Category ALBUM
Album (re-release with bonus commentary cd) When I first heard the music of Isengard, the solo project of Darkthrone’s Fenriz, it was like enlightenment. I guess it was about 10 years ago. I was into Black Metal and had heard… Continue Reading →
I first became aware of Russia’s Fading Waves when I heard their impressive contribution to Slowburn Records’ split-EP with Starchitect. With the band’s brainchild, Alexey Maximuk, working his magic, both behind the production desk and in front of it, it… Continue Reading →
Ahh The Stranglers, it’s now been almost 38 years since this band came into being. Formed by drummer Jet Black in ’74, the line-up has gone through a few changes throughout the years, finally culminating (at the time of this… Continue Reading →
I quite enjoyed the debut album from Thunderkraft ‘The Banner Of Victory released in 2005. Although it did not perhaps gel with the greatest of clarity due to the convoluted marriage of styles it was difficult to resist and indeed… Continue Reading →
Now on their fifth full-length album, Swallow The Sun have quickly become one of the most respectable names in Finnish doom, not to mention one of the most consistent acts around. In their twelve year career they have managed to… Continue Reading →
Solitude are doing a pretty good job of trying to get the still mostly unknown Russian extreme metal scene out into the world, so it was nice when this and another album dropped in my lap. The difficult thing here… Continue Reading →
Diabulus In Musica are a female fronted Spanish symphonic Metal band. Unusually for one of Napalm Records’ recent signings, they have no pretensions to wearing chainmail. Pretensions they do have in abundance, but involving flowing dresses, the supposed virtues of opera, and… Continue Reading →
Artist: Sigh Title: In Somniphobia Type: Album Label Candlelight It’s always a great pleasure to be confronted with a new Sigh album but the Japanese maestros do make us work for it by twisting any preconceived notions around and turning… Continue Reading →
Artist: Terrorizer Title: Hordes Of Zombies Type: Album Label: Season Of Mist Records As with any outfit that released an album that was arguably a defining moment in a metal genre and then released nothing else the question begs as… Continue Reading →
Artist: Deus Mortem Title: Darknessence Type: EP Label: Witching Hour For once it’s not going to be the longest of reviews and the reason for that is simple. We have a band with their first release and it is a… Continue Reading →