Category ALBUM
Melodic death metal is often maligned these days but nevertheless always feels as if it could just be on the cusp of greatness. Like a surge of power metal exuberance meets death metal’s fearsome intensity and wizardry. What could possibly… Continue Reading →
Shades of grey dully greet us from the cover art of this four track EP. There is mention of Autumn and October and there is a chill air of drab despair about all this before we even get to the… Continue Reading →
I was told about this album on chatting to Metatron about The Meads Of Asphodel’s last contentious album ‘The Death Of Jesus The Jew.’ As it is Easter I really should be giving this a spin but everything is concentrated… Continue Reading →
To my shame, I’ve not heard any Officium Triste until now, despite this being the Dutch crews fifth full length album. I’d seen the name about here and there, but had pretty much written them off on the grounds that… Continue Reading →
It’s to Australia and a bit of New York that we look for a bit of culture. Well, not really as Deez Nuts treat us to their 16 little ditties. The delicacies include “Unfuckwithable”, “What We Eat Don’t Make You… Continue Reading →
It occurred to me that Seven Impale should really be called Six Impale on account of the number of band members but then I wondered if the number might be referring to the number of different styles they play. The… Continue Reading →
Russkaja, the Russian polka, trash metal, world jazz and Zappa-rockers (as said on their info pack) were founded by singer Georgij who was originally vocalist for Nuclear blast signed trash band ‘Stahlhammer’. The band have played such greats as Wacken… Continue Reading →
WolveSpirit lure you in with the promise of ‘bone grinding rock’ and psychedelic, brighter than the sun album artwork. From the way this record is packaged it’s easy to be fooled into thinking you’re going to get some chunky, fuzz… Continue Reading →
There seem to be an awful lot of retrogressive death metal bands around these days. It seems everyone is hankering for the days when death metal was scary, new, dark and exciting. Not every band hits the mark, in fact… Continue Reading →
With his brother Wulfstan, Athelstan is one half of the terminally underrated English “Anglo-Saxon metal” band Forefather who quietly ply their trade drawing exclusively on the Anglo Saxon period of England’s history. At first a solo album from a duo… Continue Reading →
Saluting their Slavic ancestors by name I gave this a spin and immediately thought of referencing certain bands which tied in with the bands cultural identity. The cover of this sports a heraldic shield with black eagles and dragons the… Continue Reading →
It’s always nice to get post from Russia even if in this case the package needed serious de-thawing in a warm cupboard overnight before I could get under the ice and frost and open it. This time there were two… Continue Reading →