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Neurosis – Honor Found In Decay (Neurot Recordings)

I think that most fair minded people would accept that, love or hate them or any point in between, Neurosis are through innovation and sheer knuckle splitting hard work rightly regarded as one of the true greats of extreme/underground music…. Continue Reading →

God Seed – I Begin (Indie Recordings)

“God Seed” is a track off Gorgoroth’s 2006 “Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloria” album. God Seed the band derive in part from Gorgoroth, comprising Gaahl and King ov Hell and other band members having associations with Trelldom, Grimfist and Dimmu Borgir…. Continue Reading →

Antropomorphia – Evangelivm Nekromantia (Metal Blade Records)

One of the primary conundrums affecting this Dutch death metal troupe as they approached their sophomore album must have been how to top their debut’s cover art. Sporting, as it did, a shot of a lady’s peach, there’s not really… Continue Reading →

Inborn Suffering – Wordless Hope (2006), Regression to Nothingness (2012) (Solitude Productions)

You’ve got to hand it to Solitude Productions. They’ve got a complete focus on all things doomy, and although their catalogue tends to be based around Eastern Europe, they do cast their net on a global scale. They’ve also got… Continue Reading →

Venomous Maximus – Beg Upon The Light (Occulture)

It is thy eve of Halloween and I sit here with a disc before me with witches cavorting on the front cover and a baphomet design around some sinister looking band players on the back. What form of horror could… Continue Reading →

Von – Satanic Blood (Von Records)

Oh Von. Von, Von, Von – never in the history of  black metal has so much been said about so few who have released so little. Two demos released in 1991 and 1992 has been the grand sum of their… Continue Reading →

Paul Fox Social Featuring Scabies & James – Ruislip Social Club 27/10/12

The area I live in is rich in musical heritage. As far as punk is concerned luminaries of the scene were often spotted wandering around visiting people such as Adam and his Ants,  Dave Vanian of The Damned,  Billy Idol… Continue Reading →

Down – Den Atelier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 27/10/12

Tonight marks Down’s Luxembourg debut, and unsurprisingly, it’s a sell-out. Then again, according to the modest tour shirts (whose dates are obscured by a giant red ‘SOLD OUT’ stamp), so is the whole tour. It came as a bit of… Continue Reading →

Bison B.C. – Lovelessness (Metal Blade)

A couple of years ago I reviewed Bison’s sophomore album for our legacy site Metal Team UK and was extremely impressed by the bands super heavy, super rich heavy metal that was inundated with reams of Sabbath like atmosphere. 2012… Continue Reading →

Void Paradigm – ST (Total Rust Music)

This extremely dark work comes from France and is the first release by this band. I don’t know all of the bands with whom Void Paradigm has links, but I do know Wormfood who some years back released an extremely… Continue Reading →

Silencer – The Great Bear (Vanity Music Group)

This is a concept album based around the Soviet/US space race in the 1950’s/60’s, Silencer are from Denver, Colorado in the United States and have been active since 1998. Whereas their early material is noted as being death/thrash, even power… Continue Reading →

The Sword – Apocryphon (Napalm)

Texan stoner metallers ‘The Sword’ were formed in 2003. After writing on his own for a while, Vocalist/Guitarist John decided to form a band with guitarist Kyle and Drummer Trivett. Their first demo was released in 2003 named ‘Age of… Continue Reading →

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