Category ALBUM
Originally a solo project for Thomas Bergli of Khold and Old Man’s Child, he has long since abandoned the lone approach. Now comprising a full line up of some very familiar and talented faces, Sarke are well established purveyors of… Continue Reading →
Billed as one of the first thrash metal bands to form in Poland way back in 1986 it certainly took Fanthrash a while before release of first album ‘Duality Of Things’ in 2011. 25 years must be some sort of… Continue Reading →
The return of Broken Hope: a day which seemed most improbable since the death of founder/vocalist Joe Ptacek in 2010. News of his demise was equally shocking and sad given the nature of his death and also how his vocal… Continue Reading →
The number of times I have heard the tiresome arguments about band x or y “not being metal” I have always countered with the same answer. Metal, in the non-material sense, is not just a style of music. It is… Continue Reading →
Mushroom Cloud, a trio hailing from Aarhus, Denmark, comprises of founding members Dmitriy Mukhamedov on guitars and Simon Kristensen on the drums with vocalist Morten Thoft Langerhuus joining the band a year into their existence. Style-wise they are a thrashy… Continue Reading →
There’s a moment on this album when I realised that US band Bloody Hammers share more than just a name with Roky Erickson; they also have that unnerving ability to sound as though they are speaking only to you and… Continue Reading →
The Custodian don’t have much to say for themselves. I could just say “listen to this and decide for yourself” but that isn’t going to do anything. In any case, this is an album which I created a series of… Continue Reading →
In 1996, Max Cavelera of Sepultura decided to part ways with the band and form his own group ‘Soulfly’ due to wanting a new musical direction with a more spiritual feel to the music. In the earlier days of Soulfly,… Continue Reading →
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again; how does such a tiny population as is spread throughout Norway manage to produce so many great metal and rock bands? Whilst this, at the moment, United Kingdom of Great Britain… Continue Reading →
‘Eldir Nótt’ translates roughly to ‘nightfire’ or ‘ablaze the night’ and this is precisely what German solo project, Fyrnask, does with his second full-length release; mysterious entity Fyrnd is casting a light amongst the solo black metal projects of the… Continue Reading →
Aska are a US metal legend by all accounts and although I have heard lots about the band over the years, this is actually the first time I have listened to their material. This is the first new album in… Continue Reading →
One of the most overlooked items in Darkthrone’s expansive back catalogue is undoubtedly ‘Under a Funeral Moon’. Sandwiched between the infamous ‘A Blaze in the Northern Sky’ and ‘Transylvanian Hunger’ it’s not difficult to see why this ’93 opus doesn’t… Continue Reading →