Category ALBUM
Never has a name suited a band so much. For those of you not familiar with this bombastic crew from the Netherlands, they have been variously described as `symphonic metal’, `gothic metal’ and various other sub-genres, none of which quite… Continue Reading →
Imagine if you will, a time where Planet Earth has become inhospitable. Not a massive leap is it? Quite frankly I’ve been looking for another planet that would sustain life ever since some bright spark decided to allow Simon Cowell… Continue Reading →
Extremity is, after all, our middle name and on this fledgling website we like to spread it about as much as possible. So a month and a half off the ground, I was wondering what was the most extreme band… Continue Reading →
Sangre Eterna sounds like the name of a Gothic band to me, but the reality is that the chosen musical vehicle for this Serbian band is melodic death metal. In fact their second album starts off in lively and breathless… Continue Reading →
Spain’s Darkness By Oath seems to be a well established band in their homeland with plenty of gigs proclaimed and well received comments about their first two albums the band also states. By my own admission this Spanish outfit is… Continue Reading →
How Borknagar have acquired themselves a steady reputation over the years as a Viking metal band with a progressive, cosmic and melodic twist. There’s a kind of ‘super group’ element about them, with representatives of Vintersorg, Dimmu Borgir, Solefald, Carpathian… Continue Reading →
The worst thing about being a reviewer is not disliking an album; we all have differing tastes and opinions after all. No, it’s when you struggle to find the words to describe music that has zero impact on you. You… Continue Reading →
The Last Cry is a name I have seen doing the rounds and it is no surprise considering some of the bands they have shared a stage with; The Mission, The Damned, Gene Loves Jezebel and Anne Marie Hurst to… Continue Reading →
Without going into too much detail Blessed Curse were originally called Devastator, one of countless bands with this moniker. It appears that some of the Devastator tunes have ended up on this release being re-recorded for this debut I suspect…. Continue Reading →
Right Al whether you want a ‘rantology’ or not here comes mine! What the blue rinse fuck are you up to man? First we get all this crap spouted from you about the group being over, for good, forever, never… Continue Reading →
First up, this Italian lot have released this debut album under the “social pay model”; that is, you can download it for free under the condition that you spread the word via Twitter, Facebook or some sort of social network…. Continue Reading →