Category ALBUM
To a lot of people, the word ‘Odal’ is probably best associated with the Elder Futhark rune system and as such has a strong link with history and ancestry. As with all the things, the exact meaning is open to… Continue Reading →
French five-piece outfit Los Disidentes Del Sucio Motel release their fourth long player after several years of quiet. This is a band that is a little hard to pigeon hole from a genre point of view. “Polaris” finds them stretching… Continue Reading →
If you have read my reviews of the Cult Graves and Evulsed released from Godz Ov War Productions then you can add another US brutal death metal act to that list of pounding mayhem. This is the bands second full… Continue Reading →
Just every now and then, you get a bit of a cracker and it’s all the sweeter for not having heard the band before. I got this a little while ago, but some unexpected moves at work have meant that… Continue Reading →
Sometimes, a quick blast of Technical Death Metal is all you need. Nothing too long or played at furious speeds, just a nice short EP with a handful of tracks on it to show off some nice, skilled playing and… Continue Reading →
Children Of Bodom are I would say a very iconic band, at least for my generation. Hate Crew Deathroll is certainly an album that I would cite as a bridge between softer Metal and more Extreme music. To me it… Continue Reading →
With a style described as dark cinematic progressive rock. Astrakhan from Sweden are regarded as treading a path between Opeth and Pink Floyd. This is their third album release. I’d read that singer Alexander Lycke had a stunning voice, and… Continue Reading →
Despite being about since 1997 Wintherr has kept his solo project Paysage D’Hiver purely an outlet for demo material until comparatively recently when he released debut studio album Im Wald in 2020. No doubt this has brought the Darkspace musician… Continue Reading →
Nordgeist. Frostwinter. If you guessed that this is a groove metal album filled with slap bass and wacky ditties about otters then you best keep walking – as long as you have snowshoes! Nordgiest is a one person Black Metal project from Siberia and the frostbitten… Continue Reading →
I’m of the personal opinion that Frozen Crown’s previous release “Crowned In Frost” from 2019 was an absolute gem of a Power Metal album. Stamping their own identity on the genre with only their second release was a feat in… Continue Reading →
“The sound of a teardrop falling onto a moss-covered stone. The sound of a heart breaking. The sound of a rosebud opening at dawn.” The sentences above could well be taken from a romantic poem or a Zen koan, like… Continue Reading →
Ok, right. Why am I here? No not in this reality, here with this review. Well controversial director Lucio Fulci’s 1981 shocker and alleged video nasty has a special place in my heart. Weird, fucked up and gory it was… Continue Reading →