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This is a throne I have sat on before as previous album ‘Yearning’ and EP ‘Ferd’ found their way to me and caught my attention a few years ago. Aurvandil are a duo from Normandy France and take their name… Continue Reading →
I’m not sure you could get a better example of ‘orthodox black metal’ than this album by Spanish stalwarts Empty, on the Osmose label. And no that is not a criticism in the slightest. These guys have been around since… Continue Reading →
Reinvented electronic metal is the description I read about the music of this band from France. Essentially this is lively modern metal with tributes paid to Meshuggah, Textures and unsurprisingly Oestre’s compatriots Gojira and Hacride. Industrial noises, thunderous roars and… Continue Reading →
Forget In Flames, forget Arch Enemy, forget Dark Tranquillity. This EP from one-man project Putrified (also Swedish), drags us kicking and screaming right back to the slimy, maggot-infested inception of the whole Swedish Death Metal scene, or at least that… Continue Reading →
Hailing from France this death metal duo have only been around for about two years and this is their debut EP of filthy, retro lo-fi nastiness. Skelethal feature Jon Whiplash (drums / bass) and Gui Haunting (vocals / guitars) both… Continue Reading →
This is some authentic Scandinavian black metal here, which certainly harks back to bygone times and is reminiscent strongly in structure to the aesthetic developed by the 2nd wave of bands developing in the early 90’s. Fordarv are fairly new… Continue Reading →
Damn pandas, even when the females put on a vulgar display the males are often too nonchalant and indifferent, that’s why breeding them in captivity is such a difficult task! But this is no sexually explicit nature documentary. I am… Continue Reading →
From Portland Oregon they came. Laying down the sludgy groove like a JCB spreading tar. Lo and behold I did get stuck in their groove and gave in to the glorious muck. No struggle did I make just a constant… Continue Reading →
Those parts of continental Europe closer to the Arctic circle seem to have an ability to throw out class band after class band, particularly in the fields of hard rock and metal that are so close to my heart, and… Continue Reading →
Not to be confused with the Chilean death metal band of the same name, this Burning Flesh are a Swiss / French 5 piece and ‘New Chaos Order’, their second album is the follow up to 2010’s debut, ‘Unconscious Deformity’… Continue Reading →
There is something about Scandinavia which seems to breed brilliant bands, especially those who lean towards the styling’s of melodic death metal. Maybe it is something in the air or the water round that neck of the woods? “Shadows Of… Continue Reading →
Borknagar’s Oystein G. Bryn had some nice things to say about these Brazilian black metallers which, even if like me you have been underwhelmed by Borknagar’s output over the last decade or so, carries intrigue and weight in equal measures…. Continue Reading →