Category ALBUM
Just when you think you know a band, they go and change their spots. Some call this progress. Still others will no doubt nash their teeth, wail and go into over the top histrionics, bellowing at the skies, raging against… Continue Reading →
This Swedish death metal band actually formed in 1990, split up in 1995 with some members playing in Blood Mortized from around 2007. Stroll onto 2010 and Malfeitor gets back together. Previous projects like Blood Mortized wanted to capture that… Continue Reading →
Sanguine have been very active on the live front, I have not caught them myself but they have played as support band to plenty of big hitting acts and festivals as diverse as Ibiza Hard Rock Hell and Download (one… Continue Reading →
Quite a busy chap is Andreas “Vintersorg” Hedlund. It was only last year we had his ‘Pulse Of The Earth’ or ‘Jordpuls’ album and of course his unmistakable harmonious croons have only just been digested on latest Borknagar album Urd…. Continue Reading →
I like many others were stunned when Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli decided to call it a day with their joint venture under the banner of Rhapsody, which subsequently became Rhapsody Of Fire due to so called copyrights of the… Continue Reading →
From what I remember of this band’s debut album ‘Human Harvest’ they were a harsh rotten death metal band from Sweden. Go forward a mere two years, and these Swedes have earned their rotten death metal stripes. The sound is… Continue Reading →
It is tempting to write two separate reviews for Whitechapel’s fourth full length, one for death metal purists and one for deathcore freaks. Deathcore is oft berated in extreme metal for not being a genuine scene which I find rather… Continue Reading →
Can’t argue with a country that produced the likes of Drudkh, Hate Forest and Blood Of Kingu; yup, Zgard is a one man black metal act from the Ukraine, and according to trusty old Metal Archives the second full-length our… Continue Reading →
Not frequenting London much I had never come across this lot before, so a fresh opinion and all that. Liking my orthodox black metal from the noisy filth of Bahimiron through Sargeist to Forteresse I also hoped their choice of… Continue Reading →
USBM is no longer an entity that can be considered clear cut and orthodox. The foundations laid down by the likes of Judas Iscariot and Krieg and later adopted by everyone from Kult Of Azazel to Nachtmystium entered new territories… Continue Reading →
I’ve barely read anything about these guys that didn’t mention black metal masters Akercocke and what a ‘huge influence’ they’ve been on the band, to quote Talanas front man Hal Sinden, This particular platter even includes a cameo by Akercocke’s… Continue Reading →
Chaosweaver do look great; kinda like a bunch of malevolent faery Carny folk dreamt up by Neil Gaiman after he’s been ripped off at a fair. It’s the kind of flair you rarely see and looking at the images I… Continue Reading →