Category ALBUM
Prickly kind of band, Winterfylleth, or so I always think. Or maybe they are just being open and keen to discuss their ideas of culture and heritage as it impacts on their creativity makes me weirdly defensive. There again their… Continue Reading →
So the highly regarded Dutch three-piece return with their third album in two years and even a cursory listen reveals that it very much appears that this whole ‘post Black Metal’ thing is alive and well. Indeed, it really does… Continue Reading →
With a title like “Lava and Honey”, an intriguing mix is promised. There is a suggestion of quirkiness. On offer is a band quoting Yes and Genesis as influences, and amongst its members a female singer Ellie Blythe who is… Continue Reading →
Ah what a lovely cover, if the artwork was scratch and sniff it would no doubt reek of offal. The ladies with all their bits displayed in a bathroom have been hanging around there literally for a while by the… Continue Reading →
This is In This Moment’s fourth album release. I heard the first two and particularly liked the first one “Beautiful Tragedy” (2007), which was in a feisty, gothic pop-metalcore style. I thought “The Dream”, while having a good range and… Continue Reading →
Italian technical death band Hatesower were formed in 2009 (originally named Inside back in 2006 yet changed the name to Hatesower in 2009 and changed their musical direction) previously releasing 3 cds with Inside which gained them rave reviews in… Continue Reading →
Shit week, shit job (but , yeah, at least it is a job I know) and Vesen seem just the ticket: This is some unleashed rage and then some. Short opener ‘The Threat’ is an oddly muffled bit of bestial… Continue Reading →
Now on their 9th album including this their second release of the year it seems like there is no stopping Hungarian’s Ektomorf. A mellow little build up gets things going for “War Is My Way”, it has a heavy bit… Continue Reading →
Football may be a game of two halves, and this album from a traditional metal band from Kidderminster in the Midlands is no different. The first half starts out promising, but I feel let down by the vocal delivery, its… Continue Reading →
Threshold may not need introduction. After all they are a long-standing band with a pedigree of eight albums prior to this one. Their music seems on the face of things to be straightforward, but the more you look into it,… Continue Reading →
I wasn’t very kind or inspired by Grave Digger’s recent EP ‘Home at Last’; my whole premise of that review was to hope that this coming album would be a much improved experience. In one respect, I am happier, there… Continue Reading →
OK, this is a little difficult to review. For a starter it dates back to 1978, and had been around on vinyl via a couple of labels since 2004. For another reason; to NWOBHM aficionados it is a rock solid… Continue Reading →