Category ALBUM
Little of it seems to reach our Western senses, but there really is a veritable hotbed of doom and drone down in the remote and impossibly vast country of Russia. Maybe it’s the humidity of the cities or the often… Continue Reading →
Just listen to Floor Jansen’s voice! Isn’t that just one of the many reasons we love Metal more than any other music? Metal musicians take things to the extreme, push the boundaries, usually ignore trends and generally like to be… Continue Reading →
“No bullshit metal and hard rock served with a slice of punkrock energy” is the way this band from Sweden is depicted. There’s a strong sense of past meeting present about “The Poet and the Parrot”. At first I thought… Continue Reading →
This is an album I have been trying to put internet pen to paper down for a while but it keeps making me to come back for another listen and it is not a short album either. Acacia on paper… Continue Reading →
Labelling themselves a four-piece melodic death metal band based in Manchester, this four track EP is Not Above Evil’s third release to date. “From The Otherside” opens with a gently picked acoustic part and a bluesy electric guitar, making me… Continue Reading →
I think it is fair to say this is probably the most highly anticipated black metal release of the year especially as it is three years since the last epic album ‘Lawless Darkness’ saw the light! Watain are an enigma… Continue Reading →
Controversial fact of the day: In my brain, good speed metal pisses all over thrash. Yeah you’re right: Another pointless bit of subdividing to conquer and probably untrue to boot. It’s just I feel it never gets the love it… Continue Reading →
Gothic doom metal is a relatively easy genre to write and perform but a very difficult one to master. Take Grimfaith for example and their latest full length ‘Preacher Creature’. Once you get past the intro track which screams (quite… Continue Reading →
Kaos Krew sounds to me like a bunch of New York guys with reversed baseball caps playing hardcore but this is nothing like that. “Corruption Rules This World” is hard rock with a nice cynical twist as you may gather… Continue Reading →
After literally years of waiting for this fifth Gorguts album to drop, here it is! Like last time, Season of Mist is the label of choice to convey their latest creation to the world. With some new faces in tow… Continue Reading →
A quick perusal of the ever-trusty Metal Archives suggests that Daniel Cichos (a.k.a. Avenger a.k.a. Mr Front Beast) is a busy boy indeed. As well as the sole protagonist behind this prolific entity (which has 12 splits, 6 EPs and… Continue Reading →
This is the eighth album by End of Green, so it’s not surprising that this album is presented with great clarity. Their production is geared to interesting rock songs with gloomy themes and gothic touches. They don’t need to rely… Continue Reading →