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Back in 2018 Aorlhac culminated their “windy” trilogy of releases with L’esprit des vents. Having only caught the tail end of this gust, to say I was blown away would not be an understatement. Now these French brigands move on… Continue Reading →
Hooray and huzzah! Why the celebrations you may well ask. Well, for once I have a decent excuse for not having heard of a band that the editor sends me to review as it is new as opposed to one… Continue Reading →
Diagonal, hail from the pebbly multicultural mecca of Brighton, which over the years has seemed to morph from just another seabound slide into retirement into a bubbling caldron of counterculture, expressionism and tolerance. I have spent many a lovely time… Continue Reading →
LLNN are a band whose growth in popularity has been equally as explosive as their signature sound. Encompassing all the best bits of hardcore, post rock and industrial, these innovative Danes won over crowds at Roadburn three years ago, while… Continue Reading →
This French blackened death metal band has failed to cross my radar on their previous three albums which span over a decade, with their last effort, ‘Ardens Fvror’, making waves during 2019. There is something incalculably menacing and hideous about… Continue Reading →
Some things in life can be relied upon, and the Finnish Black Metal scene is one of them, spawning a seemingly endless supply of bands ready to scorch the world with their nasty, vitriolic outpourings. Solacide are one such band,… Continue Reading →
That is a lot of title in brackets eh especially for a band of few words. Arctic Sea Survivors are a quartet of Austrian instrumentalists named Survivor I through IV and these six tracks constitute their 2nd full length album, The Longest Dawn is… Continue Reading →
It is time to step into our musical Tardis and arrive pitched up in Russia in the 17th Century when the Orthodox Church saw a divide between the traditionalists resisting changes and progress believing them to be the work of… Continue Reading →
Originally formed under the moniker of Purgatory Unleashed, this French/USA collaboration changed names to Blightmass in 2019 and previously released a couple of demos and a split before bombarding the world with their debut, ‘Severed From Your Soul’, under the… Continue Reading →
As Finland has such a strong representation as it does in the black metal field, with bands such as Archgoat, Horna, Impaled Nazarene, Sargeist and Behexen to name but a few, I was expecting great things from Saturnian Mists latest… Continue Reading →
When at Night somehow try to tell us that their blend of melodic death metal and hardcore is part of their artistic expression. Something to do with their Weltanschauung (translating as “world view”), maybe? I just hoped that this less… Continue Reading →
Oo-la-la, this is a band whom I have followed from the start, to say this is their debut release is a great thing for me to realise. Following an EP, and a great split release with fellow countrymen Iron Slaught,… Continue Reading →