Category ALBUM
When Austin Lunn released ‘Kentucky’ he set himself an extremely difficult challenge; in creating one of the most immersive crossovers of folk and black metal that’s been written to date, he raised the bar incredibly high and it was unlikely… Continue Reading →
Unswabbed are a French outfit from Lille who have been kicking around now for near 20 years. With a handful of albums and EP’s under their belt, they’ve managed to share the stage with the likes of Cavalera Conspiracy, HED… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2001 by Alex Voodoo, Seth Van de Loo (Severe Torture) and Tony Norman (ex-Monstrosity/Morbid Angel/Terrorizer), Voodoo Gods has seen a revolving line-up of famous extreme metal legends pass through its doors. Only one EP has so far seen… Continue Reading →
A very good album title, as The English Dogs are very much a band with two heads, with two different versions of them out there. Forming as a punk band in the early 80’s and playing with the likes of… Continue Reading →
Ogre – Bastards of Death (S/R) These Irish Death metal scamps have been on hiatus since 1998 and have crashed back into an overpopulated DM scene with this concept album about bastard machines of death. Forthron the Evil , John… Continue Reading →
2011’s ‘The Obsidian Plains’ is a helluva album to have to follow, however, considering the superstar line up of the Minneapolis/Chicago trio that is Wolvhammer – Jeff Wilson (ex-Krieg and Nachtmystium), Adam Clemans (ex-Iron Thrones and Veil of Maya) and… Continue Reading →
AVAST YE….Oh, bollocks to it, I really can’t be bothered. Every bloody Alestorm review seems to start with some reviewer doing Pirate impressions – well not me, lets leave that to the band! Nope, no nautical silliness from this… Continue Reading →
Where to start the review for ‘Waves Ahead of the Ocean’, the second album by Oklahoman weirdness merchants Rainbows Are Free? Firstly, kudos to them for the best song title I’ve come across in years in the form of opening… Continue Reading →
Having only heard Wormrot before, I have little idea of what Singapore offers in terms of its musical exports other than colossal walls of filthy noise and aggression. Taking the chance to learn more, I was lucky enough to land… Continue Reading →
This nine track mini album comprises four meaty chunks of death/doom, a long Persian style interlude and four “Temples” full of dreamy spiritual sitar-led sounds. This is from a German band with a healthy back catalogue and a still healthier… Continue Reading →
I had the unholy pleasure of reviewing this Canadian band’s debut, “Unrelenting Fucking Hatred”, a couple of years ago elsewhere and was utterly annihilated by that albums unending homicidal objectives. “Black Storm Of Violence” is an appropriate album title as… Continue Reading →
As a music lover I’m always in two minds about ‘demo collections’. They fall into two categories generally, 1. Interesting curios from the formative years of bands that went on to be massive…(Mantas ‘Death By Metal’) 2. Unlistenable, badly recorded… Continue Reading →