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I’m writing this on the 24th of February 2022, the day that Russia invaded Ukraine and began a war. A war in Europe, in the 21st century. If you had asked me only a week ago if war was a… Continue Reading →
Three years since the release of ‘Apoptosis’ and their 6th album, the band from Colorado state that this is the first time they have written everything as a band, rather than individually bringing songs for the others to play, and… Continue Reading →
Serious Black are back once again and for those who have read my previous coverage of their releases, you know that I consider this band a formidable force in the European metal scene. They have the history and pedigree of… Continue Reading →
German Symphonic Metal band Heaven’s Guard are relatively new to the scene. This is in fact their debut which was preceded by a couple of demos and a single over the past couple of years before being snapped up by… Continue Reading →
Everyone needs to take things slowly once in a while, even the speediest of musicians. Gathered among this sextet we have past and present members of bands such as Finntroll, Impaled Nazarene and Barathrum among many others, all bands not… Continue Reading →
Cobra The Impaler bring their own brand of metal from Ghent, Belgium. Mixing classic heavy metal tropes with elements of thrash and throwing in a ton of groove, there’s plenty to look forward to on their debut album, “Colossal Gods”…. Continue Reading →
We face a musical crisis in this world, and that crisis is atmospheric music, whether it be the ambient works of Brian Eno or the Post-Rock mastery of Godspeed You! Black Emperor it’s something which is a massive part of… Continue Reading →
Formed in Sweden in 2015, “The Sanctity Of Death” is the second full length release from Ultra Silvam. Their brand of black metal is altogether old school in delivery, with opening track “Dies Irae” introducing the listener to a quasi-melodic… Continue Reading →
‘Featuring members of Aborted, Solium Fatalis and Necronomichrist,’ this was never going to be a nice ride was it? Yep, knee deep into bludgeoning and brutal death metal I go. And straight in it is with barely time for cackled… Continue Reading →
Some eighteen months ago, should you care to peruse prior reviews on Ave Noctum, I was waxing lyrical on the undoubted virtues of Icelandic three piece Volcanova and their first album ‘Radical Waves’. Ah, eighteen months ago, the heady days… Continue Reading →
I see there is yet another upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre film imminent. Talk about getting as much blood out of a franchise as possible. Here (and there is a tenuous link), we move from the killing fields of rural Texas… Continue Reading →
Many claims are made about this third album from Brood of Hatred. In summary the expectation is of melodic, progressive metal with haunting atmospheres. Dark growls meet a dreamy yet heavy progressive style. “God over Demons” has a soaring and… Continue Reading →