Category ALBUM
I’ve found that most debut albums fall into two categories. They are either a band that is still finding its feet and sound, and while a “good effort” nothing to particularly write home about, or they hit the ground running… Continue Reading →
Hermetic French and shadowy, Ysengrin have been around since 2005 and delivered a plethora of demos, splits, compilations and several albums since formation by Guido Saint Roch. Indeed, several of these have been featured on this website with a fair… Continue Reading →
The first thing that strikes you about this album is the widely varying track lengths that range from a couple of minutes to fourteen which matches the massively fluctuating styles the band has constructed within the six compositions on this… Continue Reading →
I’m easily confused. I picked this up as I needed a break, and was expecting a bit of angry hardcore influenced punk (well they mentioned The Exploited) and this angry piece of plastic arrived. With Ridgeback and Swellbellys luminaries it… Continue Reading →
In order to bleaken their sound, Fiasko have done away with samples and electronics and stuck to the basics of experimental sludge, black and post metal. It sounds kind of Polish and it is. Starting like a battle march, “Golem”… Continue Reading →
I’m a complete nerd in every sense of the word. Bullied for playing Warhammer in high school and then going on to find Metal and within that the likes of Death and Black Metal (the most basement dwelling genres of… Continue Reading →
Congratulations on this German trio for having the whackiest name, album and track titles I have encountered in a while. Just naming one song we have delights such as ‘Kollektiing Koffiin Naiils (Délire des Négations Sequence 1.0)’ to wade through…. Continue Reading →
During this enforced lockdown, I have gorged myself figuratively on music. Now, that is not to say that on my usual 3 to 4 hours of mind-numbing commuting via planes, trains and automobiles 5 days a week, that I don’t… Continue Reading →
This is where dark and gloomy meets harsh and gritty. The Funeral Orchestra from Sweden have not been the most prolific band in their 18-year career, this being only their third full length. In fact the band, recognisable by their cloaks… Continue Reading →
Ah let’s go back to dark medieval times when the common serfs were oppressed by the ruling elite and plague spread throughout the land. Errrr yes, well at least some things have changed. Seriously though, here we have “Medieval Black… Continue Reading →
Seven years after formation, Polish instrumental alternative rock band Beyond the Event Horizon are now releasing their second album with an ep “FAR” between the two in 2018. A clue about their influence lies in the closing track here “Love… Continue Reading →
Branded as Epic Folk Metal, Ensiferum’s journey has indeed been epic. And it gets more epic with every album – as time dictates it should. The band are the embodiment of epic, their music, lyrics, image – all epic, and… Continue Reading →