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Dragony. It’s a name leaving little to ponder about the musical direction of this Austrian Metal band. Hmm…could it be Brutal Death Metal? Post-Black Metal? Dark Ambient? Or maybe, just maybe, could it be…Symphonic Power Metal? You betcha flowing cape… Continue Reading →
My third trip to Manchester in five days is not something I usually do these days, primarily because driving to Manchester is generally a nightmare. However this trip on a Tuesday evening was less fraught as I arrived early to… Continue Reading →
I often ponder the madness of subgenres and micro genres in music. I love to discuss and argue them with my son in law George who also writes for Ave Noctum. A blastbeat paired with a sub drop in a… Continue Reading →
Greek thrashers Speedrush have been knocking about since 2005. The Athens wrecking crew aren’t high on output and “Division Mortality” is just their second full length release following on from 2017’s debut “Endless War”. Don’t let that distract you though;… Continue Reading →
Finnish flag-bearers Barathrum are certainly distinguished peers having been around since way back in 1991. Under the tutelage of founding member Demonos Sova they have been consistently knocking out a doomy take on blackness which has seen a vast array… Continue Reading →
Many purveyors of the dark art of black metal have evolved their sound over the years, incorporating keyboards and symphonics for example, and are now unrecognisable from the bands that the second wave spawned in the nineties. While this is… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2018 and from Rochester New York Undeath have certainly made a name for themselves in the Death Metal scene. I’ve always seen them in the same league as the likes of Gatecreeper, 200 Stab Wounds and Frozen Soul… Continue Reading →
This is the second album and second part of a trilogy from The Mist in the Mountains whose have found themselves being mentioned in the same breath as proponents of nature-inspired, epic black metal such as early Dimmu Borgir, Borknagar… Continue Reading →
It may have taken a decade or so but once you gained kvlt points for being able to pronounce and spell the name Dødheimsgard, don’t tell me you didn’t feel just a little bit smug? It’s back to the drawing… Continue Reading →
I’m sure we all have those bands where we just can’t understand why they haven’t ever really taken off and one such band for me is Corpsefucking Art. When I first found Brutal Death Metal these guys were always floating… Continue Reading →
Sørgelig, another Hellenic act whom the casual observer would not presume to be from the warmer stage of the European black metal amphitheatre. Nevertheless, said act has released a new studio album that contains enough influence from the band’s homeland… Continue Reading →
It’s no secret how much love I hold for this Athenian prog metal band. They were one of the first bands I covered whilst writing for this site back in 2014 and I have followed their career closely, covering each… Continue Reading →