Category ALBUM
I’m no ‘Mystic Meg’ but I foresee 2015 to be a bit of a duff year when it comes to decent UK death metal releases. Why? Well this year alone we’ve seen some absolutely blinding albums from all the good… Continue Reading →
Wrong’s previous album “Memories of Sorrow” (2013) presented an interesting angle on black metal so I hoped for more of the same when I picked this one up. Amid weird and wonderful noises, Wrong embark upon a creepy, crawly journey… Continue Reading →
We normally get windswept black dissonance or strange pulsing ambient blackness via French label Debemur Morti but Tamerlan take us down a completely different acoustic / neo-folk route. This project is essentially the work of multi-instrumentalist Timur Iskandarov a Russian… Continue Reading →
Channel Zero, one of the finest things to come out of Belgium after strong alcohol and chocolates are back with a brand new album. After calling it a day in 1997 and then reforming again in 2008 due to popular… Continue Reading →
Zgard’s last opus, 2013’s Astral Glow, managed to make it into my top 10 of the year. Its atmospheric pagan black metal had an ambient, almost meditative edge, while at the same time being crammed full of decent, drifting tunes…. Continue Reading →
Three years after The 5th Harmonic Of Death debut album from this Ukrainian duo it’s a welcome return for them with follow up Duality. Multi-instrumentalist Master Alafern is also a member of Thunderkraft and played live in Dub Bak as… Continue Reading →
This is a 15 minute two track release from Belgian band Eleanora, of whom I know nothing except for the fact that they have existed since 2007 and previously released a split EP with Amenra. What I heard was a… Continue Reading →
It’s a rare occurrence that I don’t want to review an album. But not for the reason you may think. In this instance it’s pure selfishness. If I don’t review this, then no-one else gets to read about it and… Continue Reading →
I must confess from the start, I took on this band Black Anvil for review having never previously heard them, I was intrigued by them, based mainly on an old theory I had drummed into me by one of my… Continue Reading →
Female fronted metal with clean lead vocals and growly backing vocals. So this must be corset and gothic waif warbling then? Hardly. I mean check the name above the review; does it say by ‘Andy Barker’ or ‘Pete Woods’? No,… Continue Reading →
As a black metal band, trying to make your mark in 2014 when releasing your debut album must be a pretty tough gig, but that’s exactly what Noctem Cursis are doing with ‘Nocturnal Frost’ here. There are of course multiple… Continue Reading →
What do you do after pretty much founding ‘hardcore punk’ releasing stacks of albums and playing hundreds of shows over a career that spans close to 35 years? You wind down your outfit, play a last tour and go and… Continue Reading →