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Wolves Of Perdition hold the tag line of ferocious black metal and the latest offering from these Finns is nothing short of brutal and barbaric. I guess the clue to the package you are about to present your soul at… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since these delicate, white collar smooth hands have had to type anything of note, notwithstanding the trials and tribulations (Excel spreadsheets) of my day job which is as boring, as it is repetitive. So, it’s review… Continue Reading →
The Generals have been death ‘n’ rolling since 2002, yet this is only their third full length release. They have garnered quite the rep in their native Sweden for high octane live shows and there is a hell of a lot of… Continue Reading →
Epica? Being reviewed by Ave Noctum? Surely some mistake? Well actually no….I fully accept that their brand of symphonic metal might be a little too polished for some of our more gnarly readers, but I suspect a lot of hardened… Continue Reading →
Eight years is a long time to wait between albums, the seismic shift in extreme metal can be huge as these Australian industrial death metallers return from their hiatus with a fourth full length. Brandishing an apocalyptic, cataclysmic approach the… Continue Reading →
This would appear to be the debut of the French technical death metal trio comprising of Eloi Nicod (Guitars, Composition), Mathieu Lefevre (Vocals) and Clement Denys (Drums). Their bio is pretty sparse of information, so I can’t really tell you… Continue Reading →
This band came to me initially via their split with Traveler and an online music platform. This is their first full length release. The band have been quoted as refusing to re-invent the heavy metal wheel and fuse tried and… Continue Reading →
Dark Essence Records is a Norwegian label that specialises in extreme and black metal, sounds beloved of those wearers of corpse-paint, but subgenres of the music I love that really do not float my boat. As such, for me to… Continue Reading →
Anyone who ever tried themselves at meditation knows what a Sisyphean exercise it is. You do it to quiet your inner demons, and all that comes up during your sessions are your inner demons. Eventually, of course, you do get… Continue Reading →
After a run of covering a fair bit of “post-black’ metal it’s great to be jolted back to the true essence of the genre before it became adulterated by trends and Valdaudr, even if you have never heard of them,… Continue Reading →
Label-defying, genre-mashing Metal band Lake Of Tears have been quiet since “Illwill” way back in 2011 – but then 9 albums over a period of almost 30 years isn’t the most hastened of workloads. But in that time over those… Continue Reading →
A reviewer of my acquaintance, currently stricken with a dose of Covid-19, noted he really pitied the first band who send him a sub-par offering to review. The combination of lockdown, isolation and illness affects our spirit in different ways… Continue Reading →