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As a late arrival at the Meshuggah table I find, at times, that I can be driven nuts by their overbearing attack and often flat, uneven grind. Their music may be bulging with slap-in-the-face aggression, something that is overwhelmingly exciting… Continue Reading →
Overkill have always been a thrash band that presents a no nonsense approach to their recorded output, ‘The Electric Age’ sits perfectly alongside their last release ‘Ironbound’ and also many a classic Overkill album like ‘Horroscope’, and even relatively recent… Continue Reading →
You don’t get more groundbreaking or influential in extreme music than Terrorizer. The band’s “World Downfall” still stands as a solid template for past, present and most likely future grind outfits that want to specialise in the genre. Face ripping… Continue Reading →
And whilst we’re on the subject of ‘not metal’… this is an interesting one. Les Discret’s affecting and pastoral 2010 debut ‘Septembre et Ses Dernières Pensées’ was generally considered to be ‘not metal’, as much by its creators than anyone… Continue Reading →
This 17 track re-mastered work is a re-release of early Darkthrone demos “Land of Frost” (1988), “A New Dimension” (1989), Thulcandra (1989) and Cromlech (1989), together with a couple of Norwegian TV live recordings and a 1999 track “God of… Continue Reading →
Formed in the harsh month of December back in 1991, Melodic death metal band ‘Immortal Souls’ were put together by Finnish brothers Esa and Aki Sarkioja. They recorded their first demo back in 1993 yet unfortunately it was never legitimately… Continue Reading →
Cadaveria ‘the singer’ first came to my attention on hearing the mystical and haunting black symphony that was Opera IX 1995 album ‘The Call Of The Wood.’ The somewhat pagan delights of that album fair sent a chill down my… Continue Reading →
It’s got to the point that I actually have zero expectations for a band who claim to be black metal but eschew any image. For every Wolves In The Throne Room there are a dozen post rock bands stealing the… Continue Reading →
20 years after their initial recording spree,US metal titans Sleepy Hollow are back with Bob Mitchell (ex-Attacker) in tow on vocals. I have listened to this album a number of times prior to writing down these thoughts, and also before… Continue Reading →