Category ALBUM
A good album cover should draw your attention to what lies within and have you both gazing at it and asking questions. It’s hard to pull off in these days of photoshopped skulls and all the stereotypical accoutrements that litter… Continue Reading →
My first encounter with Communic was in 2006, when they played in the slot before headliners Riverside at ProgPower Europe. To be truthful I can’t remember anything about it, and haven’t followed their progress in any detail since, but I… Continue Reading →
Hot on the heels of an album by labelmates and sharers of split release Griffon, a new album by French medievalists Darkenhöld appears. Great news for those of us who want to dip back in time and escape to a… Continue Reading →
Finland’s Flail have been busy in 2020 with a self-titled cassette compilation that pulled the two songs from the similarly self-titled EP released in 2019, plus the two tracks from the ‘Distant Wanderings’ EP onto one release as that latter… Continue Reading →
It’s handy to know that Hegerøth take their inspiration from bands such as Dark Funeral, Emperor, Naglfar and Old Man’s Child, but having been fortunate enough to hear the Polish band’s two previous albums and their EP going back to… Continue Reading →
“Be Pure. Be Vigilant. BEHAVE!” the words of 2000AD’s Torquemada the nemesis of well, Nemesis the Warlock. Ol’ pointy hat was based on the Inquisitor of the same name and it is back to the times of Spanish Inquisition that we travel with… Continue Reading →
Okay, before talking in any way about the new album, let me tell you about the band and my prior interaction with them. From their beginnings as “The Phil Campbell All-stars”, I’ve had nothing but bloody good times seeing this… Continue Reading →
Formed in the late 90s and releasing their debut EP in 2000 under the title of ‘Dying In Confusion’ this Turkish death metal act also penned a full length in 2002 called ‘Interment…’ a couple of years after, before folding… Continue Reading →
Anyone else remember the White Dwarf comic strip Thrud The Barbarian? Only me then. Probably just as well…. Anyway, if like me you’ve never come across them in their 14 odd years of releases, German band Thrudvangar (it’s from the… Continue Reading →
It’s taken a year or so, but at last Brazilian Folk Rock/Metal band Tuatha De Danann’s “The Tribes Of Witching Souls” finally gets a proper Worldwide release thanks to the good people at Trollzorn. But let’s be honest right from… Continue Reading →
I always find it a bit ominous when a band calls their new album “Epitaph”. And when they also invite back their previous two vocalists to guest on the final track of said album, then it feels like the tolling… Continue Reading →
Having ties to bigger bands can sometimes be a great thing, it might give your band the leg up they need, however it can also be a detriment if your music sucks. Rise To Remain spring to mind here, the… Continue Reading →