Page 200 of 1003
Well, well, well, whoda thunkit? Once again the esteemed editor of this online zine you are reading has decided that what I need is yet more music hailing from the land of Sweden, and you know what, he’s damn right!… Continue Reading →
Engaging with the art of Dehn Sora (Vincent Petitjean), regardless if it’s art of the visual or sonic kind, means entering a parallel world, a place that is simultaneously prehistoric and dystopian. The images and soundscapes that the artist creates… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Svpremacist typify how black metal felt and sounded over three decades ago, their primal proto black annihilation has that dangerous feel, rancid, putrid riffing, a raucous production and savaging vocals are all at the core of this act, whose… Continue Reading →
I had this playing prior to reviewing pretty intensively over the Halloween weekend which is apt as these are songs that truly go bump in the night. Cult Italian act Abysmal Grief have been bringing the doom since 1996 and… Continue Reading →
Three albums in for Beast In Black and I reckon the whole Beast In Black vs Battle Beast thing can be easily laid to rest. Since guitarist Anton Kabanen left the Battle Beat ranks back in 2015, he took with… Continue Reading →
Although not a huge fan of themed and ‘gimmick’ music projects they do occasionally hit the right target and I had a big grin on my face the second Napoli Violenta hijacked my inbox. Much the same way as labelmates… Continue Reading →
“Crikey Ails! What we putting in the beer down the surf club. It’s all coming up post rock down under,” is exactly what Ray Meagher’s character Alf would have said if he was sent as many post rock albums by Birds Robe as I am. Well this time… Continue Reading →
It was a dark rainy night in Leeds and the rain was building momentum as I approached the dominating academy building on the Leeds skyline. I could see an enthusiastic crowd snaking round the structure, all complete with faded shirts,… Continue Reading →
It is hard not to talk about Ghost Bath without mentioning a couple of things that gave them some low level “notoriety”. First off, the China hoax – when the band released their debut “Funeral” on Chinese label Pest Productions in 2014 there was… Continue Reading →
In the name of Satan, by all means hail, throw the horns at or praise the goat but don’t torment it and certainly never, ever think about molesting one. After all we have all seen what happens in films such… Continue Reading →
Wow, where do I begin?! To say this is a complex album is a huge understatement but I mean that in a positive way as I thoroughly enjoyed getting to grips with the fifth full length from this Swiss extreme… Continue Reading →
Dark underground black metal is the offering from Dutch band Kaeck, whose second album this is, six years on from their debut “Stormkult”. The occult, black magic and rituals interest them. The style is old school. The riffage is deep… Continue Reading →