Tag Cynic
Easter Sunday had that all too familiar bittersweet “last day’ feeling, with a whole day of music to look forward to, but also the knowledge that “tomorrow” meant back to work and reality. Trying to shut that out of my… Continue Reading →
To me just the name The Zenith Passage sounds like the epitome of a prog band. This for certain is one part of it, as the band are known for constant movement and stylistic developments in a technical death metal… Continue Reading →
For the layman, Liturgy have been around since 2009, having released four previous albums of their own brand of “transcendental black metal”. Critique of the band varies from “aggressive and radical” (Pitchfork) to “chin-stroking dilettantes” (The Guardian). The press release… Continue Reading →
May 1993. Two young upstart Norwegian black metal bands share the limelight on a split release from Candlelight Records. Both subsequently follow very different musical ideologies and career paths, but grow to be equally influential and universally revered. Jumping forward… Continue Reading →
When it comes to technical death metal, there are few who match the Tasmanian devils Psycroptic. Hobart natives Dave Hayley and Joe Hayley founded the band in 1999 and from there, the four piece have put out stunning works of… Continue Reading →
I picked up on this Czech band in 2015 with their excellent ‘Denouncing The Holy Throne’ album, a truly hideous atramentous release with disturbing qualities within its dense death metal foundations. This third album continues in a similar vein and… Continue Reading →
Sometimes an album can totally alter your vision of music and shake your own personal taste. In 2014 Cynic’s Kindly Bent To Free Us had such an effect on me. Whilst I don’t think my musical taste will ever stop… Continue Reading →
If a band’s looking for a selling point, this is it “This is not elevator music”. That’s their words. They go on: “Trying to perform menial tasks while listening to this album will turn your brain into scrambled eggs”. This… Continue Reading →
Desolate is an appropriate adjective for beautiful landscapes of this bands Icelandic homeland but not for the technical dexterity within the obliterating ten tracks on this sophomore. All the bands members are part of other acts and that wealth of… Continue Reading →
This second album has taken some time to be unveiled since the bands excellent debut, ‘The Deep Longing For Annihilation’ released in 2017, but it has been worth the wait. Being picked up by the prolific German label should suggest… Continue Reading →
Quietly self-released back in August, this second album from the plucky Brit progsters has recently been picked up for re-release by legendary French label Listenable. Opener “Merceds Footsteps” showcases a melting pot of progressive metal influences in barely over two… Continue Reading →
This would appear to be the debut of the French technical death metal trio comprising of Eloi Nicod (Guitars, Composition), Mathieu Lefevre (Vocals) and Clement Denys (Drums). Their bio is pretty sparse of information, so I can’t really tell you… Continue Reading →