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One From The Vault: Thriller En Grym Film

Thriller also known as En Grym Film and They Call Her One Eye was directed by Swedish film maker Bo Arne Vibenius  back in 1973 and it pretty much can be seen as a predecessor for the likes of Last… Continue Reading →

Swallow The Sun – Emerald Forest & The Blackbird (Spinefarm)

Now on their fifth full-length album, Swallow The Sun have quickly become one of the most respectable names in Finnish doom, not to mention one of the most consistent acts around. In their twelve year career they have managed to… Continue Reading →

Septic Mind – The True Call (Solitude Productions)

Solitude are doing a pretty good job of trying to get the still mostly unknown Russian extreme metal scene out into the world, so it was nice when this and another album dropped in my lap. The difficult thing here… Continue Reading →

Blaze – Blaze (High Roller Records)

From Japan, this is a traditional heavy metal band and not to be confused with the other Blaze from Japan (or Mr Bayley) This album is something of a heavy metal classic, even though it has a current release date…. Continue Reading →

Diabulus In Musica – The Wanderer (Napalm)

Diabulus In Musica are a female fronted Spanish symphonic Metal band. Unusually for one of Napalm Records’ recent signings, they have no pretensions to wearing chainmail. Pretensions they do have in abundance, but involving flowing dresses, the supposed virtues of opera, and… Continue Reading →

Skepticism & Pantheist at St Giles In The Fields Church, London – 28/01/12

The last gig I attended in a church so I recall was when I sang in my junior school choir. Yes, houses of worship are not places I usually frequent and I never thought I would be seeing a band… Continue Reading →

Sigh – In Somniphobia

Artist: Sigh Title: In Somniphobia Type: Album Label Candlelight It’s always a great pleasure to be confronted with a new Sigh album but the Japanese maestros do make us work for it by twisting any preconceived notions around and turning… Continue Reading →

Terrorizer – Hordes Of Zombies

Artist: Terrorizer Title: Hordes Of Zombies Type: Album Label: Season Of Mist Records As with any outfit that released an album that was arguably a defining moment in a metal genre and then released nothing else the question begs as… Continue Reading →

Deus Mortem – Darknessence

Artist: Deus Mortem Title: Darknessence Type: EP Label: Witching Hour For once it’s not going to be the longest of reviews and the reason for that is simple. We have a band with their first release and it is a… Continue Reading →

Mare Infinitum – Sea of Infinity

Artist: Mare Infinitum Title: Sea of  Infinity Type: Album Label: Solitude Productions From F. Dostoyevsky’s birth-town in the Russian Central District comes Mare Infinitum with a debut album entitled ‘Sea of Infinity’ – a rough translation of the band name,… Continue Reading →

Toundra – II

Artist: Toundra Title: II Type: Album Label: Aloud Music The sleeve artwork of this album suggests sophistication. The pattern is Japanese in its colour and shades. In fact Toundra are from Spain. Sophistication is indeed at the heart of their… Continue Reading →

Gone Til Winter – The First Season (Self Release)

Having reviewed a self-titled EP from this Manchester-based female fronted quintet via Casket back in 2009, I had a good idea what to expect. Now, when a band signs to Casket it always looks like a plea of desperation from… Continue Reading →

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