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A second festival in as many weeks (I was at Bloodstock the previous weekend) has been unheard of in the last 18 months giving me call to venture to the Lake District for a truly unique occasion set within the… Continue Reading →
It’s been over two years since I first listened to Sons of Alpha Centauri. That was on the quite formidable Buried Memories which was very much a game of two halves (well maybe three periods like in Ice Hockey). Side A saw… Continue Reading →
Heathen Rites formed in Sweden in 2018 and is the brainchild of Mikael Monks. Drawing inspiration from nature and ancient Nordic folklore, he has crafted an album steeped in tradition whilst drawing from the dark depths of classic doom metal…. Continue Reading →
The band name Dumal apparently is derived from Baudelaire’s “Les Fleurs du Mal” (The Flowers of Evil), which I failed to make any sense of while studying it many years ago. I realise most people won’t have this connection and… Continue Reading →
Here we have Metallers Enemy Inside releasing an album called “Seven”, so obviously this is their second album! No, really, it is their second album, though I must be honest, given the maturity and confidence exuded on this album, it… Continue Reading →
Hearing Fotocrime’s third full-length Heart Of Crime and having no background information on the project’s origin, you would never guess that Ryan Patterson, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer behind the project, is from Louisville, Kentucky. On first listen, the… Continue Reading →
It should come as no real surprise that these particular Sombre Figures reside largely in anonymity. All we have to go on is that they are Finnish and comprise of U on drums and S on everything else. Relatively new… Continue Reading →
A first listen to this band for me, though it would appear that the Swedish death metal crew have been about since 2006, with this being their third full length album. It would also appear that the lads have had… Continue Reading →
In Australia The Slow Death occurs as a result of listening to funeral doom. Many who practice this dangerous rite wander off into the outback never to be seen or heard of again. Indeed, there is reputedly an elephant’s graveyard… Continue Reading →
I couldn’t have imagined that I’d ever be writing about a touring guitarist for Russell Watson or Aled Jones but that’s what John Bailey is. This man has many strings to his bow, as it were, with an interest in… Continue Reading →
‘Colossus’ is the sophomore release by the California-based symphonic death/black metal band that was originally formed in 2016 as a solo project by multi-instrumentalist Kiera Pietrangelo, before the success of the debut in 2017 required a full line-up. While guitarist… Continue Reading →
Finland’s Hooded Menace return after 3 and a half years with their sixth full length release, and what a sound for sore ears it is. It is easy to see why these guys are held in such high esteem around… Continue Reading →