Category ALBUM
I clearly like to make things difficult for myself, otherwise why would I offer to review an album of ‘instrumental acoustic blues raga drone’? Mind you, ‘difficult’ music is a reasonable part of my musical collection, so I kinda shrug… Continue Reading →
Entrapment is a one-man death metal project led by Michel Jonkers from Groningen in the Netherlands. ‘The Obscurity Within…’ is the debut album from this entity of his, and judging by the logo and fantastically painted artwork, everything here screams… Continue Reading →
Anyone playing atmospheric doom / death finds it really hard to be completely original and stepping out of the confines of that unholy Peaceville trinity will always be difficult. A certain Swedish troupe aside there is a lot of repetition… Continue Reading →
Having released two demos around 1992 and split up soon after, Evocation resurfaced in 2004, spawning a belated debut album in the form of 2007’s ‘Tales from the Tomb’. Since then, the band has released another couple of critically acclaimed… Continue Reading →
This German quartet is definitely melodic metal, and while I tend to listen to a fair share of melodic death metal this stuff is different, though not a million miles away. I guess the primary difference has to be the… Continue Reading →
You never know quite what to expect in a game of hide and seek. It could be a nice surprise or a nasty shock, or you might be one of those poor unfortunate people who hides for ages whilst everyone… Continue Reading →
Mercia’s doom ‘n’ roll kings have been playing some remarkable music since their debut release in 2010, I have had the pleasure of catching them live a few times and the one thing that sticks out in general, and again… Continue Reading →
I’ve been very lucky recently with Icelandic metal, having been fortunate enough to review albums by Kontinuum and Fortid. Dynfari are also from “The Land of Ice and Fire”, and judging by the fact that this 9 track album has… Continue Reading →
All this nostalgia in metal is at least a good opportunity to join some of the dots and re-live the old days when metal hair was universally permed and speed metal riffs still sounded fresh. It’s also an opportunity to… Continue Reading →
Some metal albums are genuine classics, with tunes which burrow straight into your brain and stay lodged there for the rest of your life. Others are so ridiculously over-the-top you cannot help but love them despite their flaws. This debut… Continue Reading →
There are some albums which I find difficult to grasp the nettle of how to review them. Case in point is Manilla Road’s 1980 debut Invasion. Basically if you’re a big fan you’ll have this already in one of its… Continue Reading →
Lately, there’s been an awful lot of both creaking ocean-themed concepts and atmospheric hardcore albums knocking about and this little beauty hammers both of those increasingly prevalent events together. These points might lead one to believe that Whales & Aurora… Continue Reading →