Category ALBUM
Back in May I received no less than three albums by Frozen Ocean and they took me on a hell of a varied journey, each of them being quite different musically and in tone and mood. I said at the… Continue Reading →
I was first alerted to Loch Vostok by a number of ProgPower goers. That was about three years when “Reveal No Secrets” came out. “V: The Doctrine Decoded” is their fifth album release. When I first heard the name, I… Continue Reading →
With each passing week, we seem to be assailed by yet more bands keen to celebrate the twin lodestones of Occultism/Satanism and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (or ‘NWOBHM’ to you and me). In Solitude, Blood Ceremony and… Continue Reading →
‘Crimes Against Humanity’ is this North Carolinian quartet’s debut album, having been preceded by by just one demo in 2011. For a new band, the press release certainly sets them up in distinguished fashion, drawing parallels with such luminaries as… Continue Reading →
I admit that I was first drawn to this album simply down to the name; Nettlecarrier is a strange choice and, complete with the reputation of its members (we’re talking Dirge Rep, Mannevond and T. Ciekals) the hint was of… Continue Reading →
Mixing blues, rock and death metal really shouldn’t work at all, but on the whole it does on this debut from Finnish zombie rockers Rocking Corpses. Comprised of the duo Tony D.K. on vocals/guitar and Leper Laze on vocals/bass. Drums… Continue Reading →
Those Finnish Dark Rock Vampire Sleaze Glam Metallers 69 Eyes have chosen to inflict their tenth gothic Metal-ish studio album on their predominantly female, predominantly young, predominantly gothic audience – considering which who can blame them? This is a band… Continue Reading →
Distortion and reverb can be used to hide a multitude of sins or else to turbo-charge the fuel rods of your armoured car ride into the caverns of the underworld. Doom loving death metal crew Corrosive Carcass have finally loomed… Continue Reading →
Eluveitie, Alestorm, Turisas, Diablo Swing Orchestra, The Pogues – to this list of bands giving us rumbustuous romps add Scythia from Canada. Folk metal is their speciality, judging by this 7 track EP, which comprises three re-mixes of previously recorded… Continue Reading →
Rapidax may sound like some sort of cleansing product but it is the name adopted by Rob Tunstall, one man live band and now a man with an album behind him. If you are looking for some conventional metal you… Continue Reading →
Sludge/ drone experiments anyone? Well I’m always up for a bit of that. You know, hitting one note every fifteen seconds is hard to do well and some use it to hide shortcomings. Thankfully Swedish lot Switchblade, a core of… Continue Reading →
Hailing from the Ukraine, this is a thrash/groove band that has a notable guest musician (Jeff Waters – Annihilator) playing on one of the tracks, so does that spell a good thrash album? In the early part of the release,… Continue Reading →