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It’s not often we get music from Georgia to review and even rarer that bands from the country come to play here live. I was caught napping when Psychonaut 4 popped over to perform a show on route to a… Continue Reading →
German Metal band Aiwaz (not to be confused with the Italian Death Metal band from years ago…who knew there would be two Aiwaz’s?) are quite a unique entity in their way. They are the living, breathing epitome of melancholy, which… Continue Reading →
However varied or morose and dark metal can be, one thing that unites all forms of metal is a fan’s need to have a good time through their favourite audible artform. There are plenty of bands in the world today… Continue Reading →
“La France pue la haine, la France pue le fascism” (France stinks of hatred, France stinks of fascism). This lyric from the opening song “Les Feux Plus Forts” gives us an idea where Sordide are coming from. “Ainsi Finit le… Continue Reading →
Finland’s Antipope have never been afraid to explore multiple metal genres. Having formed in 2004, “Doors Of The Dead” represents the bands’ seventh full length release and finds them continuing to meld black, death and progressive metal sounds whilst keeping… Continue Reading →
Calgary Alberta. The home of the famous (infamous) Stampede and land of cowboys north of the border. It is also the home of Poltergeist – self proclaimed Death rockers extraordinaire. Frontman Kalen Baker was in trad metal band Whyte Diamond… Continue Reading →
Portuguese enigma Gaerea have swiftly risen swiftly to the upper echelons of black metal over the past few years with their modern interpretation of the dark art. Their position was reinforced with the release of the critically acclaimed ‘Mirage’ back… Continue Reading →
Fancy something spooky and symphonic for Halloween? Well this will do nicely. Dutch band Haliphron only rose from their graves in 2021 and have in their ranks various members past and present from Bleeding Gods, Isegrim, Sinister, Howitzer, Debauchery and… Continue Reading →
Black Curse, a Denver based Blackened Death Metal act featuring members from Primitive Man, Khemmis, Spectral Voice, Spirit Possession and more. It’s pretty clear these guys have some top tier Extreme Metal credibility. Their 2020 debut Endless Wound proved this… Continue Reading →
Instrumental rock bands from Australia are not such an unusual phenomenon. sleepmakeswaves and We Lost the Sea are the two who come first to my mind. While Black Aleph draw inspiration from post-metal, which is common for instrumental bands, the… Continue Reading →
One of the many things I love about the musical output of Victor Love is that it never ceases to amaze me what one man and his computer can get up to. It’s like that quote from Doctor Who, only… Continue Reading →
Despite what some outside the scene may think, Doom covers a wide range of sounds and speeds. From the punk tinged angry bark of Saint Vitus, all the way to the near operatic storytelling of Candlemass, there is a wide… Continue Reading →