Category ALBUM
This German band is one of my favourites within death metal with consistently good releases that stay within the confines of purist deathly filth but always offering something different as this fourth album sees the band delve into more tuneful… Continue Reading →
What do you want from old school Swedish death metal? Well I for one want a tasty blend of brutality & catchiness. I want howling vocals, meaty riffs, fuzzy guitars and pounding drums with a hint of D-beat. Vomitory, Entrails,… Continue Reading →
In the current state of bands concentrating on “fast and dirty rock ‘n’ roll”, it’s really hard not to compare them to Motorhead. Here, Iron Bastards are a three piece, use a similar instrument set up and have a similar… Continue Reading →
What really sucks about this album is that for South African born vocalist Aleah Starbridge, its release is posthumous. She and Swallow The Sun guitarist Juha Raivio created Trees of Eternity as an acoustic collaboration, but it pretty soon morphed… Continue Reading →
Thorns (drums) who seems to head up this band has his fingers in multiple bands with Blut Aus Nord being the most recognised. Ably assisted by Ades (guitar and bass ) and Psaalm on vocals this debut release is packed… Continue Reading →
Paraded as a “novel blend of black metal, death metal and doom”, the publicity for this album draws in such names as Marduk, Immortal, Emperor, Candlemass and Angel Witch. It all sounds too much for me. Sure enough, the opening… Continue Reading →
Crowbar frontman Kirk Windstein has been quoted in interviews, regarding the band’s 11th album, as having said he revisited the band’s earlier work in order to gain inspiration for this record. For long term fans of the band, this will… Continue Reading →
It’s been a few years since we last heard from doomsday elitists Sarkom and another battering slice of true Norwegian black metal is highly anticipated from the line-up containing past and present members of So Much For Nothing, Magister Templi,… Continue Reading →
Rising from the underground, Finland’s Ranger are stilling running in top gear giving you their speed/thrash hybrid with no brakes, no love for safety and disregard for what the scene thinks it should be. This is their 2nd album for… Continue Reading →
Raspail is a very interesting project. Formed by former members of Novembre, Klimt 1918, Psychotic Despair and Room with a View, they describe “Dirge” pictorially and vividly: “the old rural landscape all around Rome, cherished by the Romantic poets, with… Continue Reading →
I have to admit that I found this, the sophomore album from Swedish band Khaospath a little tricky to review. It’s definitely not one for the casual black metal fan or an introduction to the genre which I consider a… Continue Reading →
Death metal. In this case, death metal from a band formed by three ex-members of Funebrarum, some of whom have also enjoyed stints in such acts as Disma and Goreaphobia. Which is nice, I guess, if you’re into the whole… Continue Reading →