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Soft Ffog – Soft Ffog (Is it Jazz? Records)

As Ave Noctum’s old git in residence and self-professed Thotch-head, when amongst the normal deliveries of satanic screams and unreadable band logos a hint of Prog arrives at the editor’s dungeon abode, and that’s just Prog, not Prog-Metal, it is… Continue Reading →

Decapitated – Cancer Culture (Nuclear Blast)

The years since their last album (2017s “Anticult”) haven’t been kind to Decapitated. False rape charges were brought against the band members whilst touring the USA in late 2017, COVID-19 interrupted their European tour with Beyond Creation in March 2020,… Continue Reading →

Sisyphean – Colours of Faith (Transcending Obscurity)

This is the second album from this Lithuanian band, following “Illusions of Eternity” in 2017. They describe their black metal as “dissonant”. Well that’s one word for it. I was surprised to hear a dark industrial electronic beat to begin,… Continue Reading →

Heruka – Memorie (Rude Awakening Records)

‘Wisdom Kings’ Heruka are back with a new album following a burst of activity that has seen them release 2 other studio full length’s an EP and a live album since 2018. I have stumbled around their somewhat philosophical work… Continue Reading →

Lord Belial – Rapture (Hammerheart)

Founding fathers of the Swedish melodic black metal scene Lord Belial have been active since right back in 1992. With a steady flow of material and some landmark albums all went well up to the release of 2018’s The Black… Continue Reading →

Sadistic Ritual – The Enigma, Boundless (Prosthetic Records)

Aside from the latest album by Canadian thrashers Tymo, ‘The Art Of A Maniac’, I have not heard a more incendiary thrash release in 2022, though I’m sure there are some. Even the latest Evil Invaders is a damp squib… Continue Reading →

Gronibard – Regarde Les Hommes Sucer (Season Of Mist)

Quite a few years back I never really registered Grind, or at least subgenres of Grind like Porno, Gore and Noise as music I would enjoy. I don’t really know why, I mean I loved the comedy element of Slam,… Continue Reading →

Interview – Lord Belial

A condensed version of this interview was published in Fistful Of Metal Magazine (available in all good newsagents). This is the full transcript in Q&A format celebrating the return of melodic Swedish BM forerunners Lord Belial and their first album in… Continue Reading →

Cave In – Heavy Pendulum (Relapse Records)

There are times where reviewing certain bands constitutes more than just an item on a to do list, where it is less ephemeral than it may often be. There are some bands, that transcend our corporeal existence, and stick like… Continue Reading →

Blut Aus Nord – Disharmonium: Undreamable Abysses (Debemur Morti)

As the anniversary of their third decade of existence draws closer, this French pioneering outfit show little signing of slowing down. Indeed, it’s astonishing to realise that it’s also been almost twenty years since the release of the influential and… Continue Reading →

Cadaveria – Emptiness (Time To Kill Records)

It’s been a long and life-changing road for Cadaveria since last album ‘Silence’ in 2014. In fact, ‘Emptiness’ is an album that we are very lucky to have today as the former Opera IX vocalist and self-monikered artist had a… Continue Reading →

Dim Lights – Starspire (Avantgarde / Sidereal)

This is the work of one V-Khaoz, known to me primarily through the truly excellent Druaden Forest which is why I leapt on it in the review basket. It is, however not his usual black metal meets dungeon synth or… Continue Reading →

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