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Graveyard – Lights Out (Nuclear Blast)

Typical eh? You wait years for a 70s, Led Zep influenced rock band and two come along at once. Well there are distinct similarities between Graveyard and Witchcraft, perhaps slight ones exaggerated by the similar accents off the vocalists, but… Continue Reading →

Tiamat – The Scarred People (Napalm Records)

As with so many bands of their style and era, Tiamat have gone through a number of incarnations to get to where they are at now creatively. Starting out as a death metal band in the late 80’s and early… Continue Reading →

Haiku Funeral – Nightmare Painting (Aesthetic Death)

Warning, very odd alert! Right I have been trying to wrap my head around the world of Haiku Funeral for a while now and really do not think I am anywhere near doing so but here goes for an attempt…. Continue Reading →

Tempus Fusion – To End It All (SR)

“All you will ever know is war” is the ominous message from the well-spoken orator on the atmospheric and gothic-sounding opener “As We March to the Fields of War”. Mr Tim Goatham’s project continues evocatively into a canvas of purposeful… Continue Reading →

Munruthel – CREEDamage (Svarga)

I was thinking about who had got the most reviews on the site since it started a year ago. It should have no doubt been megalomaniac Devin who told me some time ago he was out from making music finito…. Continue Reading →

Grand Supreme Blood Court – ‘Bow Down Before the Blood Court’ (Century Media)

With some albums, the press release proves to be a rather unnecessary affair. In the case of Grand Supreme Blood Court’s debut, however, it is essential. Within this manifesto, is revealed the concept behind this Dutch band, and their process… Continue Reading →

Madonagun – Grovel at her Feet (Great Dane Records)

The first thing I noticed when picking up this album was the sleeve cover’s similarity to Jurojin’s “The Living Measure of Time”. On a white background, a lipsticked statuesque lady in a veil looks heavenward. The mystery that this image… Continue Reading →

Nine Covens – On the Dawning of Light (Candlelight)

The best way to approach Nine Covens is to accept from the opening few bars that this is not the band we have all guessed the lead singer comes from . It may sound a lot like them but despite… Continue Reading →

Dragged Into Sunlight – Widowmaker (Prosthetic)

When a band is cloaked in a mysterious darkness, such as Dragged Into Sunlight are, it does prick a certain amount of curiosity. It’s not a new concept, secret identities, skulking around in the dark, masked photo shoots, but it… Continue Reading →

F.O.A.D. – Remorse Is For The Dead (SR)

This little four tracker turned up from Lyon in France along with an extra disc containing biog and photos. I always find it odd when a band do this, it seems expensive when a piece of paper will do the… Continue Reading →

Blood of the Sun – Burning on the Wings of Desire (Listenable Records)

Formed in 2002 by Saint Vitus drummer Henry Vasquez and Dave Gryder, this is a band that pays homage to the great 70’s hard rock bands in a true and authentic style laden with a massive amount of Deep Purple… Continue Reading →

Zombified – ‘Carnage Slaughter and Death’ (Cyclone Empire)

Formed in 2006 by drinking buddies, Sweden’s Zombified released their debut, ‘Zombified Slaughtermachine’, in 2010. Having no knowledge of this band or their debut, I could at least glean from their name that death metal was the order of the… Continue Reading →

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