Category ALBUM
This half-hour dip into the doom-soaked, post-metal world of Anglo-Irish upstarts Raum Kingdom provides us with a brief glimpse of their combined passions for the music of Tool and Cult Of Luna. Much of the EP here is reliant on… Continue Reading →
So they’re called Death Penalty (after the Witchfinder General album for the slower amongst you), they consist of Gaz Jennings (ex-Cathedral, guitars), Michelle Nocon and Frederik Cosemans (vocals and bass respectively, both listed as ex-Serpentcult, so another memo I missed… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2010, this Italian band set about their debut album by dazzling us with a number of styles. Within the first two minutes, I’d heard an intense death-thrash riff, a strong progressive thread, death vocals, a moody jazz guitar… Continue Reading →
Congratulations to Blake Judd, the music industry’s biggest troll. After announcing a few months back that Nachtmystium were due to disband and upcoming opus ‘The World We Left Behind’ would be their swansong, music writers the world over were clamouring… Continue Reading →
This collective of extreme metal musicians is ostensibly based in Germany, where “Empire of Pain” was recorded. Indeed, the venue was an abandoned SS complex. The principal force behind Dynasty of Darkness is Morbid XIII of Synergy of Souls. On… Continue Reading →
‘Casting Ruin’ is the fourth album from these purveyors of black/death/tech extremity (or “Epic Fucking Brutality”, as they so eloquently put it themselves), and my first introduction to their sound. Originally starting out as one of the many bands to… Continue Reading →
Bolt the door, snuff out the lanterns, keep out of sight; the Vikings are coming! Rampaging through your village, with fire, sword and a brand new slab of crushing metal is King of Asgard, a bunch of Swedish Hell-raising heathens…. Continue Reading →
Malrun are a Danish 5-piece who play a blend of hard rock and melodic metal with that unmistakable Scandinavian sound – harmony leads, vocals which switch from clean singing to fierce growls at the drop of a hat and… Continue Reading →
Blending genres is something I like to hear. It can be interesting to realise that two musical styles weren’t as far apart as I might have thought. I never really thought Power Metal and Melodic Death Metal to be… Continue Reading →
Ace always attracts good and bad comments when you look at the internet forums, I for one don’t really give a damn, Ace was part of one of the most important hard rock bands ever and various solo releases have… Continue Reading →
More lust filth and sleaze from masked marauders Midnight and to say I had been looking forward to this second studio album following on from the excellent ‘Satanic Royalty’ of 2011 would be an understatement. Songs on that album were… Continue Reading →
Following on from their 2013 signing to Metal Blade, retro/doom rockers Brimstone Coven have continued their foray into vintage 70’s style metal to bring us their self titled third album. The quartet from West Virginia are keen to make… Continue Reading →