Category ALBUM
Good timing for this reissue of the second album by Aura Noir as they are just about to unleash their brand new opus ‘Out To Die’ via Indie Recordings. The core trio of musicians should need no introduction at all… Continue Reading →
Black Sheep Wall come from California. It is clear from the first notes that in sound terms their music is the polar opposite of the Beach Boys. The constant and ominous drum, big ponderous chords and paint-stripping vocals suggest this… Continue Reading →
The story of Trappazat starts in Telford, England, somewhere in the 1980’s. Following the demise of Scarab, Paul Britton had a varied career in music, and eventually got to record these tracks you have on offer here. Now, after recent… Continue Reading →
Aus Der Transzendenz are Austrian, but the bandmembers’ identities remain shrouded in mystery; we are told only that they are known individuals operating within the black metal underground. The accompanying promo text is all very over the top, espousing an… Continue Reading →
Having a few releases behind them and once featuring James Rivera (Helstar/Malice) on vocals, New Eden return after a massive 9 year break between releases, a band originally formed in 1993 by Steel Prophet guitarist Horacio Colmenares. ‘Solving for X’… Continue Reading →
With a band name sounding like a film genre, I had no expectations of the music from this band. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad one? Cult Cinema is a hardcore/thrash band from London that has… Continue Reading →
Described as “Freezing Cosmic Black Metal”, this work from Hungary’s Nefarious marches on relentlessly from beginning to end. There’s a grim war going on out there. Hungary does not have a border with Poland and has no obvious cultural links… Continue Reading →
The last and debut album by French and hard to pronounce band Akphaezya fair did my noggin in back in 2008. It was a mad mixture of all sorts of styles, thrown together in a melting pot of confusion but whilst… Continue Reading →
1988 was a very interesting year for yours truly as it contained some blinding albums and also my turning point from thrash to death/grind/crust in that order. Why am I saying this, well France’s Lonewolf are a band stuck in… Continue Reading →
It figures that on their website Alkerdeel have posted an album preview to a visual scene from Belgian horror film Calvaire (reviewed elsewhere on this site). This Belgian lot have made a point of noting that this release is in… Continue Reading →
Or to give the preposterously entitled album it’s full name ‘This May Be The Reason The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing Cannot Be Killed By Conventional Weapons!’ With a title like that we really do need to… Continue Reading →