Category ALBUM
Vestindien is the name of Bergen’s last known brothel, the band who took their name from this pleasure palace/oppressive sex slavery den, started as a hardcore band in 2009 and quickly disappeared. Dormant they lay in Norway until recently resurfacing with a new sound… Continue Reading →
The message is clear “not for black metal warriors.” Aborym left that building quite some time ago and the likes of ‘Kali Yuga Bizarre’ and the black industrial phase of the Italian band are fleeting memories, albeit very good ones…. Continue Reading →
With the reissue of albums showing no signs of ceasing this Polish label has decided to pick up one of their compatriot band’s debut releases that was originally out in 1996 on cassette before being issued on CD in 1998…. Continue Reading →
There’s a part of me that gets very excited when I see new releases from Comatose. I’ve been a huge fan of the label for years and years and now that I get to review their stuff, that’s pretty exciting…. Continue Reading →
This is US tech metal band Abiotic’s first album since “Casuistry” in 2015. We’re promised “some classical and eastern style instrumentation, along with some progressive and jazzy elements.” Noteworthy is the number of contributors over the album, among them members… Continue Reading →
Harakiri For The Sky do post black metal like no one else and I’ve not come across a release yet that I’ve failed to enjoy more than the last. Yes, the early releases are excellent and obviously a great icebreaker… Continue Reading →
I will admit that, despite the logo appearing familiar to me, Belgium’s Emptiness have not entered my auricular notice before. As such the dreamy, dark, post punk meets trip hop compositions of Vide do not surprise me so much as they would fans of the bands earlier Black and Death metal oeuvre …. Continue Reading →
I still occasionally listen to Rome’s last album, The Lone Furrow, released in August 2020, and here we are already being presented with a new one. A bit too fast? Maybe. However, when you take a look at the band’s… Continue Reading →
So back in 2019 I was a bit more of a fresh face to War Metal, fresh in as much as I’d taken more of an interest in the genre. I’d got into the classics and taken my time to… Continue Reading →
A new album by Alexander von Meilenwald’s highly revered Ruins Of Beverast is a pretty major event in the extreme music world and the follow up to the sublime ‘Exuvia’ of 2017 is an album that needs time and a… Continue Reading →
Sometimes you to just have to sit back and submerge yourself in an album, just let it flood over you no matter what genre it comes from, which is what I did with this Polish band’s debut full length that… Continue Reading →
You Can’t Go Back is the third full length from Toronto progressive post-everything metallers Sarin, taking them a step closer to achieving ‘beyond classification’ status. They have a sound which is difficult to define; containing elements of post-rock, post-metal, sludge,… Continue Reading →