Tag Belphegor
It’s the 10th anniversary of Incineration Festival in London today with many coming out to celebrate. Taking in 25 bands over 4 different venues, planning is essential as is a fair bit of running around and hoping everything would run… Continue Reading →
No shortage of stuff coming out of Australia at the moment and following hot on the heels of albums by Resin Tomb and Vipassi here we have another band Tanin’iver from Adelaide. During the last few nights I have also… Continue Reading →
While the surrounding Sheffield bars were full of Christmas parties, a select few headed to the Corporation for a celebration of blackened death metal and while the crowd remained modest, those that made the journey were treated to four bands… Continue Reading →
When I listened to the sample to Where Emptiness Is All, I was so intrigued I think I responded to the call out within 5 minutes. Now, over a month later, I’m still dragging my feet over concluding a review… Continue Reading →
From the Laibachan capital of Slovenia which is Ljubljana we have a hungry and relatively new death metal horde here. ‘Eldritch Anatomy’ is the debut album from this quartet who formed in 2020 and have just a demo and couple… Continue Reading →
Taking one look at the album title I expected it was going to be a case of “get thee to a nunnery” here. Then again it doesn’t take much for visions of novices gripped in ecstatically manic activity at alleged… Continue Reading →
My attempt to arrive for this gig at the insanely early door time of 6.15 was thwarted by the TransPennine traffic bedlam of a Thursday evening rush hour. I was keen to see the openers Greek melodic death metal… Continue Reading →
In the name of Satan, by all means hail, throw the horns at or praise the goat but don’t torment it and certainly never, ever think about molesting one. After all we have all seen what happens in films such… Continue Reading →
Nihilistic black metal and beating death: that seems to sum up the essence of this trio from Belgium. A suitably spooky and sinister atmosphere sets us on our way before the anticipated explosion and fire. The mastering is done by… Continue Reading →
Having ties to bigger bands can sometimes be a great thing, it might give your band the leg up they need, however it can also be a detriment if your music sucks. Rise To Remain spring to mind here, the… Continue Reading →
The music of Hate is the epitome of Polish death metal. Discuss. Having been around for 28 years, the warmongering isn’t over yet. “Auric Gates of Veles” is the band’s eleventh album. I think it’s the sustained contempt which is… Continue Reading →
Swedish black metallers Nekrokraft have just unleashed their first full-length album ‘Servants’…And it’s a mixed bag to be fair. Following on from the 2016 mini-album ‘Will o’ Wisp’, ‘Servants’ is equal parts black/thrash and symphonic metal, that unfortunately fails to… Continue Reading →