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I remember hearing this for the first time 20 years ago and immediately falling in love with “Sear Me MCMXCIII” and “Black God” and needing to get a copy of the album. Now back in South Africa in the late… Continue Reading →
Soul Remnants – I confess to being a bit ignorant of this Massachusetts 5 piece so when the CD landed on my mat I wasn’t sure what to expect…… what I didn’t expect was this absolute stonker of a record. … Continue Reading →
Well this is certainly something a bit different and most welcome it is too. French artist Netra already proved to us that he was an eclectic listening experience with his 2012 album ‘Sørbyen.’ Mixing all sorts of different textures that… Continue Reading →
On the face of it Benedictum have a lot going for them: In guitarist and main songwriter Pete Wells they have a really muscular musician with an ear for the big riff and no urge to be over flashy with… Continue Reading →
Sometimes it’s hard to really quantify how much a band can really screw things up for themselves…and sometimes they just make it really easy! Five years ago Human Fortress – a German Power Metal band with a decent following, released… Continue Reading →
The signs indicate that philosophy and dark external forces are a significant factor in this second album by Portuguese band Scarificare. In musical terms, this means black metal with suggestiveness. For me, the packaging outweighed the product here. “Ab Aeterno”… Continue Reading →
I missed my annual New Model Army live fix last year as they only played a handful of dates and skipped an end of year gig in London for the first time in ages, playing just one show in Nottingham…. Continue Reading →
Yes it is time for more songs against praise from that diabolic duo Paul Ledney and John Gelso. Innovators within the USBM scene the group’s overtly blasphemous output is equally revered and reviled and if you have encountered it before… Continue Reading →
For any one person to take it solely upon themselves to create music and get it heard is a victory for desire, dedication and sheer bloody-mindedness. Sure, eventually there is the potential for future help from management, a PR or… Continue Reading →
France’s Year of No Light are back with a fourth album of atmospheric drone, doom, post-metal or whatever you would like to call it. “Exploring boundless possibilities of unique transcendental expressions of sound” is one description. The key is in… Continue Reading →
Following up their 2012 début album ‘Uljas Uusi Maailma’ with the 4 track EP ‘Musta Aurinko Nousee’, Finnish quintet Kuolemanlaakso (Finnish for “Death Valley”) comprising of founder and guitarist/keyboardist and main songwriter Laakso (Chaosweaver), vocalist Kotamäki (Swallow the Sun, Barren… Continue Reading →
It’s late on a Monday night and The Underworld in Camden is packed to capacity. When they’re not crowdsurfing, cheering or chanting, this sea of metalheads are bouncing about like lunatics. Who cares that they may well have already seen… Continue Reading →