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Reading the literature which comes with this album, if I understand it correctly, this is all about individuality, epitomised by “contemplation before the action … the prelude to the change and the final breath before delving into the unknown”. Mr… Continue Reading →
Nachtvorst (that would be Night Frost, I believe. As opposed to Nachtwurst which I read it as initially and wondered what the lyrical concerns could possibly be of a band called Night Sausage….) are a Dutch duo who apparently play… Continue Reading →
Nestling between ‘Ravishing Grimness and ‘Hate Them’ Darkthrone originally released their eighth studio album ‘Plaguewielder back in 2001 on Moonfog Productions. It is the latest reissue from Peaceville and comes with new artwork and a bonus disc of ‘director’s commentary… Continue Reading →
Some time ago now I was sent two albums by mysterious German surrealist black mentalist Martin Lang for his project Todesstoss. There certainly seemed to be a lot more beneath the music worth exploring and with that I was keen… Continue Reading →
If back in the early days as a fledging reviewer, when I was casting judgment on a very vicious disc of Swedish black metal by Armagedda ‘The Final War Approaching’ I had been told I would be covering one of… Continue Reading →
Yep, you read that right. Thirty damned years including a couple of minor ‘holidays’ due to splits and serious illness is how long Teutonic metal heads Holy Moses have been thrashing it up. Thirty. Yeah they were one of the… Continue Reading →
Well, this is intriguing stuff indeed. Very rarely do I venture into the world of experimental grind, but if this is what it has to offer, I am likely to be coming back for more. For a start, this two-piece… Continue Reading →
High On Fire don’t release soft albums, ‘De Vermis Mysteriis’ (translation: ‘The Mysteries of the Worm’) is the bands sixth studio release, and from the opening moments of the album, you are in for a heavy Sabbath/doom inspired metal monster…. Continue Reading →
Two bands from the Portland and Oakland areas of the USA both hit my radar with excellent debut albums last year. Alaric with their self titled album did things in a way that I would not have expected from an… Continue Reading →
Cult psychedelic acid folk music from the 1970s? My eyes popped out when I saw the name Comus. Surely this wasn’t the same Comus who contributed a dark and dreamy track “Song to Comus” on a 99p label sampler “The… Continue Reading →
As I mentioned in my review of [Coldstrain] on these pages, Russian black ambient sorcerers Karna are now no more. Despite this it appears that they managed to slip a final full length album ‘Circle Of Nav’ past me on… Continue Reading →
Talk of paranoid apocalyptic premonitions, dystopian nightmares and massive environmental destruction all point to a black post-metal remit, and this is what we get from the Norwegian band Lakei. The big chords, ponderous bass and thundersome heaviness recall earlier Cult… Continue Reading →