Category ALBUM
Folks, I have a massive confession to clear off my chest, so please forgive my rambling. Accept is a band I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen live, and each and every time I’ve caught them, I’ve… Continue Reading →
Surely with a name like that we’re in for a cross between Firewind and Dragonforce? Well…not really, there’s a bit of Firewind in the music but thankfully Belgian Metallers Fireforce stop well short of the fast-as-you-can theatrics of Dragonforce. Actually,… Continue Reading →
Promising different shades of grey from black to white, the Ukrainian composer and inspiration of Severoth brings us atmospheric black metal with long guitar and synth pieces in the vein of Paysage d’Hiver and Vinterriket. “Vsevit” (Universe) is this one-… Continue Reading →
So, I am sitting here minding my own business when an email lands in my inbox from casket technician Tox in Switzerland saying they had liked my review of last release Massoula and would I do similar with their new… Continue Reading →
There is absolutely no doubt which band inspires this old school death metal outfit and that’s Bolt Thrower. Every song reeks of that warring onslaught we all loved about those UK deathsters. Having formed in 2018 the band has released… Continue Reading →
What a filthy way to start 2021. Dispyt released this album in December but I put back listening to it until now to allow it to kick the last dregs of sluggishness from my post yule being. This three piece burst forth from Pietersaari in Finland in… Continue Reading →
Like many a band, perhaps Concrete Age envisaged London as a Dick Whittington wonderland with the streets paved with guitar shops and headed over here from their homeland Mineralnye Vody Russia. No doubt they headed straight to Tin Pan Alley,… Continue Reading →
Utilising the early Old High German dialect (popular around the ninth and tenth century) instead of their modern mother-tongue, Wintarnaht propose an interesting concept before even striking a note. Styling themselves as “archaic pagan black metal”, this nonetheless has an… Continue Reading →
There are plenty of Polish grind acts to sink your teeth into as each has that punishing authentic grind sound such as Squash Bowels, Straight Hate, Suffering Mind and Antigama to name a handful you should check out if grind… Continue Reading →
The package of discs that arrived via Talheim Records just prior to the end of the year have taken us all over the place and now find us in Blumenau, Santa Catarina Brazil. Lacrima Mortis appear to be a fairly… Continue Reading →
Historical themes and personae are quite a common subject in metal lyrics. If you care to listen, metal offers many a great history lesson. More recently, interest may have shifted a bit from wars, battles and conquests to prehistoric cults,… Continue Reading →
Coral reefs and a Volcano. Not the sort of words one would normally start off a review of a black metal album but Northorn are from Manado, North Sulawesi in Indonesia so their locale is not exactly the sort of… Continue Reading →