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If ever there was a grind super-group then Venomous Concept are it! Kevin Sharp, Dan Lilker, Shane Embury, Danny Herrera. These fella’s musical pedigrees are immense and, joining these heavy hitters on this, their third LP is John Cooke (Corrupt… Continue Reading →
Prog funeral doom? I guess it had to happen even in this most conservative and tectonic of genres – here with elements of keyboard abuser Jean Michel Jarre, those other serial French synth talents Air and black metal hook machine… Continue Reading →
It’s always nice to get the lyrics, which I did when receiving this cd. I opened the booklet to be greeted with “Stay alive, you must fit in to survive, you must battle when you’re right, you must GROW SOME… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I come across a release which feels like any lingering positivity and joy for life has been sucked out. The increasingly abundant crop of post-rock, post black metal bands such as Harakiri For The Sky, Fall of Efrafa and… Continue Reading →
The heavy metal fires stoked on the West Coast of the USA decades ago are being kept well lit it seems. LA’s Ancient Spell bring together the best of the early ‘80’s Californian thrash scene and doom it all up… Continue Reading →
Pete Woods (Editor) It’s been a real struggle just whittling this down to a mere 20 choices. Anyone that tells you that there has been no good music this year obviously is suffering from stupidity, serious wax in the ears… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2006, Sweden’s satanic death horde Degial gained much praise for their debut album, 2012’s ‘Death’s Striking Wings’. Their reputation for quality has been further solidified with a few stints supporting Watain, as well as having one of the… Continue Reading →
It certainly wasn’t in the hope of getting a suntan but during the groovy early 70’s quite a few Italian giallo directors decided to pop over to London and use it as the backdrop to their murder mystery stories. Examples… Continue Reading →
As my last review of 2015 this Belgian act has been around for a while and since their original hardcore/punk roots the band has evolved from those genres into something far more complex with this challenging and epically involved release…. Continue Reading →
…Four tracks of doom from Italy. All the tracks are instrumental, and the CD is wonderfully packaged in a Super Jewel Box no less, with some interesting artwork and pictures of the band. …The music however, is utter bollocks…I mean,… Continue Reading →
When I pulled this disc out of its packaging I was instantly bewitched by its cover-art. The image attributed to Francesco Menicocci is really rather stunning in its grotesquery and just had me staring at it for ages. Reminding me… Continue Reading →
As the end of 2015 looms so do the end of year lists as I tend to wait until the last minute before producing said lists on the off chance that something truly amazing comes my way and blows my… Continue Reading →