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Noting a progressive band on a label specialising in progressive music, I was struck by the following description of this band’s music: “Their sombre sound drifts listeners on a stormy ritual invoking images of a tide of raindrops falling from… Continue Reading →
William Wordsworth in a particularly tragic mood penned the words “Oh misery! oh misery! Oh woe is me! oh misery!” Of course there was no such thing as death doom back in 1789 but fast forward to the present age… Continue Reading →
Work started on this album in March 2020, when the drum tracks were laid down by then drummer Dan Presland. This is the point where the world decided to implode and prevented the rest of the band from getting to… Continue Reading →
It doesn’t seem like three years since this Birmingham wrecking ball of a band graced my review lists but that’s what pandemics do for you I suppose. Time doesn’t just distort in one direction it gets bent out of shape… Continue Reading →
Returning to the metal stage from their lonesome and windswept homeland of Varmland, Sweden, Tribulation are back with another piece of gothic metal that is vampiric in nature and has wholly abandoned all the death and blackened metal elements of… Continue Reading →
The day dawns, a low mist of hangover drifts across the campsite and us delicate flowers who slept in a proper bed wander in for breakfast and to make sure no one froze or drowned the night before. Stuffed with… Continue Reading →
Friday 31/03/23 So passing by the Elder Gods and searching for Rex the unofficial (totally official) mascot it must be Warhorns time once more. This is the shorter festival they put on, a little attempt to welcome spring and to… Continue Reading →
I always get a little giddy when I get a release from Transcending Obscurity, mostly because owner Kunal has got one of the best ears in extreme metal when it comes to signing exciting bands. I confess that I hadn’t… Continue Reading →
Having released a two track demo in September 2022 the duo of Adam Watts and Tom Bradfield have quickly released their debut album with its seemingly curious title and equally curious, if a little disturbing, cover art. Both of the… Continue Reading →
Bass how low can you go? Well the two bands on this split are investigating bottom end rumbling and have dispensed of guitars completely. Opting for two six-stringers in both their line-ups, this is suited to both their narratives with… Continue Reading →
Whilst attempting to tame technology to do my bidding and failing quite miserably, I finally manage to take a tour on the dusty backroads of the internet where you usually find all the good things. Not the rain slicked, hyper… Continue Reading →
If there ever was a soundtrack to what is happening in the world today then UK’s Utilitarian sum it up through 14 tracks of pervading sonic vehemence. Their last couple of releases were unrelenting and vitriolic tirades about the world… Continue Reading →