Category ALBUM
The Rise Above label, and their off-shoot Rise Above Relics, is one that I have spent one heck of a lot of money on since it was founded by one time Napalm Death unintelligible noise belcher and erstwhile Cathedral Huggy… Continue Reading →
This reviewing business is weird, I tell you. Every time I am about to press play on a new album, I feel a mixture of curiosity, excitement, reluctance and aversion. Every time, without fail. While the first two feelings are… Continue Reading →
Anyone in London who didn’t make the 2-day Finnfest at The Garage in February is probably kicking themselves now as it would have been one of the last shows before lockdown kicked in. Although not on the bill, Proscription would… Continue Reading →
The trolls have returned, and this time, after a 7 year hiatus, they have come back with an absolute beast of an offering. ‘Vredesvävd’ is ten tracks of pure unadulterated blackened extreme folk metal. ‘Vredesvävd’ opens with ‘Väktaren’, a beautiful… Continue Reading →
I first found myself adrift on The Infernal Sea after a chance meeting years back at Warhorns Festival where these plague wielders and their stoic Agents of Satan dragged me down under the waves with their compelling undertow. Stagecraft aside,… Continue Reading →
Has it really been 2 whole years since we last covered a Vardan release? Talk about time flying. It appears that it was Unholy Lightless Summer since we last had something turn up but of course that does not mean… Continue Reading →
Once you get past the somewhat corn(y)ea name of this young band from Aberdeen there are some interesting ideas on their debut 5 track EP. There’s not a huge lot to say about them other than what they have stated,… Continue Reading →
As per usual, much of the next nine hundred or so words will unfortunately contain very little of what you would consider critiquing but more of a meandering rummage through the dusty caves of what remains of my memory, reminiscing… Continue Reading →
Death Metal blah blah blah, I love it blah blah, you all know the story by now! Drench me in putrid innards and destroy me with thunderous guttural vocals, is that too much to ask? Sometimes yes, a lot of… Continue Reading →
The third full length release from Brazil’s Jupiterian finds the band exploring ever murkier depths. Formed in 2013, theirs is a seething torrent of sludgy, deathly doom. This is my first experience with this band and “Protosapien” is a powerful… Continue Reading →
You’ve got to hand it to a band that’s been going strong for 46 years, and quite apart from all the releases and the tours with everyone who was everyone, Geordie and now US-based band Raven is accredited with being… Continue Reading →
I have had a slew of top quality thrash albums in the last couple of months or so such as the Scars (Brazil), Mosh-Pit Justice (Bulgaria), Annexation (Germany) plus the awesome latest effort by Solitary (UK) and we can now… Continue Reading →