Category ALBUM
Armed with some slightly altered Dylan Thomas poetry, Ofnus are a new entity but one with roots in other groups such as Agrona, Democratus, Blind Divide & Black Pyre. Very much in the mould of similar UK based bands like… Continue Reading →
One thing that has kept me most intrigued by metal in all the years I have enjoyed it is learning about the many different scenes from nations one would not expect to have a metal or even alternative scene due… Continue Reading →
Those of you into your slasher movies will probably know that this Italian band has taken their name from the film Deliria released in 1987, though in English it was called Stage Fright, as plenty of bands have done the… Continue Reading →
This is the third album by the Bangladesh-born Obliterator, now residing in Germany, where a recent move from Magdeburg to Berlin had him approach Incinerate drummer Alex Simpson to lay down the drum tracks for these seven songs, while he… Continue Reading →
No, this is not Battersea Power Station burning away coal, polluting its surroundings, contributing to global warming and climate change, but apparently a Quebecoise equivalent. Although I don’t know the specific location depicted on the cover of the album at… Continue Reading →
I have been very fortunate and privileged to have covered most of this UK bands releases since 2017 and each time they have impressed me, developing further with added depths of sonic depravity you don’t often hear within the hybrid… Continue Reading →
I read of a connection with Killswitch Engage. I see mention of hardcore and punk meeting metal, of experimentation, and of politicisation of content. The upshot was that I didn’t know what to expect from Death Ray Vision’s third album… Continue Reading →
The delightfully entitled Hurricane Hellfukker is the man essentially behind German act Illum Adora (also of Zarathustra) and has been active under that name since 2011. He has seen collaborators come and go through a couple of albums, splits EP’s… Continue Reading →
There are none better than None at leading us down dark atmospheric paths, something this anonymous Portland based collective have been doing admirably over four albums. Having been slumbering since they last froze us with ‘The Damp Chill Of Life’… Continue Reading →
You cannot have been into metal in the last two decades or so and not know Norwegian band Nocturnal Breed, whether you have listened to their material or not. The band has charged on without any wavering, flying the flag… Continue Reading →
Fallen Joy come back after a recorded silence of 8 years, hence its title I suppose, with a substantial second album of an intro followed by 13 songs. This melodic death metal band has been in existence since 2008. The… Continue Reading →
When this dropped…or more accurately seeped through the bricks like mould… I felt like the Paul Spericki character in Grosse Point Blank, slamming the steering wheel in his car and exclaiming to Martin Blank “Fourteen years man! Fourteen Years!!!!” So… Continue Reading →