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Troldhaugen – idio+syncrasies (Bird’s Robe Records)

Anybody up for some ‘circus-metal-prog-folk-rock’? Well, I’m not sure we were and the other writers have gone out of their way to avoid this one like thee plague, but that is what we have got and it comes down to… Continue Reading →

Ichor – The Black Raven (Séance Records)

Some blood, a corvid, a hint of Bathory and Poe, some fire and blackened doom from this Australian band made up of past and present members of Nazxul, Nox Inferi, Nocturnes Mist and Pestilential Shadows. Following up 2018 album ‘God… Continue Reading →

Runespell – Verses In Regicide (Iron Bonehead Productions)

You can’t judge a book by its cover the old saying states, which is what I did to some degree with this fourth album by Runespell headed up by multi-instrumentalist Nightwolf. My expectations for a feral black metal release were… Continue Reading →

Dumbsaint – Panorama In Ten Pieces (Bird’s Robe Records)

Expansive. Immersive and indeed panoramic. If we are doing nutshell descriptions then that would be it.  Dumbsaint are an instrumental four piece from Sydney who create big, big soundscapes of what is known as post rock. Now “Panoram….” is not a new release. It was written… Continue Reading →

Pestilential Shadows – Revenant (Seance Records)

Pestilential Shadows have been hammering along since 2003 leaving six quality albums in their wake. The band are apparently part of something called Ordo Ater Anguis (also known as Order of the Black Serpent), a circle of like-minded “satanic” musicians… Continue Reading →

The Slow Death – Siege (Transcending Obscurity)

In Australia The Slow Death occurs as a result of listening to funeral doom. Many who practice this dangerous rite wander off into the outback never to be seen or heard of again. Indeed, there is reputedly an elephant’s graveyard… Continue Reading →

Lake Mungo – Joel Anderson (Second Sight)

Make no mistake the announcement of Lake Mungo getting the Second Sight treatment was met by a definite rallying cry around online movie groups with everyone who had seen it before stating what an excellent film it was. Critics had… Continue Reading →

Teramaze – Sorella Minore (Wells Music)

I last covered Australian Progressive metal four piece Teramaze back in 2015 when they released “Her Halo”, an impressive progressive metal album which managed to stand out alongside other notable progressive metal releases that year (Queensrÿche, Symphony X, The Great… Continue Reading →

Dumbsaint – Something You Will Feel Will Find Its Own Form (Bird’s Robe)

Dumbsaint is a band whose music is accompanied by film. Having just this album to listen to I didn’t get the benefit of that. But you can get five videos as a download with this hour-long instrumental post rock work…. Continue Reading →

Mushroom Giant – Painted Mantra (Bird’s Robe Records)

As I’ve typed for the benefit of visitors to this site before, if you are only interested in the most “brootal” of screamed metal vomited into a microphone by somebody with a face painted like a badger, click away right… Continue Reading →

Mish – Entheogen (Bird’s Robe Records)

I missed the initial release of this album in 2017 so as far as I’m concerned this is a new experience. Mish are from Australia and as a progressive metal band have shared the stage with sleepmakeswaves and We Lost… Continue Reading →

Plasmodium – Towers Of Silence (Transcending Obscurity Records)

Just when you think blackened death metal cannot become more hideous, more horrifying along comes this disturbing Australian act hailing from Melbourne. I took the time to listen to their debut, ‘Entheognosis’’ before plunging into the murky world of their… Continue Reading →

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