Category ALBUM
There is something in the water. Something organic that enters your body through your ear canal, travels down the eustachian tube then fills your lungs with its viscous sludge. Yeah, that’s right Olde got it going on! This is the Canadian’s third album… Continue Reading →
I honestly think that my generation might be the first to be brought up on music that we would later detest, feel free to correct me if you think I’m wrong. Most people my age grew up on a diet… Continue Reading →
Despite protestations to the contrary, a brief respite afforded by three and a half hours of sunshine, the head of Spring has been cleaved from its shoulders by the bastard grey, concreted sarcophagus of all things Winter, as she descends… Continue Reading →
From the Pacific Northwest comes a wonderfully eccentric musical collaboration. Crooked Mouth and Headstone Brigade, both one-man projects toiling in the darkfolk/neofolk genre, have joined forces. The Italian label I, Voidhanger is releasing their joint effort and thereby proving once… Continue Reading →
This split release on a sub label of The Sinister Flame sees a meeting of deformed musical minds playing with experimental sounds and frequencies; they have 2 tracks each. On the one hand we have cult composer Hermann Kopp, renowned… Continue Reading →
Some live albums are bona fide classics that are still revered decades after their release, having captured bands at the absolute peak of the powers with epic performances of rock and metal anthems in front of huge fervent crowds. For… Continue Reading →
With somewhere over 25 active projects on the go currently it is no surprise finding another helmed by the prolific Belgian artist Mories so quickly after the last one. That was Schemer Heer where our restless composer summoned the essence… Continue Reading →
So, live music is but a distant memory to most of us thanks to the current Pandemic. Who ever thought I’d be subconsciously missing the whiff of sweaty metal fans, the taste of tepid, over priced beer and the racket… Continue Reading →
I saw Dvne play live in 2018, and recall it being a very dark experience of thunderous heaviness and post metal doom. Reading about them travelling “an epic dark sci-fi universe with hints of psychedelia” sounds about right. I also… Continue Reading →
The Kings are back! If there’s one thing guaranteed to put a smile on my face in these mirth-free days, it’s a record from the Swedish masters of all things raging and furious, The Crown. While they should need no… Continue Reading →
An offshoot of Saor, Fuath’s atmospheric black metal takes its influence from original 90s black metal but also the harsh and rugged landscapes of Scotland and its cultural heritage. The artist behind Fuath quotes the ritual of walking through the… Continue Reading →
I like to remember those earlier days of me discovering Brutal Death, the shock I felt, the excitement at Slams, all but a distant memory. Now I’ve seen it all, heard it all and have become somewhat of a snob… Continue Reading →