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Tysondog – Midnight (From the Vaults)

After a 30-year break and resurgence in the live circuit 10-12 years ago, North East England’s NWoBHM legends Tysondog returned with their 2015 ‘Cry Havoc’ album. Fast forward and we have another album in the form of ‘Midnight’. “hoy your… Continue Reading →

Inferno Festival – Rockefeller and John Dee, Oslo Norway 17/4/22

Ah that bittersweet feeling of the last day of a festival. Still a whole day of great music and festivities to be had, but also that knowledge that this is the last day and then it is back to “real… Continue Reading →

Hocico – Hyper Violent (Out Of Line)

Mexican industrial duo (indusduo? ) have been releasing music together since 1993 – hell of a long time for these two cousins Erk Aicrag and Racso Agroyam to be around each other pounding out cyberdog style sounds. The guys have been pretty prolific over the years and this, album 13… Continue Reading →

Keops – Road To Perdition (Nocut Entertainment)

Although “Road To Perdition” is this Croatian Metal band’s third album, founding guitarist Bruno Mičetić seems to have spent the past five years rebuilding Keops into his own vision to become the snarling, unyielding beast it now is. This is… Continue Reading →

Inferno Festival – Rockefeller and John Dee, Oslo, Norway 16/4/22

There’s nothing better than waking up in the middle of a festival, still buzzing from the night before and looking forward to what is still to come, and that was exactly how I felt on the third day of Inferno…. Continue Reading →

Mirror – The Day Bastard Leaders Die (Cruz Del Sur Music)

Dear reader, let me take you back in time for a little lesson in Metal history. The year is 1980, and the scene is dominated by the young upstarts of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, and your humble… Continue Reading →

Candelabrum – Nocturnal Trance (Hells Headbangers)

Before humanity had electricity, darkness was a far grander and more frightening state than it is today, and its grandiosity was additionally enhanced by man’s imagination. The strength of darkness, unweakened by electricity, illuminated only by the flickering light of… Continue Reading →

Mosaic – Heimatspuk (Eisenwald)

Thuringian folklorists Mosaic have a huge body of work although this is only their third studio album following on from ‘Secret Ambrosian Fire’ of 2019. Maybe due to displacement from lockdown but things have been handled slightly differently this time… Continue Reading →

The Slumbering – Looking For Sorrow Within One’s Fear (Aesthetic Death)

The fact that I could not get the CD sent to play on my PC was a sign. This meant that I had to stick it in my CD player – you know like we used to in the old… Continue Reading →

Watain – The Agony And Ecstasy of Watain (Nuclear Blast)

They may not be decorating the Sistine Chapel but there is no denying that Watain are artists of high regard and once you get over the slightly clunky album title there’s plenty of anticipation on what they are going to… Continue Reading →

Somali Yacht Club – The Space (Season of Mist)

As I listen to The Space, I chastise myself for a streak of ridiculous disappointment. I am heading off to Desertfest this week to redeem a ticket I bought in 2020. One of the bands I was looking forward to… Continue Reading →

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