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There probably aren’t many more popular doom acts than Arkansas crew Pallbearer. They made waves with a series of well-regarded releases in the late 2000’s and teens, but their last record was actually “Forgotten Days” back in 2020. Of course,… Continue Reading →
“Texas Desert Rock” is a music style that has been applied to Austin rockers High Desert Queen. The moniker is well deserved too. Their sophomore album, “Palm Reader” is not straight out desert rock. The four piece band delve into… Continue Reading →
Time to wreck your neck and bang your head, Nightrage are back again, not that they have ever been away for long. For the uninitiated the group were formed by Greek musician Marios Iliopoulos way back in 2000 and this… Continue Reading →
Now on their fourth album, Belgian progressive stoner rock band My Diligence have stayed with the same line-up since coming together in 2015. The latest album “Death.Horses.Black” is described as a blend of genres, including post-metal, psych-metal, doom and shoegaze…. Continue Reading →
Firmly claiming the term ‘stalwarts’ (and maybe even nudging towards ‘veterans’) of Symphonic Power Metal, Rhapsody Of Fire are a name familiar to so many. As they should be, almost thirty years since that ground-breaking fantastical debut “Legendary Tales” helped… Continue Reading →
The amount of bands, projects both past and present that Belgian Déhà is involved in is nothing short of stupefying. Under his own named project he put out around 13 releases last year and rest assured if not playing or… Continue Reading →
“Experience the enigmatic allure of [ówt krì]”, it is written. I can vouch for this, having listened to much of what Kenneth Kovasin, the artist behind [ówt krì], has created over the years. Based on previous offerings I expected ambient… Continue Reading →
Long awaited by fans, the second full-length album of melancholic low-fi death rockers Rope Sect is finally here. Estrangement brings eight new songs of generous lengths, fitted into 43 minutes, and returns to the sound of the fan-favorite first album… Continue Reading →
Is it just me or when you see Thrash fans, or any subgenre fans for that matter in single genre patch jackets you see some underground similarities. However, you often never bother to check those bands out despite seeing the… Continue Reading →
I absolutely bloody loved Priest’s last album ,2022’s Body Machine. It’s mix of cheesy 80’s synthwave and gothic noir was right up my neon lit alley. It featured in my top ten of the year and fuelled many a late… Continue Reading →
Atmosphere and intensity and much black metal can be expected on this, the fourth album from Norway’s Vredehammer. Let the nightmare begin. The sinister and darkly orchestral intro over, a thunderous metal wind blows up. The drums pound mercilessly. All… Continue Reading →
Hey, it’s not all doom and gloom round here and this one has an overriding feel of joie de vivre about it. We are off to SW France and Gascony where this side project of Boisson Divine dwell. Don’t expect… Continue Reading →