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An unknown chap that could play guitar like a god heard that guitarist Jake E Lee had departed from Ozzy Osbourne. The man in question named Jeffrey Wielandt sent in a demo tape to Ozzy who then bagged an audition A… Continue Reading →
I’ve yet to decide if the guys at Solitude Productions are a miserable bunch of bastards, or built with a psyche that is stronger than tempered steel. They’ve been responsible for releasing some of the most cripplingly bleak, depression inducing… Continue Reading →
Who said that heavy metal has to be downtrodden and miserable? Well, no-one did, but these guys from Finland with the Swedish sound manage to bring cheeriness to a totally dark and extreme experience. From the vocalist’s “Welcome to Rottendam”… Continue Reading →
After seven-odd years under an array of different titles, Triumphant appear to have finally settled into their new form to release a debut that fits their new name. Frantic Tormentor, Manic Disease and Nekromantik are a thing of the past,… Continue Reading →
Portland’s Satyress have the misfortune of releasing their debut at a time when occult rock bands the world over are chomping at the bit to become the new The Devil’s Blood. Despite forming back in 2012, the band have only… Continue Reading →
Agh it’s bitten me I’m going to die? Ah well that’s handy as the band’s name means “to die” but I’m far too young for that, having been fanged by some horrid creature this band put in with their CD…. Continue Reading →
Ah, lovely. As refreshing as a good kick to the shins from somewhere round Copenhagen way come’s the four guys that make up Anti Ritual. Blessed with the kind of chops that you suspect only come from being around a… Continue Reading →
Despite its somewhat unwieldy title I really enjoyed Italian band Throne Of Molok’s debut album ‘Chtonian A.E.O.N. 1010011010.’ Hell it even arrived with a cardboard cut-out gas mask suggesting cyber terror was about to be unleashed and indeed it lived… Continue Reading →
I had my beady eye on this for a while from the never ending list of digital review requests, wanting to get at it but not having the time. The allure of a biog mentioning Gorgoroth and Skinny Puppy in… Continue Reading →
So we have the first but almost certainly not the last release of the year from Russian project Frozen Ocean and as ever it’s an intriguing proposition wondering where the fertile mind of musician Vaarwel is taking us to this… Continue Reading →
It’s funny that the cover art to this one immediately reminded me of Impiety’s ‘Skullfucking Armageddon’, as Decapitated Christ are self-confessed fans of those Singaporean nuts. Over the course of three albums, this Spanish five-piece has (apparently) made it its… Continue Reading →
Tuomas Holopainen, The brains behind Nightwish read Scrooge by Don Rosa nearly 20 years ago. But in 1999 he thought about making a soundtrack to the book. 14 years later and Tuomas spent most of 2013 writing and recording for… Continue Reading →