Category ALBUM
A brief bit of online research on Northmaan finds that this one-man project is from “the most Northernmost part of the UK”. A further bit of intrepid Googling point to this being possibly Skaw on the Shetlands. Now, anyone expecting Northmaan’s debut to be filled with Gaelic rhythms… Continue Reading →
Wode are a UK black metal band formed little over a decade ago who quietly honed their craft before releasing a well-received debut album in 2016. They quickly followed it with another album of remarkable quality in 2017, before going… Continue Reading →
When is a three way split album not a three way split album? When two of the bands are the same one gent is when. This is an entirely instrumental album from, dare I say it, two masters of enthralling… Continue Reading →
Once more into the breech dear friends, well that place called Aokigahara the Japanese Suicide Forest at any rate. This is the 3rd time in as many weeks I have traipsed down its shadowy paths and I feel like a… Continue Reading →
This is not the first time that I have encountered Anhedonia “inability to feel pleasure in normally pleasurable activities” in the music we feature or indeed in life Itself. Another tried and tested subject matter Lifeless have at the heart… Continue Reading →
The Harvest Moon is one of those single person black metal projects, where the subject is the anxiety of living in a complex civilisation. The individual behind this EP upped sticks in 2018 to experience off grid living in Western… Continue Reading →
I blame Horror for me not being as into Black Metal. As a child I gravitated towards B-movies and nasty Horror flicks (probably a bit worrying on reflection). Because of this it would appear that my natural path would lead… Continue Reading →
Last year, I had the fortune to review a brace of musical products from Ireland’s best-kept metal secret, For Ruin, for this very august organ (you can find them on these pages). The then-promised follow-up EP to last year’s “Elapse”,… Continue Reading →
You have to hand it to the industrious chaps in Memoriam, producing this, their fourth album since 2017 is no mean feat. Inevitably, one may wonder if there is a corresponding issue with quality given the speed in which they… Continue Reading →
This band’s previous self-titled album proved to be enjoyable and interesting fuel for the imagination with its range of experimental sound improvisations so it was good to hear that two years on, Tottumiskysymys has another work out there. For those… Continue Reading →
Germans MNHG are a new band –starting in the plague year 2020 and playing an old style of filth ridden Black and Roll. Fans of Sarke are gonna wanna swim in the cesspool of this quartet. By now it seems repetitive to describe Black and… Continue Reading →
I’d had a bad week and was in a foul mood, in need of release from the claustrophobia of everyday life, desperate for something aggressive to help me let go of some of my angst…….Thankfully Wratheon were near the top… Continue Reading →