Category ALBUM
Russia is no stranger to Death Metal, Abominable Putridity, Katalepsy, Hieronymus Bosch, 7 H.Target, need I go on? There’s a lot of great bands from this part of the world and they continue to keep coming thick and fast. I’m… Continue Reading →
This is a third album by this death metal outfit comprising members that hail from Sweden, Germany and Finland, for a release teeming with creativity. After a quiet intro section on opener ‘Inferno’ the album utilises a fine fade-in technique… Continue Reading →
There’s a title to conjure with. A hint of Burzum history, a glance back at old worlds or a comment on where the world of music is now? All of them? Anyway, we have three new songs from this excellent… Continue Reading →
Avant-Garde style Progressive Metal outfit 3 DreAms neVer Dreamt hail from Milan, Italy and formed in 2007 as a result of the collaboration between Gianluigi Giradi providing vocal duties (Crown Of Autumn, Winter Mist, Event Horizon) and Andy Signorelli handling… Continue Reading →
I and other writers have found themselves overdosing on the poisoned apples and indeed albums of Matron Thorn lately. Personally, tackling both Benighted In Sodom and Oblivion Gate towards the end of last year I could have happily taken a… Continue Reading →
Do you like Glenn Danzig? I don’t mean “Do you own a Misfits boxset, Samhain albums and a couple of solo albums and like to croon along with Motherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”. I mean do you really like the Evil Elvis. Like do you shout and… Continue Reading →
You may know Vladimir Pavelka as Cult of Fire’s Infernal Vlad. This album however is different. “Spomienky”, which means Memories, is a long standing atmospheric instrumental work in which Vladimir evokes eight memories of his rural childhood in Slovakia –… Continue Reading →
To call the Finnish Death Metal scene overlooked would be a bit silly I think, but to call it underground would most certainly be apt. I’ve enjoyed my fair share of Finnish Death Metal in my time from Xysma to… Continue Reading →
Gravesend. I immediately thought of the ancient Kent town and wondered why an American band named themselves for this M2 backwater (sorry men or Kent or Kentish men). Apparently, there is a Gravesend in Brooklyn NYC which is the birthplace of Type O… Continue Reading →
A spot of French Doom, sir? Oooh, suits you. I don’t know too many French doom bands in all fairness, but it seems that Carcolh have a decent pedigree, being formed in Bordeaux and Saint-Nazaire back in February 2016. I… Continue Reading →
Longevity is not something that Rock music was originally founded on, with established musical forms, and the establishment itself turning up their collective noses and dismissing what was new. As that sound continued beyond all initial estimations of demise, well,… Continue Reading →
This Finnish act has a decent back catalogue with two albums, an EP and a couple of singles as they release their superb third full length which I am certain will gain much attention such is its quality. At just… Continue Reading →