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Nighted made me feel old. The intro to ‘Aeons’ the first offering is distorted electronica which plunges into a hellbent riff and suddenly I’m back to early Necromantia circa Scarlet Evil Witching Black; great driving black metal with weird electronic… Continue Reading →
Hailing from the frozen tundra and icy rugby league pitches of Kingston Upon Hull, burst forth a melting pot of downturned, jagged riffs and flared jean flapping in the form of Battalions, who return with this their fourth album following… Continue Reading →
When the esteemed editor of the site you are currently reading told me I was to receive an album by a “True Norwegian” band where each track was laden with demonic imagery and anti-religious bile I was worried that I… Continue Reading →
After having listened to Hope Springs Infernal, the first track on Gospelheim’s debut album Ritual & Repetition, I thought I had the band all figured out. Here was yet another goth rock project, playing very appealing music, music I liked… Continue Reading →
‘Ex Est’ is the sophomoric full length album from Dutch Drone/Doom Metal quartet Ggu:ll, a band who take inspiration from the horrors of life and the inevitability of death. For this offering the band collaborated for the first time with… Continue Reading →
Avatarium’s musical journey is on the surface a slightly unusual one, given where they started to where they are now. Originally, they were another Leif Edling (of Candlemass fame of course) side project, bearing all the traits you would expect,… Continue Reading →
Popular opinion states that “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”; did you know that the full quote from Oscar Wilde is in fact “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness”? Well, for once… Continue Reading →
Formed last year by multi-instrumentalist Niklas Holm, this is mid-paced metal, which I would loosely term “epic”. The music was born out of the love for music such as Hammerheart era Bathory, Manilla Road and US band Warlord. What is… Continue Reading →
This quartet out of Philly have taken a considerable amount of time perfecting their craft as this, their debut full-length comes a full five years after the ‘Pulsing Dark Absorptions’ of its previous EP. With no less than three members… Continue Reading →
New Doom Metal duo Pilgrim of Fire have unveiled a must experience new album and I got the chance to fire off some questions to Marc and Andi to see which Doom bands make them tick, how they came together… Continue Reading →
I saw Inhalo recently at ProgPower Europe where they played the songs on this album. The performance and music were impressive. This of course does not automatically mean that the associated album is impressive as it does sometimes happen that… Continue Reading →
French hardcore band Birds in Row have been around for a little while now, and their new album Gris Klein, really shows it. The instrumentation feels tight, and is the kind of sound only veterans of the genre can produce…. Continue Reading →