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Black Messiah – The Final Journey

Artist: Black Messiah Title: The Final Journey Type: Album Label: AFM Germany’s Black Messiah have been going since the late nineties although the bulk of their five releases have been since 2005. They sing often but not exclusively in their… Continue Reading →

Corrosion of Conformity – Self Titled

Artist: Corrosion of Conformity Title: Corrosion of Conformity Type: Album Label: Candlelight Records Righto, put any doubt from your mind, I’m an old bastard. Yep, I’m 42. Too old to review and too old for metal some may cry. Well,… Continue Reading →

Woods Of Ypres – Woods 5 Grey Skies And Electric Light

  Artist: Woods Of Ypres Title: Woods 5 Grey Skies And Electric Light Type: Album Label: Earache Recently I read some gumph on the NME website with a list of the 50 most depressing albums ever made. About a quarter… Continue Reading →

Xandria – Neverworld’s End

Artist: Xandria Title: Neverworld’s End Type: Album Label: Napalm Wow. Now this is not what I was expecting when I offered to take something from the growing Goth Frock pile. Wow. I mean rightly or wrongly I’d always considered Xandria… Continue Reading →

Eluveitie – Helvetios

Artist: Eluveitie Title: Helvetios Type: Album Label: Nuclear Blast How can anyone not enjoy Eluveitie? Actually, I know someone who doesn’t because they don’t like bagpipes. There’s also a view that their previous album “Everything Remains as It Never Was”… Continue Reading →

El Caco – Hatred, Love & Diagrams

Artist: El Caco Title: Hatred, Love & Diagrams Type: Album Label: Indie Recordings It has been a while since I have heard from this hard rocking eclectic crew from Norway, 2001’s ‘Viva’ album got personally played most of the year… Continue Reading →

Hail Spirit Noir – Pneuma

  Artist: Hail Spirit Noir Title: Pneuma Type: Album Label: Code 666 I had a strong inkling of what this would be like, having heard work by Transcending Bizarre?, two of whose members are the inspiration behind Hail Spirit Noir…. Continue Reading →

Pythia – The Serpent’s Curse

  Artist: Pythia Title: The Serpent’s Curse Type: Album Label: Golden Axe I have been keeping my beady eye on Pythia since they formed back in 2009 and released their debut album ‘Beyond The Veiled Embrace.’ They had that spark… Continue Reading →

Morbid Angel & VA – Illud Divinum Insanus The Remixes

Artist : Morbid Angel And Various Artists Title: Illud Divinum Insanus The Remixes Type: Double Album and then some Label: Season Of Mist   So you are a highly revered death metal band, one of the originators of the sound… Continue Reading →

Einherjer Interview

I was rather taken with the aggressive and confident return to the fray that the Viking Metal comrades Einherjer created recently with ‘Norron’ and so when I got the chance to ask them a little about the whys and the… Continue Reading →

Farsot Interview

  In 2011, Germany’s farsot. followed up their 2007 release “IIII” with “Insects”, a psychologically disturbing work of Black Metal. To find out about the band’s outlook and music, Andrew Doherty interviewed 10.XIXt, the vocalist. Ave Noctum: Hello there, and… Continue Reading →

Sear Bliss – Eternal Recurrence

Artist: Sear Bliss Title: Eternal Recurrence Type: Album Label: Candlelight Records Sear Bliss have two obvious selling points; one being that they incorporate brass instruments into their sound which is still not that common in metal, and two that they… Continue Reading →

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