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Blue Oyster Cult? On Ave Noctum, home of all heavy, dark and nasty? That ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’ lot? Shurely shome mishtake…. Nope. Not in the slightest. To be blunt if you don’t get it take a look at your… Continue Reading →
Classic German thrash/speed metal for you here. Most should know of this band and they have a pretty well respected history. For this latest effort, only their fourth full length release, they have continued with more of the thrash style… Continue Reading →
Well this is a little strange. I have never heard of Hint, yet here I am reviewing a compilation of their rare and unreleased tracks that appears to span their career from 1993 to present (hence the title). This is not Hint… Continue Reading →
A bare and scarred torso, hand grasping a spear is the striking cover art confronting us on this album and the scars of the mind are the deeper sub-text. This band spanning membership in both Belgium and Russia narratively represent… Continue Reading →
Two tracks of over 20 minutes each in a post black metal style sounds like a weighty affair. This is the French band’s second album release. In the beginning it is atmospheric. After narrative by a sound-effected voice, we enter… Continue Reading →
‘Apocrypha’ opens with a smack to the face and a stripped back single key keyboard riff and then the band launches into the parade. This may not be Fear Factory, but it is loaded with similarities to Burton C Bells… Continue Reading →
Metal is full of hard-working individuals. Let’s face it most people who work in the industry probably seldom see a penny. Even artists whom we deem as pioneers most likely struggle to make a living or have day jobs to… Continue Reading →
Comprising of a duo under the monikers of P. and MK this German black metal act has released a couple of EPs and splits that have paved the way for this debut full length that has some of the most… Continue Reading →
Formed from the ashes of Nuclear Genocide, Oslo speed/thrash trio Evoke have been firing off their high octane 80’s inspired metal since 2016’s two demo’s ‘Souls Of The Night’ and ‘Rehellshall’. Now, stepping up once again, their debut full length… Continue Reading →
When my esteemed editor sent me the download for pan-American band Somnus Throne’s eponymous debut out of the blue, it was an act I’d never heard of. Bizarrely however, within minutes of that email arriving, the name suddenly started popping… Continue Reading →
Back when I was a nipper in the 90s…. Ok, just in my 30s…. I was exploring the odd world of what I like to think of as “post -Norwegian black metal weirdshit”. Elend, Monumentum, Mortiis era 1, Ahkenaton’s Divine… Continue Reading →
The calibre of personnel within the ranks of Sweden’s Trident amount to something of an underground super group to some extent boasting members or ex-members of acts such as Dissection, Lord Belial and Altar Of Sacrifice to name a few… Continue Reading →