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Harakiri For The Sky – Aokigahara (Art Of Propaganda)

I have been to this place before courtesy of Frozen Ocean. The suicide forest or sea of trees in Japan is a place where many tread their final path to shuffle off this mortal coil. Ghostly, macabre, steeped in legend… Continue Reading →

Deep Machine – Rise of the Machine (High Roller)

London’s Deep Machine is a reactivated NWOBHM band that I have had the pleasure of seeing live on a few occasions. Their live shows are always top notch and energetic and this is actually their first full length release since… Continue Reading →

Triptykon – Melana Chasmata (Century Media)

Triptykon are a band that should need no introduction, but for the uninitiated I will give you a brief summary. Triptykon was born from the ashes of the legendary extreme metal band Celtic Frost. After a long silence, Celtic Frost… Continue Reading →

Sigiriya – Darkness Died Today (Candlelight)

Cards on the table; despite advancing years and over 3 decades of gig going, I am more then capable of acting like an utter twat at a show. One such occasion was in 2011 when at the once inevitable Orange… Continue Reading →

Persefone – Core (ViciSolum)

This album was originally released in 2006, but did not get the publicity it deserved. It was my first exposure to this Andorran band, and it’s now a pleasure to immerse myself once more in this long and epic prog… Continue Reading →

Junkie Kut – Rebirth (Unrepresented Music)

Rebirth may well be the title of this new three track EP from London / Brighton act Junkie Kut but don’t worry about them having wimped out or changed direction, there are still lashings of aggroggressive, electronic, sonic beats behind… Continue Reading →

The Great Old Ones – Tekeli Li (LADLO Productions)

Springing from seemingly nowhere but tethered to the astral plane of Bordeaux France in 2012 The Great Old Ones delivered a momentous slab of black doom in the form of Al-Azif which had everyone who encountered it sitting up and… Continue Reading →

Winger – Better Days Comin’ (Frontiers)

Winger? On Ave Noctum??? What’s the world coming to? Actually I thought something very similar when I heard their largely overlooked “Pull” album back in 1993. Reportedly feeling annoyed and misrepresented by Beavis and Butthead’s portrayal of the band as… Continue Reading →

Vredehammer – Vinteroffer (Indie)

Symphonic dark beginnings give way to standard but free-flowing blackened death metal. There’s an air of confidence about this first full release from Norway’s Vredehammer whose previous recorded output had been three EP’s. I sensed an air of Vader in… Continue Reading →

Drawers – Drawers (Kaotoxin)

Toulouse’s Drawers started life as a half-hearted side project but that all changed quickly when they started making a real, valid impact. The possibilities that lay in fully realising their latent potential was very rapidly grabbed with all ten of… Continue Reading →

Stream Of Passion – A War Of Our Own (SR)

Yes that is right, in one of the craziest bands not on a label situations I can think of in recent times this is indeed self-released. I had the pleasure of interviewing singer Marcela just after they parted ways with… Continue Reading →

Enthroned – Sovereigns (Agonia)

Enthroned have long since proved themselves to be one of the stalwarts of the black metal scene. Ok, some would say they’ve dropped the ball a couple of times in their career and the band might even be regarded as… Continue Reading →

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