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After causing a splash with a 20-minute EP earlier this year, Australian musical extremists Ur Draugr have quickly followed up with a full-length release. Safe to say anyone who enjoyed having their brain cells put through that blackened death metal… Continue Reading →
Cast your mind back to 1999, Sun O))) were just starting out and providing titanic sonic vibrations that represented the framework of what makes a brilliant doom song – think along the lines of OM and Earth, with the riffs… Continue Reading →
My eyes were immediately drawn to this title when it came up for review because of the band’s name. Evidently derived from the same linguistic root, Diavolos is a name staggeringly close to that of my favourite style of pizza:… Continue Reading →
Achieving a balance between aggression and orchestration in the form of symphonic black metal can be challenging, and even well established bands have struggled at times in their career. “Kings” may be Images at Twilight’s debut album, but it’s fair… Continue Reading →
Monolithe have carved an excellent niche since they returned from a five year hiatus in 2012 with their musical signature, best described as progressive doom metal with a spring in its step. Each of the band’s four full-length releases has… Continue Reading →
Cruadalach are one of those strange bands where their sound doesn’t quite fully sit in one genre or another, but instead is firmly seated between two. Sure, you could say this about the majority of bands these days as most… Continue Reading →
Reviewing this was meant to be a groovy experience for me. I purposefully asked for it the week before I flew to the States for Thanksgiving. The plan was for Jess and the Ancient Ones to lift me onto an… Continue Reading →
Tarot (from Australia) have a collection of previously released songs on offer in the form of ‘The Warrior’s Spell’. Originally released by Heavy Chains records earlier this year, a vinyl release will follow from Van records. A lot of these… Continue Reading →
It’s always good to have a new band cross your path, and the arrival of a hand written CD-R does give a little frisson of nostalgia, almost taking me back to the days when music was swapped via the media… Continue Reading →
“Im Reich der Schatten” (In the Kingdom of Shadows) is Sekora’s second album. A weighty intro “Einbruch der Dunkelheit” (Nightfall) suggests a symphonic experience, and there is that, but a slightly unsatisfactory downturn takes us into the realms of melodic… Continue Reading →
Six piece retro-rock outfit Flayed hail from the southeast of France and have one mission – to bring the highlights of the 70’s rock sound to our modern era. Taking a 40+ year old sound and style of playing and… Continue Reading →
Power Fuel are a thrash metal band from Picardy in France. This is their third album and for some reason they’ve chosen to release a record consisting of ten Slayer covers…. Now I’m not against cover versions but a whole… Continue Reading →