Category ALBUM
Some blood, a corvid, a hint of Bathory and Poe, some fire and blackened doom from this Australian band made up of past and present members of Nazxul, Nox Inferi, Nocturnes Mist and Pestilential Shadows. Following up 2018 album ‘God… Continue Reading →
What to do when the ropes of the night keep you firmly chained to the darkness, hindering your every movement, making it impossible to break free? There is only one option. You have to generate your own light. This, in… Continue Reading →
You can’t judge a book by its cover the old saying states, which is what I did to some degree with this fourth album by Runespell headed up by multi-instrumentalist Nightwolf. My expectations for a feral black metal release were… Continue Reading →
Dutch death metal eh? That used to be quite the thing, once upon a time. Gorefest, for example, almost cracked the mainstream during the late 90’s. Apparently, Bloodphemy formed way back at the turn of the millennia, but disbanded a… Continue Reading →
The clue is in the album title, the artwork and the band name. “Psychedelic space lounge music” is what they call it. Electronic at the core, one of the influences is Kraftwerk. I can live with that. So too do… Continue Reading →
Expansive. Immersive and indeed panoramic. If we are doing nutshell descriptions then that would be it. Dumbsaint are an instrumental four piece from Sydney who create big, big soundscapes of what is known as post rock. Now “Panoram….” is not a new release. It was written… Continue Reading →
Hailing from the home of the ‘Manx Missile’ Mark Cavendish (that’s for all you cycling fans out there, of which I am sure there are many reading this review), Isle of Mann’s Aeon, follow up their 2019 album ‘A Tragic… Continue Reading →
Fifteen years into their career, Portrait have developed a reputation for classic sounding, old school heavy metal. The Swedes have a string of long players, EP’s and split releases under their belts and latest cut, “At One With None” is… Continue Reading →
‘Cold Darkness’ and ‘Fall Division-Luciferianism’ from the Swedish underground here. Sounds sinister and it is. The unwieldly to pronounce Hladomrak have been in existence since 2011 and were started as a one-man outfit by Evgenerator who has kept them going… Continue Reading →
‘Excommunica’ is captivating and mesmerising from the outset, it is layered and complex and demands your full attention to absorb and soak up every beat and percussion strike. The band cite that it has taken them 5 years to build… Continue Reading →
Ah another new name despite having a previous album and an EP out. Pretty much an international band on the album line-up but, I think Germany based with its core members. Black metal. Kind of. It opens with the sounds… Continue Reading →
I don’t really know at what point something can be deemed as classic. If you love an album, book, film etc straight away can you start hailing it as a masterpiece or a classic? I guess it’s more of a… Continue Reading →