Category ALBUM
Is it me or is there a lot of music coming out of Belgium and Canada at the moment? It seems like every other release that drops through my letter box or inbox is from one of these two pleasant countries. (not… Continue Reading →
Misotheist’s self-titled debut, released in 2018, made it on my best-album-of-the-year list, and after two years I’m still happy that I included it – which isn’t true for every LP on that list. I still listen to the album every… Continue Reading →
They’ve been going since the mid 90’s or so (their “Hell-Born” EP came out in 1996), and while that doesn’t necessarily make them one of the oldest Polish extreme metal outfits, it does perhaps show that they’ve had a career… Continue Reading →
A picture can paint a thousand words and this one, the cover of Ke has an incredibly striking one. A figure, possibly in lockdown looks out their window in screaming agony as what I assume is snow or maybe bird-shit… Continue Reading →
Just the usual “ominous and sepulchral hymns to death, destruction, chaos and misanthropy” to savour here. This is in fact the first album from Polish black metal band Cultum Interitum following on from a demo, EP and a single since… Continue Reading →
The opening line of the blurb on their bio says: “Revulsion happen to be one of Finland’s best kept secrets.” Nevertheless, while Revulsion was formed back in 2005 and released an EP in 2011, this self-titled release happens to be… Continue Reading →
Tromsø three piece Dreamslain have been active for the best part of 10 years and in that time they have released an EP and a handful of tracks have been earmarked as singles, but it is now in 2021 where… Continue Reading →
Black Metal is a weird one for me, especially the ‘Avant-Garde’. Often that tag can mean pretentious, lacklustre or quite frankly just a complete mess. I’ve heard ‘experimental’ types in this field many times, and often with poor results. That… Continue Reading →
It’s always more than welcome receiving a box of review discs from Polish label Godz ov War especially as we are locked down in Brexit land. Going through these and noting bands both new and old it was Wilczyca ‘the… Continue Reading →
The band name of this Greek act may be unfamiliar to you but the duo within its ranks are certainly not, comprising Jim Mutilator (ex-Rotting Christ up to 1996) and The Magus (Necromantia and also ex-Rotting Christ). Both are legendary… Continue Reading →
And with a slow, ominous drumbeat, the lapping of restless waves and choral, almost Nordic voices Nre of And Now The Owls Are Smiling introduces his latest conjuring of isolation. As soon as the riff breaks loose on ‘Rejection’ you… Continue Reading →
Even if you don’t realise it, chances are you have heard of renowned supernatural German author Gustav Meyrink due to his most praised novel The Golem which was adapted to film several times. The strangely named Meister Leonhardt is one… Continue Reading →