Category ALBUM
The Devil is a strange beast indeed, consisting, according to this self-named album’s cover art at least – of six cowled and masked individuals. Fittingly there is no hint of a band website [is now, see below Ed] , no… Continue Reading →
Forget the latest trends, forget superhuman, athletic instrumentation, forget technicality and sophistication; if the world does end on the 21st December as some people claim the Mayans predicted, I want to be listening to something like Abysme. The band themselves… Continue Reading →
Ahh, doom as it was meant to be – for me, at least. Cold, hard mournful guitars longing for an ancient Dionisyan (who am I to argue with the spelling?) decadence that has long since deserted this world. Ok, that… Continue Reading →
Silverthorn is one of the most anticipated power metal releases of the year so I’m not going to keep you hanging too long. Let’s just say that founder and guitarist Thomas Youngblood has wisely not messed with his tried and… Continue Reading →
It might be some massive Movember-related office in-joke that I’m not aware of, but I’ve been reviewing a lot of hairy bands recently. And I mean bands with hirsute monikers. I’ve had the frizz of All Hail The Yeti and… Continue Reading →
Half of four piece Arkham Witch (they’re from Keighley tha’ knows) are two thirds of eccentric doom wizards The Lamp Of Thoth (go on, do the math, it’s easy). That’d be Simon Iff? on those rich, mad vocals and Emily… Continue Reading →
Yes indeedy, things do not get much more Germanic than this. Hailing from deepest darkest Bavaria Draumar is the name of this project as well as the assumed moniker of the main man behind it, the person we are told… Continue Reading →
OK firstly I’ve listened to this album intensely and, no, I still have no idea about that title. Actually I could probably say the same about the entire album but you and the band deserve more than that. Sooo…. Opium… Continue Reading →
Following on from their debut album ‘Murderer’, this Danish death metal band really have upped their game on ‘Godless’. The band has clearly developed their music and they are brave enough to have a more modern sound with an older… Continue Reading →
Meaning “true cross” the French band Vera Cruz (yes, we’re not talking about the place, the film, the computer virus, the football club or the canyon here) are a group who wear their music influences as badges of honour. They… Continue Reading →
Apparently this album has taken eight years too get to this stage, due too various members touring duties and such, and completes the third part of a trilogy with which I have no previous acquaintance. So starting from the top… Continue Reading →
It’s been three years since we heard ‘Albion Thunder’ from these very heavy metal bastards. At the time they had a well known singer Ben Ward who was kind of on loan from his better known group Orange Goblin. He… Continue Reading →