Category ALBUM
Though Vanden Plas have quite amazingly had the same line-up since they formed way back in 1986, they only really came to my (and many other’s) attention with their second album “The God Thing” in 1997. They were part of… Continue Reading →
With lashings of bombast, this album races off into fantasy-filled progressively power metal territory. There’s plenty of punch in the drumming, the vocals are heading towards epic lands and the chorus adds to the pomposity. It’s everything you’ve heard before… Continue Reading →
WWI Black / Death Metal from the frontlines of France anyone? Well that is what we have here and these troops from the past are not as new an entity as I actually thought on first listen as a bit… Continue Reading →
This German band’s previous release was a Gothenburg inspired opus of scintillating harmonies, nifty guitar work and a tapestry of vocal styles and this new effort sees that template being emboldened and intensified. Formulating their song writing to encompass all… Continue Reading →
The world needs mavericks… nay, eccentrics like Slough Feg (ne The Lord Weird Slough Feg). If you have never heard them an off the cuff one liner is difficult: There be a bit of a Celtic folk influence somewhere for… Continue Reading →
The fifth album by the unique German A Cappella Metal sextet, 5 singers supported by a drummer, contains 9 original songs and the obligatory cover versions which they are better known for. The title track “Dawn of the Brave” is… Continue Reading →
With members of Massemord, Iperyt and Infernal War in this trio’s ranks I was well aware this one was going to deliver a right Polish battering. What with the title ‘Working Class Misanthropy: Of Rapture And Disgust’ (to give it… Continue Reading →
Centiment unleash themselves upon us with “Streets of Rage”, their appropriately titled first album. The band members are anything but novices. Three of them are key players from InMe, from whom I haven’t heard anything in a while. I sense… Continue Reading →
Hot on the heels of their debut album ‘Till Stilla Falla’ (which I reviewed here slightly less than a year ago) come’s Stilla’s second album of eclectic black metal greatness. Hailing from Sweden and with members of Armagedda, Deranged and… Continue Reading →
The latest addition to the burgeoning Indie Recordings stable, Woland assail us with something of a bizarre mix-up of sounds on their debut full-length LP ‘Hyperion’. Theirs is a sound that is rooted in black metal, however Woland are unafraid… Continue Reading →
Two guys and one girl wearing neat autumnal knitwear stare out into the camera lens with a dense forest spread behind them. Promo shots can give clues about what the music may be like and in the case of Nebelung… Continue Reading →
Madonna’s guitarist. Erstwhile member of Prong. Solo musician. Monte Pittman presents his latest album The Power of Three. If you are expecting Madonna style diva pop (and why the hell would you this is Ave Noctum after all) you will… Continue Reading →