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The first thing that struck about this album was the fact that I was actually holding it in my hands. Second was the quality of the digipack box containing it. I guess I’m just getting nostalgic for tactile music, but… Continue Reading →
It’s a bit unfortunate but ailments and injuries have forced both Corrupt Moral Altar and Hang The Bastard off tonight’s bill and we wish them speedy recoveries. Stepping in at the nth hour are Diesel King, a name I have… Continue Reading →
Belgian black metallers Saille have been putting together quite a package over the past few years: nice image and album concepts, high quality playing and a sound that manages to weave its way through a convincing range of second wave… Continue Reading →
As it is literally chucking it down out the skies and I have been contemplating going out in it but feel somewhat trapped like one of the children in The Cat In The Hat, I felt the time is right… Continue Reading →
Soprano. For many it will conjure up images of James Gandolfini collecting his newspaper in suburban New Jersey. Or Dame Kiri Tikawana warbling over an introduction to a Rugby international. For me, the word evokes images of Bianca Castafiore the… Continue Reading →
Carcass – the legendary death metal band from Liverpool who need no introduction. Or do they? The band have undergone various mutations and shifts in their sound, and have almost always been right at the top of their game; from… Continue Reading →
If you dig deep enough amongst the swathes of generic, identikit black metal bands out there in the world, occasionally you come across a rare treat; a truly original band. These obscure, underground veterans from Northern Italy have been ploughing… Continue Reading →
Having had a digital promo copy of this album for quite a while now it was nice to get the diabolical CD from our editor at the recent Damnation Festival 2014 gig just so I can analyse the cover art… Continue Reading →
Booming voices and walls of sound abound in a pitch black atmosphere. This is the occult “bog of black and deathly fog” from Denmark’s Tongues. The four tracks of this EP darkly dredge the bottom of sludgy barrels. “Void Meditation”… Continue Reading →
Chances are you have never heard of this rather obscure Norwegian entity but if I told you their roots spread right back in time to the early 90’s when the black metal scene in the country started going all weird… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while – over six years – since Animus Mortis released their debut album ‘Atrabilis (Residues from Verb & Flesh)’ and much has changed within the black metal scene since then. Despite this, Animus Mortis’s music has always… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2004 as a metal influenced hardcore band, the Belgians of Resistance have gradually morphed their music from that genre to more of an extreme metal realm. Five albums in now, ‘The Seeds Within’ is described by the band’s… Continue Reading →