Category ALBUM
Anyone who follows Godflesh on social media cannot have helped notice comments from Justin Broadrick about how uncomfortable being scrutinised and questioned by fans of their music makes him feel. Battling with autism and PTSD his music is incredibly personal… Continue Reading →
With a name referencing one of the biggest fortresses in world of Middle Earth, a casual observer would assume that Germany’s Minas Morgul are a band obsessed with Tolkien and have songs laden with adventure, magic, and epic battle scenes…. Continue Reading →
It’s hard to believe now, but less than 20 years ago I used to feast on a monthly newsletter which I received from a mail order company which sent out a list of obscure underground music and the odd compilation… Continue Reading →
If, like me, you are of a certain age then you will have experienced the great pleasure of trawling record racks for underground gems in the vinyl sections of independent music stores looking for albums to add to your collection… Continue Reading →
Long-standing German goth rock/post-punk/ebm project Girls Under Glass are back with new material. After a hiatus of 17 years, the band have released Backdraft, a new full length, building on their sound from the 80s and 90s, but also including… Continue Reading →
This is the third slab of “hate” from Viennese malcontents Cyruss and kind of a posthumous one. The group split up after two full length albums in 2009 and since then founding members Klaus and Andy went on to form… Continue Reading →
I only really know of Texans Necrofier because of the review of their debut album hereabouts and the fact a handful of people I know have name checked them relatively recently. So pretty much blind here, but eager. ‘The Fall… Continue Reading →
If this French band had a slogan, may I suggest it would be “No Nonsense”. “Aucune Connerie”, perhaps? Excuse my French. Like their EP “Vermines”, this album is a collection of one word titles which give a clue that the… Continue Reading →
Of late I’ve been on a real Prog kick, with albums from classic acts like Yes and Jethro Tull being matched by tour tickets pinned to the board in my living room, as well as newer acts like Rosalie Cunnningham… Continue Reading →
The first job was to re-acquaint myself with “Haar”, this band’s 2019 album which I liked very much. A year later “Woe Portrait” came out, which went down less well with my reviewing colleague. Such is the way of things…. Continue Reading →
This is the debut album by Russian solo artist Dimitry ‘Necrodaemon’ Krasnopeev, with Andrey ‘Zubr’ Raevskiy providing the vocals to make Cadaver Carnivore, playing rather atmospheric death metal. and I say atmospheric rather than melodic because the melody feels more… Continue Reading →
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that there’s been a noticeable upsurge in the amount of fantasy themed Power Metal albums coming out recently, many of which were conceived during or just after the whole coronavirus malarkey. Up-beat Metal and… Continue Reading →