Category ALBUM
In terms of death metal, Blood Red Throne are an absolute juggernaut and I’m sure I don’t need to introduce many of you, if any of you at all, to these behemoths. I will however, very happily, introduce you to… Continue Reading →
When you think of German thrash metal, you often think of the so called Teutonic trio, or big four to go a bit further. In fact Germany had a lot of great thrash bands of equal merit, even in current… Continue Reading →
I have to admit that I had incredibly high expectations for this despite never hearing of French rabble rousers Paydretz prior to the promo arriving. This is blackened folk metal with members of Himinbjorg, Véhémence, Skyforger, Cruachan and album of… Continue Reading →
Spectral Darkwave play a bombastic, unique, riff-driven style of blackened industrial death-doom, garnished with spacey atmospherics and guttural vocals. Following up 2015s dark and dramatic debut album, sophomore “At Outer Dark” sees the London (Earth) based trio evolve their sound… Continue Reading →
Bleak, minimalist, sparse, cold and vast, just some of the words that come to mind when describing Oakland’s Kowloon Walled City who return with this, their first album in over six years. I must admit, straight out of the gate,… Continue Reading →
I confess that that I didn’t know the band Norse before this release in spite of “Ascetic” being their fourth album. The idea that they play dissonant black metal did appeal to me. So off we go with the title… Continue Reading →
Trouble is a band that I have a very long relationship with, well over thirty-five years and counting (I have tickets to their 2022 Glasgow show pinned to a board in my living room, even though I don’t even know… Continue Reading →
Politically charged Brazilian bump and grind time. Desalmado, which I have just discovered means heartless or cruel have been compared to the likes of Nasum and Brutal Truth and that may well be how they sounded over their earlier albums… Continue Reading →
If I remember rightly, Alda were meant to be in the UK at the moment, touring with Panopticon and Winterfylleth. That mouthwatering line up was set to be one of the gigs of the year, not least because it would… Continue Reading →
I don’t think I’ve ever listened to an album on the Iron Bonehead roster I didn’t enjoy as each of this French bands previous releases, a demo, EP and split, all on the same label, sees an escalation in sheer… Continue Reading →
Henrik Nygren’s Melodic death metal project Carchosa, from Malmö, Sweden is back once again with the second release ‘Realms’. The eponymous debut release was a respectable musical offering which had some fantastic compositional work and solid displays of musical prowess… Continue Reading →
I’ve had this conversation with other Metalheads before, but do you ever get the feeling that nothing surprises you any more? I certainly do, don’t get me wrong I still find bands I really like but I’m always a little… Continue Reading →