Category ALBUM
Stellar Master Elite – III Eternalism – The Psychospherical Chapter (Essential Purification Records)
The track “Stellar Master Elite” by Thorns was one that had a great impact on me when I first heard it on Moonfog 2000. Here was a track that combined spiky frozen riffs with an industrialized tempo and those vocals!… Continue Reading →
The Shrine’s last outing ‘Bless off’ was the right side of heavy, with ‘Rare Breed’ they continue to cross borders with their love of rock ‘n’ roll, US punk and a touch of stoner and psychedelic added for a complete… Continue Reading →
Last year’s self-titled EP from this international entity blew me away with its take on old-school Swedish death metal. Raw, grim and atmospheric, it underscored what so many modern exponents and worshippers are missing in creating such Swedeath: authenticity. Formed… Continue Reading →
The soundscape that is modern American metal has never sounded better, and it’s visionaries such as Austin Lunn that we have to thank for this. Less than a year since the masterpiece that was ‘Roads to the North’ was released… Continue Reading →
Four years after their very well received debut ‘The Human Repellent’ I Chaos are back with ‘Masterbleeder’. Ten tracks of furious thrashing death metal featuring new vocalist, Tobias Borra (ex-Cypher) replacing Harry Van Breda (now in Body Farm). Bearing in… Continue Reading →
Hands up who when asked where to get a dose of seventies hard rock instantly thinks “Barcelona!” Nobody? Well, me neither folks, but hailing from that beautiful city and founded by the vocal and guitar duo of the Valetta brothers,… Continue Reading →
Ævangelist have been at the forefront of a wave of chaotic and dismally seductive death metal since their first full release in 2012. Some of their other releases have been a little more variable but at its best the band… Continue Reading →
2015 has seen some fantastic Progressive Metal albums come out. With offerings from Jorn Lande, Anthropia, Iris Divine, Rendezvous Point, Symphony X and Queensrÿche all offering out new material, you could easily fill up a good portion of the end… Continue Reading →
Is there something in the water in Sweden that means it produces more bands per capita than any other nation on Earth? From bouncy electronic bubblegum pop to the most demonic of corpse painted nun botherers, it sometimes feels as… Continue Reading →
Quite why I am not familiar with this prolific Italian band is puzzling to say the least as I decided to check their discography before giving this a listen and was impressed with the bands black thrash nihilism plus their… Continue Reading →
Those of us without a giddy disposition have possibly marvelled at a recent music video of Shining performing live at Trolltunga – The Devils Tongue which juts precariously off a mountain over a massive glaciated valley near Bergen Norway. It’s… Continue Reading →
2015 has been a particularly strong year for fans of the gothic doom sound, not least for the fact that two of the giants of the genre have released their strongest albums in some time. In doing so both Paradise… Continue Reading →