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Borgne – Temps Morts (LADLO Productions)

There is no such thing as “dead time” for Bornyhake and Borgne and if you are thinking this came quickly, it did indeed. Only just over a year since last album Y was released here is another sprawling and labyrinthine… Continue Reading →

Esoctrilihum – Dy’th Requiem For The Serpent Telepath (I, Voidhanger)

Since I first heard Bal-Sagoth I’ve been into Symphonic Extreme Metal. Particularly the more ridiculous side of it. Big over the top Power Metal style orchestration laying about with harsh vocals and goblin-like silliness has always appealed to me. In… Continue Reading →

Inner Earth – Arcane State (Karus Media)

Credit to the band first of all for doing something I can’t ever recall seeing before: three of this quintet are actually smiling on the sleeve photo. Inner Earth’s music is described as progressive metal, but whatever the type of… Continue Reading →

The Bleeding – Rise To Nothing (Decimated Eardrums Records)

I am assuming that this EP by the UK deathrash act is a stop-gap before an impending full length which I am certainly looking forward to hearing, if one is in the pipeline. I absolutely loved this bands last album… Continue Reading →

Void – The Hollow Man (Duplicate Records)

London based outfit Void have been knocking around for two decades now and in their early years had strong ties with the Norwegian avant-weird scene. Czral of Ved Buens Ende, Aura Noir etc was a previous drummer Heimoth, Seth, Sinsaenum… Continue Reading →

Bloodbound – Creatures Of The Dark Realm (AFM)

After seemingly battling dragons non-stop for last four years, I’m afraid the shit’s really hit the fan(tasy) in Bloodbound’s world! No sooner have they banished those pesky fire-breathing miscreants than suddenly there’s a new set of creatures to deal with… Continue Reading →

Yautja – The Lurch (Relapse Records)

My first experience of the Nashville, Tennessee, noise mercenaries Yautja came at the tail end of 2019, back when it was relatively easy to travel, before the world turned into the stinking mess it is now.  I found myself in… Continue Reading →

Hanging Garden – Skeleton Lake (Lifeforce Records)

It’s been 4 years since I reviewed ‘I Am Become’ and Hanging Garden released ‘Into That Good Night’ in the intervening years, where vocalist Riikka Hatakka became a permanent member. This is also the seventh album for the Finnish septet… Continue Reading →

Dumbsaint – Something You Will Feel Will Find Its Own Form (Bird’s Robe)

Dumbsaint is a band whose music is accompanied by film. Having just this album to listen to I didn’t get the benefit of that. But you can get five videos as a download with this hour-long instrumental post rock work…. Continue Reading →

Heathen Deity – True English Black Metal (Cult Never Dies)

I’ve been waiting a long time for this. Four, five years since I first experience their battering ram sound live at Warhorns. Others have been waiting longer, since 1998 in fact. But this is finally it after all that has… Continue Reading →

Slithering Decay – Aeons Untold (Testimony Records)

This Belgian band’s moniker pretty much sums up the sonic output of these ten grisly tracks on their debut. Their old school filth riddled approach is a voracious submersion into a world of gruesome riffing amidst their veritable onslaught on… Continue Reading →

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