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Solace and Stable are self-proclaimed “progressive metalcore bruisers” from Kansas City. What I heard after a deliberate start was an explosion into brutal death growls with incongruous colourful technicality going on in the background. There’s a touch of Suspyre there,… Continue Reading →
There is more to this than mere music oh brethren, thee process is thee product and to get to the sound itself first we must embrace the ideology. So, Sabbath Assembly were formed in 2009 (and regrettably this scribe missed… Continue Reading →
Bullet. Is it really album number four? Their no frills heavy metal charm, all leather beer and armpit swear, has been entertaining the hell out of me since Heading To The Top so I was really pleased to get this… Continue Reading →
Ok, I’m going deep on this one and I realise for many of you Elvenking’s 7th album may not deserve this level of introspection, so bear with me. Mixing power metal and folk music leaves a band on the margins… Continue Reading →
Are you a glass half empty or half full sort of person? If half empty you might think that at 22 minutes long you are missing half an album here along with something else rather important. Ah yes vocals? If… Continue Reading →
Considering that No Return have had a career spanning over 20 years and 8 full length albums, I figured that the fact that I had not heard of them up until the point that this landed on my desk would… Continue Reading →
Indeed it is “a story that’s been told countless times before.” The origins of black metal as a musical art form are always going to stir interest from those both within and outside the scene. One wonders if centuries down… Continue Reading →
I enjoyed the last Grisâtre release L’idée de Dieu which also came out on Dusktone. It was my first encounter with Rokkr the individual behind the project from France despite the fact he had been active on the demo front… Continue Reading →
Endurance; “Out of that scene we came up in, there aren’t many bands that are still together. Endast stuck it out, and my life is better because of it.” Eight years in and on the verge of releasing their fourth… Continue Reading →
There are some tracks designed for opening all the windows, cranking up the volume and waiting expectantly for someone to come round to your house* (*flat / cardboard box – delete as appropriate) and thank you for introducing them to… Continue Reading →
Floridian death metal pioneers, Obituary, are gearing up to tackle their first headlining tour of North America in three years, before heading overseas for a European headlining trek. The exact set list that the band will be bestowing upon its… Continue Reading →
Ayloss, the man behind Spectral Lore, resides in Athens, but his latest effort sounds far removed from the traditional traits of Greek black metal, drawing instead upon a dense and dynamic Eastern-European aesthetic merged with a heavy dose of Nordic… Continue Reading →