Category ALBUM
The journey of Ulcerate has been a fascinating one. The trio from New Zealand formed at the turn of the millennium, and can boast a consistent line-up since 2008s sophomore album “Everything Is Fire”. This stability has enabled the incremental… Continue Reading →
Possibly an unfamiliar name, but new British/Lithuanian black metal band Miško Boba were formed by Leviathan (the guy behind Written In Torment, all instruments in the studio but holding drumming duties live) and Kanopa, vocals and very particularly lyrics, as… Continue Reading →
This US band’s debut EP titled ‘The Killing Quartet Vol 1 – Reflection Of Murder’ typified just how brutal the brutal death metal genre can be when done right without resorting to overt technical wizardry just to plain show off… Continue Reading →
There have been moments in my cultural life that forever stand out as milestones; things that at the time changed the landscape of my interests and those of most of my friends. The 1984 debut novel by the brilliant David… Continue Reading →
Not so much time to kill but time to die as far as this album title is concerned, being the act of giving holy communion in the belief it will ease the passage from life to whatever waits on the… Continue Reading →
I bought Cadaverous Condition’s 2001 album “The Lesser Travelled Seas” after they impressed me live. It’s a good album with its grainy death metal and folksy moments, so it got another deserved listen before I got going with this one…. Continue Reading →
Here, for me at least, is today’s mystery band. There was a chance that I might have known this band as Shamash are from Malaysia, but I didn’t, and nor to my surprise did my well-connected Malaysian musician friend Leon… Continue Reading →
A band with underground praise and status Severe Torture are figureheads of the Dutch Death Metal scene. My first introduction to them was through their last record Slaughtered way back in 2010. Their first two full lengths are also often… Continue Reading →
Eight years after their well-received debut, Greek Progressive Metal band Sunburst have at last got around to recording the follow-up, “Manifesto”. All the members of the band have been busy with other projects, but admirably the line-up has remained stable… Continue Reading →
London party doom monsters Gurt are back! Praise be. “Satan Etc” is the band’s fifth studio effort and continues their collaboration with producer Steve Sears. The band members have each been on their own personal emotional journeys since the “Bongs… Continue Reading →
Swedish something or others Sulfuric have been around for a little while. I’d have never guessed Sweden but here we are. Rather sounding Brazilian or even Japanese, their ambitious yet ultimately accessible blend of thrash, black, and heavy metal, and… Continue Reading →
Time for another trip to Catalonia where these bruisers apparently hide out somewhere in the mountains. Active since around 2008 they have three previous albums but this time it would seem they have dipped back into the past and re-recorded… Continue Reading →