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I sense humour here but seeing a song titled “1939”, perhaps not. The theme of that one is fairly obvious, but this Czech modern metal band also cover online bullying and nuclear destruction. But before we get the idea that… Continue Reading →
First, I’d like to recognise what the band has done here. Often I’ll receive an album with a reference to an important but not universally known piece of history. The band might be lucky if I know of the events,… Continue Reading →
Let’s not beat about the bush here. When your album title sounds this much it should already be a Darkthrone album, it’s safe to say you’re wearing your influences on your suitably grim sleeve. To delve further into the known… Continue Reading →
First port of call before getting stuck in to the 2nd album from this Czech band was finding and reading the short novel they had “found their own meaning” within the pages of and interpreted it as narrative inspiration for… Continue Reading →
There seems to be a huge amount of new blood within the extreme metal scene and here are yet another bunch of upstarts plying a debut album after forming very recently. Perhaps it’s a pandemic thing. As far as Altars… Continue Reading →
Before I wore eyeliner. Before I wore upside down cross earrings to Scouts church parade. Before the skulls, the long hair, the leather jackets, the pretending to worship Satan and the various hair dye jobs, (no wonder I am bald) and… 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 →
Yes, the title has me worried, but any cynicism and derision which some reviewers could be accused of (OK, I’m not exactly excluding myself here either) should be banned for the rest of this review. Symphonity are deadly serious, and… Continue Reading →
It’s good to see Czech band Godless Truth back like an old friend. Some years ago I saw them play somewhere in North London, possibly supporting Vomit Remnants at that pub at Archway, and liked their brutal style so much… Continue Reading →
There’s nothing that will get you out of bed quicker than a lovely dollop of death metal on a Wednesday morning, but rather than provide a shining beacon of light into what can be best described as a shithole of… Continue Reading →
Inferno have been around a good while. This Czech Black Metal ensemble have been casting their spells since 1996 and Paradeigma is their eighth full length release. This album has as its muses a triumvirate of weighty tomes – “The Red Book” by Jung , “Time Reborn” by… Continue Reading →