Tag Dimmu Borgir
The Vision Bleak released their fantastic debut 9 whole years ago in 2004! Well that was a shock – where does the time go? It was at the height of Gothic Metal and their dark theatrical ‘horror metal’ (as they… Continue Reading →
I used to play Stormlord’s 2004 album “The Gorgon Cult” a lot. For me it rode a little on the back of Dimmu Borgir’s symphonic black metal style but instead of having the ultra dark and satanic edge, this was… Continue Reading →
I’ve never been quite sure why companies and bands seem to hold such sway in rebranding. I mean, why would you spend a number of years building an identity, attracting fans and customers to that particular brand only to destroy… Continue Reading →
Not actually a new release in case you were wondering but Vaarwel recently got in touch and asked if I would be willing to go back in time and cover some of his earlier work, apparently the discs were on… Continue Reading →
A little history is in order here so if you just want the album review skip to paragraph two! Taiwan’s Chthonic seem to get on some Westerners’ wrong side. Some of it is the usual knuckledragging misogyny (they have the… Continue Reading →
This is the third full length studio album for German’s Bloodwork, a band who from my first listen are clearly indebted to the likes of modern day Soilwork. Hmm, modern melodic metal? Hmmmmm. Forming in 2007, these guys have done… Continue Reading →
Canadians Necronomicon have been doing the rounds of the blackened death metal scene for quite some time now, in fact they formed back in 1988. ‘Rise of the Elder Ones’ is their fourth full length studio album, and continuing their… Continue Reading →
Furiously paced melodic death metal is an oversubscribed club these days but when it’s done with such panache the door is always open. Influenced by a host of bands, which mostly ran out of steam a few years ago, these… Continue Reading →
Apart from picking the cream of home grown talent who most countries outside the UK at first see the name and think “who,” Candlelight do a good job of pulling bands that are a bit on the obscure side from… Continue Reading →
Blåhø is not the noise one makes into a tissue when suffering a particularly bad cold but is actually the name of a mountain in the Trollheim range that this Norwegian band affiliate themselves with and apparently have members who… Continue Reading →
China. Not the place you immediately think of for heavy metal, let alone Black Metal. Unless of course you have already made the acquaintance of marvelous Chinese Mongolian pagan metal horde Tengger Cavalry. In which case, why not? History and… Continue Reading →
I’ve heard enough of Persefone to know that they don’t operate in half measures. I go back with them to “Core” (2006), their second album which exuded heavily complex patterns, which are clearly their trademark. So it was too with… Continue Reading →