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Slutvomit – Swarming Darkness (Invictus)

Such a charming name for a musical collective! This is Ronseal music. You get exactly what it says on the tin. Raw rage filled thrashing loveliness. The version I was sent of this cd was mistagged and I had to… Continue Reading →

King Fear – Frostbite (Quality Steel Records)

King Fear is a relatively new project formed by Nachtgarm (of Negator, and recently filling in for Dark Funeral on vocals). Before this, their debut full length album, they had released only a single EP in 2012. Although there is… Continue Reading →

Volgna-Gath – Demo 2013 (SR)

For the moment the obscure sounding Volgna-Gath come enshrouded in as much mystery as is lurking within the pea-soup fog billowing out of my window on this cold autumnal morning. They come armed with a devilish LaVeyan mission statement proclaiming… Continue Reading →

A Storm of Light – Nations to Flames (Southern Lord)

For no-holds barred riffing, the go-to genre these days has got to be that metal hinterland sludge. From High on Fire to Mastodon and Baroness, and all those more progressive and regressive bands in between, the art of the melodic… Continue Reading →

The Quireboys – Live at the Town & Country Club, London (Wienerworld)

This is a DVD version of the terrestrial TV live recording from 1992 at the Town and Country Club, London (now known as The Forum). Recorded at the height of the bands popularity, this documents a sell-out show. I gazed… Continue Reading →

Mortuary Drape – Buried In Time (Peaceville)

I had quite a hard time with my last and first encounter with Mortuary Drape which was the recent Peaceville re-issue of third album ‘Tolling 13 Knell’ originally released in 2000. Now the label have similarly re-activated the cult Italian… Continue Reading →

Ferocity – The Sovereign (Deepsend)

Denmark has had its fair share of death metal bands over the years, but none of which have really risen to the heights of their Swedish (or even Norwegian, in my opinion) brethren. OK, Invocator were great, as were Iniquity… Continue Reading →

Jesu – Everyday I Get Closer To The Light From Which I Came (Avalanche)

With all eyes and ears being on Godflesh and their resurrection recently one could have forgotten about Jesu and the fact that Justin Broadrick has his own more reflective project. I rued the day that Godflesh split having been a… Continue Reading →

Demonical – Darkness Unbound (Cyclone Empire)

Sometimes the passage of time seems to pass extremely quickly. I mean, it seems like only yesterday that Swedish crew Centinex were consistently delivering excellent Swedish death metal, and I lamented their loss just as much as the next slave… Continue Reading →

Tempestora – The Battle Begins (Casket)

This British trio from Gloucestershire play thrash the way it’s meant to be played: with plenty of attitude and aggression. The attitude primarily being: if you don’t like it, don’t listen. And the aggression being required because that’s what thrash… Continue Reading →

Deathcrush – Collective Brain Infektion (Casket)

I guess the first and most obvious thing about these Sardinians is their Mayhem inspired moniker. If you are expecting a lesson in dangling hands and proto-black metal here though, I am afraid you will be rather disappointed. While there… Continue Reading →

Vulture Industries – The Tower (Season of Mist)

I don’t know what Vulture Industries would think of being regarded as “the new Arcturus”. Whilst in some respects this is a compliment and there is a commonality in that they’re both from Norway, “The Tower” is Vulture Industries third… Continue Reading →

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