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Carach Angren – Where the Corpses Sink Forever (Season of Mist)

No image of horror could ever be vivid enough for Carach Angren. You don’t just have people being executed at the stake. You get a personalised, close up view of the build-up, the date, the weather and the aftermath which… Continue Reading →

Sonata Arctica – Stones Grow Her Name (Nuclear Blast)

These Finnish power metallers formed in 1996 and called themselves  ‘Tricky Means, but in 1999 they changed to ‘Sonata Arctica’ with members such as Tony Kakkow also of Northern Kings, an 80s karaoke style band with Nightwish Bassist/Singer Marco Hietala…. Continue Reading →

Pagan Flame – Symbole de Vie et de Lumiere (Wolftyr)

My first task here was trying to decipher the band’s name as their logo makes it practically impossible. Their logo on the disc itself was a swirling struck by lightning sunwheel as far as I could guess and the spine… Continue Reading →

A Look ‘Inside’ – French Extremity Part Three

Trouble, not half! Another female director with a strong pedigree of films behind her is Claire Denis who is probably best known for her simmering and taboo busting pairing of two of France’s major cult stars in her Trouble Every… Continue Reading →

BirdEatsBaby – Feast Of Hammers (Self Released)

I’ve followed this quirky alt quartet since their debut album release landed on my doorstep back in 2009 and I straight away saw they had something special about them. It’s been good to see them progress through an EP and… Continue Reading →

El Doom &The Born Electric – Self-Titled (Rune Grammofon)

Ole Petter Andreassen is El Doom, Norwegian artist, producer and founding member of death n’ rollers The Cumshots and stoner poptarts Thulsa Doom, two wildly different-sounding bands. I must admit I was intrigued then, when his Born Electric project plopped… Continue Reading →

The Foreshadowing- Second World (Cyclone Empire)

The Foreshadowing’s 2007 album ‘Days of Nothing’ was a surprisingly good debut; poppy and polished yet saved from being a cheese-fest by its rich, brooding vocals and gloomy, wounded riffs. It had a certain sincerity about it that earned the… Continue Reading →

Lahmia – Into the Abyss (Bakerteam Records)

This is one of those albums where I found myself heading down the trail of “who does this sound like?”, as it rumbles on in its melodic heavy metal way. I realise that Lahmia are not a tribute band and… Continue Reading →

Paradise Lost – Tragic Idol (Century Media)

If ever a band has struggled to obtain the credit and plaudits they deserve, it’s Paradise Lost. With a career spanning almost 25 years and now 13 full length albums, the apathy with which they are often regarded is nothing… Continue Reading →

Nightmare – The Burden Of God (AFM)

So here I am in power metal territory again, France division this time. Still I have been known to really enjoy the genre too so what do I have, hmmm? Nightmare are another long running band with roots in’ the… Continue Reading →

Winter In Eden – Echoes Of Betrayal (Lycan Records)

We had a quick listen to a couple of tracks of this when we were offered it amongst the hundreds of download reviews we get pitched each month and thought “nah it’s a little too Eurovision,” for comfort. A while… Continue Reading →

Necrosadistic Goat Torture – Armageddon Shall Come (Drakkar)

It’s not the first time I have woken up after a night at a gig in London to find a Necrosadistic Goat Torture CD in my pocket and it probably won’t be the last. However this time it’s the bleaters… Continue Reading →

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