Category ALBUM
Here’s the thing, sludge bands. You know that bit where you spend anywhere upwards of five minutes playing the same note or chord slowly over a fuzzed out backdrop? Well it sounds exactly like every other band who ever did… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed the 2nd album by Swedish band Skogen (Forest) ‘Svitjod,’ released in 2011. It would appear that they sneaked a follow up completely under my radar called ‘Eld’ in 2012 and now proving that they work fairly rapidly… Continue Reading →
Do you like Carcass? Of course you do. If not you’re looking at the wrong website surely… now move along. Now we’ve sorted that out and got rid of them, let me tell you about Golem. If you’re not aware,… Continue Reading →
This Italian band by their own admission are obsessed with Celtic Frost and raw 80’s metal in general, even the PR spiel has you believing this, so it is justified? Whilst there are some similarities to the acclaimed Swiss band,… Continue Reading →
Hailing from Bremen these boys are preparing to unleash their debut album on a world that has already had Sabbath worship aplenty over the last decade. This is more of the same. Opener Won’t Come Down is so Ozzy era… Continue Reading →
It was less than a year ago that I was singing the praises of Finland’s Lost Society, with their debut album being filled as it was with youthful exuberance, neck snapping speeds, tenacious song writing and most importantly – fun…. Continue Reading →
The first few moments of opening song ‘Boreas’ make you think that with Wijlen Wij you’re in for some serious Skepticism worship as the organ swells with the riff and fills the room. But then the clean vocals come in… Continue Reading →
There’s no denying that you know what you’re going to get with a new Brainstorm release. Heavy Power Metal with great vocals, well written songs and expert musicianship. And at this stage, three factions of readers have formed, those who… Continue Reading →
Austin Lunn, the musical mind behind US one-man black metal project Pancopticon travelled to Norway back in 2011 to study zymurgy, in preparation for the opening of his very own brewery; named Hammerheart and based in Minnesota. While there, pals… Continue Reading →
Being a fan of Combichrist’s brand of aggrotech, I was massively disappointed with the direction they took on last year’s album and computer game soundtrack ‘No Redemption’, where they eschewed their usual aggressive techno-industrial stance in favour of tepid and… Continue Reading →
Don’t get too concerned about the band name it is neither an album title that got missed by Dimmu Borgir nor a sinister religious order who want to win over heretics and idolaters to their way of thinking. What we… Continue Reading →
Pilgrim’s full length debut ‘Misery Wizard’ was an instant doom classic and the progression and experience of the past couple of years has ensured that you will recognise a good thing first time around when you spin ‘II: Void Worship’… Continue Reading →