Category ALBUM
This album has all the hallmarks of a classic piece of power metal, thanks to its outward bombast, flamboyance and colourful artwork. What is less usual is that it comes fromPoland. But then where there’s a Behemoth, there’s a Riverside… Continue Reading →
I must begin this review by stating that “symphonic” black metal is not my thing. In fact, I can sum up my general attitude to the genre with an analogy to the latest ‘Snow White’ film, which I sat through… Continue Reading →
Borgne are not part of the Quebecois black metal scene championed by this label but are very closely affiliated and the first signed group from outside the area signed by Sepulchral Productions. Coming from Europe, Switzerland to be precise, Bornyhake… Continue Reading →
With the number of available and active bands delving into melodic death metal it never surprises me as to the amount of talent the world has to offer in the genre. Many would argue that melodic and death metal are… Continue Reading →
When an album – or an EP, as in this case – has been recorded at a great studio, the initial assumption is that the music is going to sound good. The studio in question with this release is Sweden’s… Continue Reading →
This second full length from the Quebecois duo of Athros and Nordet, who also play in Forteresse and Ur Falc’h respectively, has been a difficult album to review. I was keen to hear it because of the Forteresse connection, although… Continue Reading →
The Other, are a band hailing from Germany, and at first glance you’d think they were Danzig! So it is no surprise to hear that back in the day they were a Misfits cover band called Ghouls in 1999. This… Continue Reading →
When Nothing Remains are from Gothenburg, Sweden, though to be honest you wouldn’t know it. I mean that in an entirely supportive way; there are no overwrought Maidenisms creeping forth, no sickly saccharine duelling guitars to distract away from the… Continue Reading →
It sounds like death and looks like black, as for what it smells of, well rotten meat no doubt. Hailing from Sweden and keeping things very morbid Degial who have been around since 2004 are only just getting round to… Continue Reading →
US Heavy/Power Metal group Power Theory re-released their debut album only last year, in such a short space of time, they are back with ‘An Axe to Grind’. The music is very traditional metal, as the genre definition would suggest,… Continue Reading →
Female fronted gothic doom bands are two a penny these days, as is so often the case when a genre becomes in vogue. Ukrainian sextet Edenian are the latest band to roll off the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ production line,… Continue Reading →
Nile’s adulation and maybe obsession with Egyptology is not necessarily unique these days but they were certainly one of the first to my knowledge to actually write entire albums about the myths and legends on the subject. Karl Sanders’ knowledge… Continue Reading →