A half obscured figure struggles through a raging blizzard,… Continue Reading →
Of all the wonderful music that 2021 has delivered to our ears when everything else has been far from getting back to normal, to say that Helheim’s eleventh (yes really) album comes with a great deal of anticipation would not… Continue Reading →
I have admired these German black speed punks for a while, they have two tape releases and their first tape ‘Black Leather Hounds’ laid down the blueprint. From the description, you can guess what they sound like right? Take all… Continue Reading →
Plumbing the depths for their fourth album are Australian occult black metallers Moon. Atmosphere, atmosphere and atmosphere was what I was expecting from this one. Sure enough we’re plunged into an echoing violent world from the beginning. Haunting and distant… Continue Reading →
Better late than never. An adage for buses and orgasms and also reviews. This fine slab of grind/crust /punk/noise dropped in January of this year, whereby I picked it up via Bandcamp. The main protagonist Arthur “Beardo” Malloy – guitars… Continue Reading →
Polish extreme metal, eh? These days, it’s pretty much synonymous with Behemoth, which – to my mind at least – is a massive shame. There’s been a really great and healthy scene over there for a long time now, and… Continue Reading →
Swedish black metal is well represented in the world of the dark arts, and it is further reinforced by the existence of Zornheym, the catalyst for the creation of Zornheym was the phoenix which rose in the form of Zorn… Continue Reading →
If you listened to this Danish bands debut album ‘Dolorous Death Knell’ from 2018 then you know that Sulphurous are one of the most horrifying death metal bands that has surfaced in recent years. Everything about that debut reeked of… Continue Reading →
A quick summary – traditional heavy metal from New York City. The PR material suggests a British metal influence, NWoBHM in particular, but I don’t really hear that myself apart from one track called ‘Pretty Faces’. I saw the 7… Continue Reading →
Picked from the review pile essentially because I thought the name sounded cool, I later learned that Necrofier are an American Black Metal band, from Houston, Texas no less. It is fair to say that I was surprised by this… Continue Reading →