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I always like to take a peek into a group’s environment if it is not a place I have particularly heard of and Chelyabinsk Oblast Russia where Hovert dwell seems like a perfect place for musicians practicing black metal to… Continue Reading →
There are two main branches of Avant-Garde music; The pseudo-prog and jazz stylings of masters of the genre like Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart… And then there is overly self-indulgent nonsense which has some small sections which pass for music,… Continue Reading →
One of many surprises this last year has flung at us is the unexpected emergence of a new Hate Forest album. I had always assumed them to be pretty much dead as far a new recorded output was concerned but… Continue Reading →
I promise I don’t just listen to Tech/ Brutal Death Metal. I’m known in some circles as the Slam King a title which I would claim above Ingested (sorry Jay Evans). However, there is more to me than the Slam…. Continue Reading →
Slam is far too influenced by outside resources these days. I mean I love Tech, I don’t mind (or at least tolerate) Deathcore and I can see why bands want to try something new. That said I really think Slam… Continue Reading →
’Tis the season to be jolly……Ah wait, someone forgot to tell Fortíð. who have just released their sixth full length. Instead of festive cheer, ‘World Serpent’ is a dark, intense slab of desolate extreme metal that on reflection is perhaps… Continue Reading →
Spanish death metal tends to be the grimier grisly variety which of course I particularly like as this very new band, established in 2018, releases their first EP setting the bar for their next release very high indeed. The serene… Continue Reading →
This one is right on our fringes being described as Dark Doom Jazz but many facets of its sound cross over and it certainly struck as an interesting proposition. This is expanded even more as the main contributors to the… Continue Reading →
Ok before I start, Old Growth should be a great name for a nature obsessed black metal band but my stupid brain keeps conjuring images of hairy warts, bunions and manky blebs on delicate parts. Sigh….I hate my brain…. Ok,… Continue Reading →
Black metal has certainly made a huge impact on me during 2020, which maybe an indication of my overall mood at how it has gone. Pandemic or not the genre has produced some truly staggering albums a handful of which… Continue Reading →
And so in the blink of an eye, 2020 speedily crests the brow of December Hill and gambles it’s way, down into the inky green of the sea, to finally lay itself to rest in its own premediated, watery grave…. Continue Reading →
It is always good to continue reviewing a bands output when you covered their previous releases as I reviewed this French acts debut ‘Serpentine’ and the split with Bâ’a and Verfallen in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Both those releases were… Continue Reading →