Category ALBUM
If atmosphere is what you want, then atmosphere is what you get with the latest opus from Abstract The Light. ‘Magna Sapientia Quaerere – To The Depths Of Thy Soul’ is a magnificent grand beast and it is made up… Continue Reading →
In a world of turmoil, it is good to have constants that can be relied upon. Anneke van Giersbergen definitely falls into this category, having been reliably delivering her distinctive vocals over the course of 22 albums prior to the… Continue Reading →
When I saw Baests latest offering, ‘Necro Sapiens’ on the review list I was falling over myself to put pen to paper and scribe my request for the opportunity to critique it, especialy as I had dissected their previous release,… Continue Reading →
Don’t you just hate when people are like ‘I listen to a bit of everything’ or ‘when my music is on shuffle it goes from Pop to Death Metal’. I mean I get both of these statements, but the reason… Continue Reading →
You have to love a bit of synchronicity. I had been meaning to check out Georgian band Psychonaut 4 properly for some time and had just been covering the excellent Jours Pâles album and been really impressed with vocalist Graf’s… Continue Reading →
Breaking out from your very own Groundhog Day and escaping the same old same old has gotten very difficult during the pandemic. A good album is a blessing in these times. It can transport you to another place, to another… Continue Reading →
Epic traditional folk songs and mystical auras were what we experienced on “Ansur : Urkraft” (2017), Byrdi’s outstanding last album. Describing it simply as “Scandinavian nature music” is in fact an epic understatement. “Avantgarde Norse folk music”, which is the… Continue Reading →
Albacete Thrash titans Angelus Apatrida are back. Having celebrated their 20th anniversary as a musical entity in the midst of a global pandemic and a spell of collective societal insanity, the four-piece have had plenty of material to act as… Continue Reading →
Who is the guy striking the Jesus Christ pose on album cover here? It appears to be a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician going by the name C.L. although Ludvig is his real name. I was immediately drawn to this as… Continue Reading →
David Coen, aka Sow Discord, has made a name for himself creating remixes for the likes of The Body, My Disco, No Statik, and RAKTA, alongside handling electronics and percussion for Australian doom band Whitehorse. Considering Sow Discord’s discography is… Continue Reading →
Named for the fourth track from 2014s incredible “Memoria Vetusta III; Saturnian Poetry” album, Vindsvals latest spin-off from the Blut Aus Nord mothership sees him take the organic nature of the Memoria Vetusta trilogy forward, much in the same way… Continue Reading →
It was back in 2014 when I last heard Geramany’s own soundtrack to the beautiful Rhön Mountains, Empyrium’s last full-length outing “The Turn Of The Tides”. An Empyrium album is always an immersive and emotive display, and this latest offering… Continue Reading →