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In recent years, Iceland has become a veritable cauldron of seething black metal, reliably spewing forth some of the most claustrophobic and vicious bands around. The latest of these is Helfró, whose eponymous debut launches straight into the uncompromising ‘Afeitrun’…. Continue Reading →
‘I Speak the Truth…’ is Dutch one man band Gnaw Their Tongues’ 14th full length album – that’s a release for almost every year since its inception. Stemming from black metal roots, Mories has pushed the envelope with every opus,… Continue Reading →
I’ve been busy ticking off some much-needed classics from my record collection, Priest, Alice Cooper, AC/DC, etc. Not to mention my current lust for shameful Prog, in the vein of Marillion namely and perhaps less embarrassingly Pink Floyd. Aside from… Continue Reading →
There seems to be quite a few Death n Roll releases recently springing from combinations of bands. Odd, must be something in the water 27 years after Entombed released the Blueprint “Wolverine Blues”. Hot on the leather bound heels of… Continue Reading →
With two albums, an EP and demo already out this New Zealand act has been picked by Osmose for this EP of incendiary blackened malice that begins with ‘Mass Graves’. Capturing the essence of old school blackness the guitar sound… Continue Reading →
Defying traditional genre conventions and carving out their own niche over the past two decades, the unveiling of a new Ulcerate album has become somewhat of a “big thing”. This time round, they’ve taken a step back from the abyssal… Continue Reading →
Translating to ‘Handed Over To The Worms’ this debut full length by Dutch black metallers Bezwering is a fine addition to this year’s seething black metal cauldron. Formed like a phoenix rising from the ashes out the now defunct Wederganger… Continue Reading →
Sometimes lack of patience can be a good thing despite what your mum told you. Matt Willcock and Sam Bean of The Berzerker and Dave Haley the drummer for Psycroptic decided to fill the gap between their main bands releases… Continue Reading →
While this may not be as amusing as I’m making it out to be, I think this album is ahead of the curve. This is not just because it was recorded between 2017 and 2019, but… Drums and guitars were… Continue Reading →
There is something warming and exciting about the opening few chords of ‘Body of Light’. There is a feel of eastern mysticism and then the actual metal riffing begins. Boom, you are then drawn into a heavy metal trance with… Continue Reading →
The world has got one hall of a lot bigger and the furthest we can travel is where the music takes us at the moment and this time round it’s off to Denver Colorado. If that gives you visions of… Continue Reading →
I used to find it hard to not take bands seriously. I mean obviously I was used and wise to the black humour of Slam and equally so that was part of the genres appeal for me. Yet when the… Continue Reading →