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The King is Blind – The Deficiencies of Man (Mordgrimm)

My introduction to The King is Blind was their ‘Bleeding the Ascension’ demo which the band very kindly gave away free on their bandcamp page a few months ago, and I was sucked in by their threatening rumble from the… Continue Reading →

Pandemonium – Devilri (Godz Ov War)

This is the Polish ‘Satanic dark metal’ Pandemonium from Poland, a long running band (formed in 1989) whose music I have become quite familiar with over my reviewing years. Although the last time I caught them it was a re-issue… Continue Reading →

Bunker 66 – Screaming Rock Believers (High Roller)

Well as ‘Seduce Me Tonight’, the first track of this gnarly little album, hit me with all the subtlety of being punched by the Anti-Nowhere League’s logo powered by a Celtic Frost riff my first thought was “Midnight”. It’s not… Continue Reading →

Provocator – Antikristus (Moribund)

The cover has a black and white drawing of a demon wielding a chainsaw. Before you even get to band name and title if that alone doesn’t help you narrow this down to sub-genre never mind genre then you’re probably… Continue Reading →

Godflesh – Decline & Fall (Avalanche Recordings)

Formed in Birmingham UK 1988 by Justin Broadrick and C.G. Green and innovators of industrial metal, Godflesh spawned some seminal records including six excellent albums before combusting in 2002 leaving a vacuum in their wake. Broadrick went on to carry… Continue Reading →

Vallenfyre – Splinters (Century Media)

Vallenfyre’s debut ‘A Fragile King’ was one of my favourite albums of the past few years, although I wondered whether it would be best left as a standalone body of work. The songs that comprised it were born through grief… Continue Reading →

Coltsblood – Into The Unfathomable Abyss (Candlelight)

The debut album by this dark, hybrid band Coltsblood begins with a terrifying black abyss of noise; of screams and a descent into some hell that I haven’t heard the like of since ‘Into The Crypt Of Rays’. ‘Beneath Black… Continue Reading →

Triptykon – Melana Chasmata (Century Media)

Triptykon are a band that should need no introduction, but for the uninitiated I will give you a brief summary. Triptykon was born from the ashes of the legendary extreme metal band Celtic Frost. After a long silence, Celtic Frost… Continue Reading →

Barbarian – Faith Extinguisher (Doomentia)

This Italian band by their own admission are obsessed with Celtic Frost and raw 80’s metal in general, even the PR spiel has you believing this, so it is justified? Whilst there are some similarities to the acclaimed Swiss band,… Continue Reading →

The Gathering – Always (Peaceville)

Well this is all a bit gutting! A quick bit of research before reviewing this has delivered one hell of an unexpected surprise and not an entirely good one. Firstly it appears the band snuck an album out completely under… Continue Reading →

Vampire – ST (Century Media)

These Swedes for me set the Live Evil Festival in London late last year alight with their death thrash black arsenal of nasty, often breakneck paced metal madness. Quickly becoming something of an underground sensation, it’s therefore quite surprising that… Continue Reading →

Another Destiny Project – Metodo Paranoico-Critico (SR)

Multi-instrumentalist Peter Pahor’s musical vision in very commendable indeed. He wants his project (that’s Another Destiny Project to you and me…) to be free in every sense. Free from boundaries, industry interference, greed, vanity, commerce – totally, and genuinely free…. Continue Reading →

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