Category ALBUM
The Wizards are a Spanish band I’ve followed for a long time now, each release has its own qualities, statements and groove. The latest offering is no different, but they band expand their influences and deliver an augmented experience that… Continue Reading →
Based on the theme of darkness and light, “the two voices” as the artist behind Iterum Nata calls it, this album crosses numerous genres, amongst them folk and neo-folk, black and doom metal and progressive rock. Our senses are made… Continue Reading →
Greece, a land with a rich history of culture is rightfully seen as a place fruitful in the creation of many fine metal and alternative bands, and thrash metal is no stranger at that. Despite being more acquainted with the… Continue Reading →
Another week, another instalment of The Weirder End of the Press List, and this time we have the many and varied delights of Volcandra, with their second full-length album, The Way of Ancients. Incidentally, this is also an episode of… Continue Reading →
Well, this is a difficult one. Maybe I’m having trouble rating the album because it’s neither metal nor dark nor extreme and thus different from the majority of the stuff we review. Or maybe the difficulties that I’m having stem… Continue Reading →
To say I was rather taken with my introduction to one-man project Gost with Possessor is putting it mildly. And the follow up Malediction was equally impressive; James Lollar had managed to craft a unique being from the cloth of… Continue Reading →
After 2 impressive albums (plus a re-recording of their debut) and over ten years in existence, vocalist Nicoletta Rosellini (also recently known for her work in triple-vocal band The Erinyes) along with former bandmates Paolo Campitelli (guitars) and Dario Gozzi… Continue Reading →
This is the third album of progressive metal songs from Vicinity, a long-standing band out of Trondheim in Norway. The melodies and rhythm patterns are said to be of appeal to fans of Threshold, Circus Maximus and Dream Theater. The… Continue Reading →
When gravity fails you may well fall into an infinite abyss, can you do so gracefully though? The name Merrimack, I just discovered, comes from Graham Masterton’s novel Walkers and is that black void confronted in a tale of ancient… Continue Reading →
Some bands kind of blow up a bit and then you don’t really hear that much about them despite the fact their output is still consistent, strange really. Such is the case for Skeletal Remains, when I heard Devouring Mortality… Continue Reading →
I’m not messing with you when I tell you that reviewing a Norwegian album is a breath of fresh air to me. I grew tired – and bored – with Norwegian black metal over 10 years ago, and with the… Continue Reading →
I wrote a review a week or so ago which took me back to listening to Speed Kills as a teen. Well here I am again back in the audio time machine thanks to the one-man maniac project that is… Continue Reading →