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One look at the cover art tells you immediately this is going to be one of those albums that will leave you puzzled after the first listen but will well and truly hit home on subsequent plays. As a one… Continue Reading →
Swedes Flagellant rose from the depths of deepest, darkest Umeå in 2007, quickly releasing a demo, then taking 3 years to put together their debut full length release ‘Monuments’ in 2010. There really isn’t a massive amount of information on… Continue Reading →
In a weird case of synchronicity, as I decided what reviews were next in line to go up and sat down to write this one up to join them, I noticed that one of this duo is also a member… Continue Reading →
I looked up this band and found that they came into existence in 1994, since when they have released an EP and four demos, including this 15 minute one. Given their seniority as a band, it’s perhaps not surprising that… Continue Reading →
I love an album that literally takes you on a trip, one that you press play on and have no choice but to be taken on a wild journey through the deranged mind of its composer. French band Pensees Nocturnes… Continue Reading →
I’m always up for a bit of avant-garde black metal, and this band seems to fit the bill nicely. I’ve not heard Way to End’s previous album “Desecrated Internal Journey” (2009) but reading reviews of it and listening to “Various… Continue Reading →
A totally new name to me, this French hybrid crew (I think it translates roughly as See How They Fall) introduce themselves with a brooding but unspectacular four minute Prelude before they kick off properly with Wanderer Of Eternity. It’s… Continue Reading →
I’ve heard enough of Persefone to know that they don’t operate in half measures. I go back with them to “Core” (2006), their second album which exuded heavily complex patterns, which are clearly their trademark. So it was too with… Continue Reading →
There’s always a party atmosphere with the approach of each Avantasia album. For fans of the group the list of contributors alone is enough to get the power-metal pulses racing and there’s no doubt the creative sum is normally turns… Continue Reading →
When I look into the home-grown extreme metal scene, which I do regularly, I see a mushrooming amount of talent ready to assault the planet with a multitude of very promising releases. This act from Belfast plays a mix of… Continue Reading →
Checking out both the support bands before the show I decided that they certainly warranted a look and further investigation rather than spending time hemmed in with the multitudes in the local pub. It meant that Hounds who had the… Continue Reading →
I have to admit I was quite surprised to realise that this is only the troll’s sixth studio album and they have not delivered anything for three years. It seems like only yesterday that we were clubbed over the head… Continue Reading →