Category ALBUM
Although I am of the somewhat contentious opinion that all covers bands should be shot, the odd cover song by an original band can be more than welcome and tribute albums like this can be very good if treated with… Continue Reading →
Listening to v.e.g.a. yesterday got me thinking that black metal and industrial go together so fantastically well it’s a shame more bands don’t do it. Plutonium, a solo act fromSweden, is another fine example of this integration of styles and… Continue Reading →
For years now I have been extolling the virtues of the French metal scene to anyone who would listen. With bands like Gojira, Blut Aus Nord, Alcest, Deathspell Omega and Mourning Dawn, they have a reputation as a nation of… Continue Reading →
For me, if there is a defining feature of the bands I’ve heard from the French black metal scene it has to be the intellect they often seem to build their music around. For better or worse depending on subject… Continue Reading →
For the first time in their career, Dying Fetus has managed to maintain the same line-up for two consecutive full-lengths. One would imagine that main-man, John Gallagher, must feel content that some stability has at last instilled itself within Dying… Continue Reading →
Norwegian slam death metallers Kraanium have been on the go since 2001, releasing a demo ‘No Respect for the Dead’ in 2002 then, from 2002 to 2006 the band took a break to concentrate on their other projects. Luckily the… Continue Reading →
Though Iceland’s Árstídir lífsins (meaning “the seasons of life”) is a relatively new group, the music they create is ageless – that which evokes the sights and sounds of towering forests watching stoically over shores of timeless oceans, the scents… Continue Reading →
For a band originally considered spoof metal, Viking Skull have proved surprisingly durable. Ten years and almost as many members on find the band on their fifth studio album. They have outlasted and surpassed the achievements of their unlamented alma… Continue Reading →
Well done to Season Of Mist for picking up this home grown group whose career has always been intriguing to say the least. I first encountered these filthy French fucks around their debut album ‘Login:SataN’ 2003 which I described as… Continue Reading →
Davide Tiso, the brains behind Ephel Duath, has three new and experienced collaborators for this EP in the form of Karyn Crisis, Steve DiGiorgio and Marco Minnemann. DiGiorgio alone has played in 20 or so bands including Testament and Death…. Continue Reading →
When Accept guitarist Herman Frank is not busy with his main band, he is continuing to produce classic quality metal albums like this one, his second since 2009’s ‘Loyal to None’. From the first moment I pressed play, this album… Continue Reading →
We do sometimes have a bit of a joke about this label (in a nice way) but they have got a bit of a reputation for releasing rather a lot of “airy fairy metal.” Of course the industrial side of… Continue Reading →