Category ALBUM
Poughkeepsie, New York is the birthplace for the wonderfully named and furiously talented band Genghis Tron who have engineered the most peculiar and welcome return since Lazarus. ‘It’s Genghis Tron Jim, but not as you know it’. It would be… Continue Reading →
In general, I hope to write reviews that contain the possibility that even someone who wouldn’t normally like the band I’m writing about might read something that intrigues them enough to check that band out. OK, it’s possible I fail… Continue Reading →
Although they only formed in 2018, Swiss atmospheric black metal group AARA are already onto their third album, ‘Triade I : Eos’. This is the first part of a forthcoming trilogy inspired by the Gothic 19th century novel ‘Melmoth the… Continue Reading →
Athenian 4-piece Rapture have been throwing riffs since 2012 and with two full length albums, two EP’s and a split with Toxic Carnage under their belts, the thrash-death outfit are back with album #3: Malevolent Demise Incarnation. With a sound… Continue Reading →
I must admit to previously knowing little about this legendary Serbian black metal band, who’ve consistently churned out quality black metal albums since 2001 (or earlier, if you want to count their early incarnation as Stone To Flesh). Ninth album… Continue Reading →
So, we are all are more than well aware by now of the infamous split of the original Batushka, and the complicated and complex arguments that have ensued since, but leaving all that aside and concentrating solely on this new… Continue Reading →
It was a mere 18 months ago that Swedish Metal band Metalite, having strengthened their line up with vocalist Erica Ohlsson, released “Biomechanicals”, an album that I have to admit took me a little by surprise. I’m generally not really… Continue Reading →
Inspired by sci-fi Italian horror films and soundtracks, La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio are a space ritual project on a “free-form journey”. Psychedelic vibes and obscurity would seem to be the bywords here. Mystical and mysterious is how this work… Continue Reading →
It is clear that this Dutch duo, D. Scherman and R. Schmidt, want to inflict a harrowing listen on anyone who cares to partake on either of the albums they have released as this second chapter, as I’ve deemed it,… Continue Reading →
We are promised an “exploration of Cult, Magic and Reincarnation” here with the 26th March release date having “esoteric significance.” The innovator of this is cult Italian composer Tony Tears who is one of the founding fathers of the Italian… Continue Reading →
From Zagreb, Croatia, come Nokti (Eng.: nails, as in fingernails, and biting), presenting their debut Cockschmerzen – six rather short tracks of anxiety-driven, unease-filled noise rock, adding up to about 15 minutes of playtime. Starting with the oil-on-canvas cover art,… Continue Reading →
So we reach the climax of Rituals; a saga spanning five years and three EPs, beginning in 2016 via 2018 and culminating here in a desperately hopeful 2021. If you’re after something uplifting, like being vaccinated with a dose of… Continue Reading →