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Taake, The 3rd Attempt, Orkan and Dominanz – London Underworld 9/10/15

Some call it Rocktober, I call it silly season. Apart from this sterling show London also has Ufomammut playing with Jex Thoth and Cruachan with Ereb Altor on tonight. Doubtless there are others on elsewhere too. Tough choices but short… Continue Reading →

Gorod – A Maze Of Recycled Creeds (Listenable)

When I read that French 5 piece, Gorod are often described as jazz / death metal I thought ‘oh ffs’. I mean I hate jazz, to me it sounds like all the musicians are trying to race each other to… Continue Reading →

No More Room In Hell – S/T (Morbid Generation)

Designed as a celebration of horror, No More Room In Hell is the brutal death metal brainchild of two fairly prominent UK musicians: vocalist Mark Gleed of Bristol gore merchants Amputated and multi-instrumentalist Anil Carrier of Binah and Towers Of… Continue Reading →

Atomwinter – Iron Flesh (Black Skull)

If you like your death metal to be of the punishingly doomy variety then look no further than German powerhouse Atomwinter’s second full length release Iron Flesh, a relentless and chaotic tour de force that will evoke the inner war… Continue Reading →

Deathcode Society – Eschatonizer (Osmose)

After a 6 year gap between the two track demo “Ite Missa Est” and their first full length, no-one could accuse Deathcode Society of rushing things. So was it worth the wait? When I first pressed play I thought that… Continue Reading →

Vreid – Sólverv (Indie)

I was always a great fan of Windir and when in unfortunate circumstances Vreid was formed out of their ashes, I followed them too. Vreid’s first album “Kraft” (2004) continued the Windir approach where fresh modern black metal found an… Continue Reading →

Varg – Rotkäppchen (Napalm)

This release has been designated as an EP but clocks in at 48 minutes and is the first release by this German band in three years. Decked out in red and black paint for their promo shots they have crafted… Continue Reading →

La Horde – Dystopie (Fantai’Zic)

Forming in Nancy, France back in 2011, La Horde are aiming to follow up on their decisive debut album “En passant par le Monde” which was released in 2012 to very mixed reviews, some praising the band as a breath… Continue Reading →

Christian Death – The Root Of All Evilution (Season Of Mist)

Unless you had caught them on tour over the last couple of years you may have thought that Christian Death were finally errr dead! Not in the slightest it would appear as Valor Kand, Maitri and Jason Frantz are finally… Continue Reading →

Dark Buddha Rising – Inversum (Neurot Recordings)

Dark Buddha Rising brew up a heady mix of influences that can’t fail to hook in a certain section of the metal community – as well as all those who regard the discovery of Nirvana’s darker side and smoking weed… Continue Reading →

Counting Days – Liberated Sounds (Mascot)

Counting Days is an interesting amalgam of UK hardcore bands TRC, Last Witness, Rough Hands and Heights. Not surprisingly then, “Liberated Sounds” comes out as an intense and frenzied work, where energy and noise levels are at a premium and… Continue Reading →

With The Dead – S/T (Rise Above)

Combining the talents of former members of doom metal giants Cathedral and Electric Wizard was always going to be a tantalising prospect. When Lee Dorrian, Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening convened a year ago to create the band With The… Continue Reading →

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