Tag Century Media
A new band, debut album straight out on Century Media. When you realise that Predatory Void are part of that artistic Belgian collective The Church Of Ra, it all makes sense. Borne out of pandemic downtime Lennart Bossu of Amenra… Continue Reading →
Who can remember all the projects, side projects, musical genres and bands that Mat McNerney has been and is involved with? Not me. A bit of research was necessary to freshen up the memory. And there is quite a lot… Continue Reading →
It’s not often that you get caught off your guard and welcome the subsequent feeling. It’s not good in the sense of say getting caught off your guard by a lion whilst on safari in the Masai Mara Reserve in… Continue Reading →
Returning to the metal stage from their lonesome and windswept homeland of Varmland, Sweden, Tribulation are back with another piece of gothic metal that is vampiric in nature and has wholly abandoned all the death and blackened metal elements of… Continue Reading →
This is the US trio’s third album, along the way I have seen this band grow in stature considerably. During the pandemic, they released a multitude of 7-inch singles that were compiled into a CD release. Thus, ‘Outsider’ represents 8… Continue Reading →
It seems like a lifetime ago that I sat down to listen to Suicide Silence, and it happened to be at the behest of this esteemed closet of pain and boils that manifests itself as Ave Noctum, to sit in… Continue Reading →
Based on a short story written by bassist and vocalist Niilo Sevänen, “inspired” by the Torsåker witch trials in 17th century Sweden, this is the 9th album by the Finnish quintet and 4 years since their last offering. As is… Continue Reading →
Those of you who follow the murky sewerage world of underground death metal will probably be already familiar with Ohio act Sanguisugabogg whose name is an amalgamation of ‘sanguisuga’ which is Latin for leech and the UK slang word for… Continue Reading →
Can it really be twenty years since Lacuna Coil delivered their ground-breaking third full-length album “Comalies”? Well, obviously, yes it can because the band have decided to mark this anniversary with a reimagining of that iconic 2002 album, delivered by… Continue Reading →
The covers album…they’re strange things. For me they spark an interest, not just for the way a band covers a song but the actual song selection. Obvious classic tracks or a deeper cut? Stay true to the original or put… Continue Reading →
It is hard to believe that it has been 26 years since the melodic death overlords, Arch Enemy, burst onto the scene with the truly legendary ‘Black Earth’ and from that day on they have simply gone from strength to… Continue Reading →
Blimey it was way back in 2008 and ‘Southern Storm’ when I last reviewed a Krisiun album. It was the mid-era of the Brazilian trio I guess my interest really peeked even giving them an album of the year accolade… Continue Reading →