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After a bit of research, I came across the description of this Icelandic band’s music as “raw black metal art”. Fiery, furious and extreme would be words I would add to capture this debut work. Naðra tear their way through… Continue Reading →
If you’re not familiar with Sweden’s own Witchcraft, you’d not need to be a modern day Sherlock Holmes to guess from their name there might well be a hint of Doom about their sound. Looking at my own music collection,… Continue Reading →
Sacramento, California has been the birthplace of some real influential bands and artists over the years which includes the likes of The Deftones, Will Haven and Tesla. Joining this list are Peace Killers, a raw sounding stoner rock four piece… Continue Reading →
If you can imagine fusing the ferocious technicality and sheer power of Nile with the talent and brilliance of J.R.R Tolkien then you pretty much have American four piece Khazaddum nailed. Yep that’s right, Middle Earth Death Metal is now… Continue Reading →
From Dust to Rust … my first encounter with Irish doomsters was their 2001 album “Dust”, after the band came to my attention on recommendation and I bought it. This one is now album number 6. Inevitable comparisons can be… Continue Reading →
I am ashamed to say that I always overlooked The Casualties. I think I used to see them as an American cartoon version of my fave homegrown bands. More fool me! These New Yorkers don’t give a fuck about the… Continue Reading →
What’s that all about? After a year of reviews dominated by European acts, many hailing from the home of the Viking hordes, the first two albums of 2016 I have to review come from Vancouver. Maybe the muse that seems… Continue Reading →
Norway isn’t a country you would predominantly associate with metal which wasn’t of the grim, kvlt and frostbitten variety, but thanks to bands like Lonely Kamel and Audrey Horne, this is slowly changing. El Caco (Spanish for Thief) join the… Continue Reading →
I’ve begun to think of German Power Metallers Brainstorm as the Sheepdogs of Metal. Look, bear with me – they are quick, powerful, energetic, reliable, resilient, occasionally unpredictable, but generally spending time with them is ultimately rewarding. See? OK, the… Continue Reading →
The last release I reviewed by this band ‘Undead in Leather’, is a fine effort and very much reigniting the UK scene with a hefty dirty approach akin to the old German thrash scene. On ‘Black Sacrament’ there is definitely… Continue Reading →
Formed in Brazil in 2010, Bode Preto – or Black Goat in their native Portuguese – have previously inflicted one EP and a full-length on the world. Given their origin and image, it would be easy to jump to the… Continue Reading →
I suspect I’ve got issues because I’m always wary of albums with nine three/four minute tracks and a thirteen minute track at the end. Seeing the band’s name being written back to front didn’t impress me either, but benefit of… Continue Reading →