Category ALBUM
What do we have here? A new Earth Ship record. The first one after six years of silence, the first one to follow six previous releases, six releases which established the band as an outfit to be taken seriously. Why… Continue Reading →
Are you ready for some “hideous rituals of blood and fire”, some music said to appeal to fans of bands such as Godflesh, Einstürzende Neubauten, Throbbing Gristle, Ramleh, Abruptum, Lustmord, Swans and more? Are you sure? The reason I’m double… Continue Reading →
“An uncompromising death metal record, a crushing swansong for the failing capitalist system” – this is our introduction to this fourth album release by Absence of the Sacred. It’s been a while since the last one: “Come Hither O Herald… Continue Reading →
One of the ‘Three pillars’ of the famed Gothenburg sound, standing alongside At The Gates and In Flames, Dark Tranquillity are one of the most influential and important bands in metal. Pioneering the Melodic Death Metal sound with the aforementioned… Continue Reading →
I have followed this Italian progressive metal band has ever done ever since I saw them play at ProgPower Europe in 2011. They were already experienced then but every album they’ve released since has blown me away. Always expressive, always… Continue Reading →
This split album features two underground German funeral doom outfits, both of whom contribute two tracks. Anyone knowing the genre will not be surprised by the fact that each track here weighs in at over the ten-minute mark so there… Continue Reading →
Enough of all that noisy stuff, time to step back and soothe the savage breast. What better way to do so than immerse yourself in some tranquil Nordic folk? Time to shut the world outside away and get back to… Continue Reading →
One of many things that has kept me into black metal for such a long time is the variety the genre has to offer. You’ve got the typical/default sounds of the bands who shaped the genre from Norway and beyond,… Continue Reading →
This is the fourth album by this Quebec band, but it was their previous 2021 album in particular ‘A Diabolical Thirst’ which seemed to grab the attention not just of myself but of a whole bunch of other people too… Continue Reading →
Koldbrann, as many people know, is Norwegian for gangrene, and not, as was suggested to me, the name of a breakfast cereal. You will gather from the name if you don’t know the band already that extreme black metal is… Continue Reading →
Let me be honest here, when I received the list of albums available for review from He Who Must Be Obeyed (Pete) I was drawn to Atrae Bilis by the label who put this out rather than any description of… Continue Reading →
When it comes to art, very little is new. Yes, occasionally a new bit of technology comes along to allow a brief semblance of uniqueness, but then everyone jumps on the bandwagon and what was fresh and sparkling quickly becomes… Continue Reading →