Category ALBUM
I knew a lot of these songs after seeing Ramage Inc play at ProgPower Europe recently. Their performance was dynamic and their melodic metal songs had big, catchy hooks, so I had high hopes for this album. From the first… Continue Reading →
Aside from the EP release of ‘Poartă de dincolo’ back in 2011, all has been quiet on the NB front following multiple band rifts and a series of changes in members. When Sol Faur and Hupogrammos left after the release… Continue Reading →
Another short but sweet slab of vinyl from Gaphals, this time from a Stockholm based band called Jehovah Eyes. There is very little info on them that I can find and their Facebook page only has a few posts on… Continue Reading →
Having a record deck and speaking Swedish are possibly not essential when it comes to writing music reviews but in the case of this 7” release they would certainly help. Luckily I have a record deck but… apart from that… Continue Reading →
The grand Inquisitors Dagon and Incubus are back and ready to probe and torture a confession out of you with album number six, their first with Season Of Mist. Pull up a comfy chair and prepare to meet the questions!… Continue Reading →
Detroit. Motown. The Motor City. The city that sent the US to War. Bankrupt (both morally and financially). Fallen giant. Home of regeneration and urban farming. Hopeful. Hockeytown. Lots has been said about the City of Detroit and its surrounding… Continue Reading →
‘Black ‘n’ blues’ apparently is how Glorior Belli choose to pitch themselves these days. With this, their fifth album, the Frenchmen seem to have truly left behind the orthodox/Watain rip-off (delete as you see fit) associations that beset their debut… Continue Reading →
You know the difference between an electric shaver and a 50p packet of 10 disposable razors from Aldi? One has millions of dollars of R&D ploughed into it, designed to be the ‘ultimate shaving experience’, is supremely comfortable and won’t… Continue Reading →
Another new album, and another band I’ve never heard of, although each and every track on Noctum’s Metal Blade début ‘Final Sacrifice’ tells of classic metal and hard rock influences. Hailing from Sweden, home of so much excellent metal and… Continue Reading →
Yankee Thrash metal titans; Warbringer have probably not been on the scene as long as you think. Hailing from California and forming in 2004 and releasing their first demo’s in 2004 and then 2005. In 2006 their first EP was… Continue Reading →
Rudra’s uniqueness lies in the way that they incorporate traditional Indian sounds, Sanskrit chants and mantras into their blackened death metal music. It has been an evolving process over their 21 years of existence. “RTA” is the Singaporean band’s 7th… Continue Reading →
I’m not certain how many have noticed, but this is the third re-release this year by Season of Mist of the Septic Flesh back catalogue. Yes, there was a space in the name when the albums were originally released. ‘Ophidian… Continue Reading →