Tag Dissection
Out of the bunch of bands with this moniker the Swedish version is probably the most recognised having been around since the early 90s where they released a handful of demos but didn’t release a full length until ‘Burial Dimensions’… Continue Reading →
Is a necro(w)retch the sound made by someone who has consumed too much corpse-flesh? Possibly, as considering three different writers have tackled their albums in the past, none of them have surprisingly come back for seconds. These ghoulish Gaul’s have… Continue Reading →
A band which suggests succession to bands such as Anorexia Nervosa, Emperor, Dissection and others is of interest to me. Deathcode Society is such a band. This album promises “a musical journey through …. this gloomy maze where psychosis, murderous… Continue Reading →
Buddhist Black Metal from New England. OK the pvrists and troo believers have scattered. Now I can address the rest of you. Shunyata are a four-piece band from the USA – not to be mixed up with a Dutch stoner band of the same name. They may follow the beliefs… Continue Reading →
It’s only been just over a year since this black horde dropped second album Divinity’s Fall so it’s still nice and rotting in the memory. That doesn’t stop a highly enjoyable refresher course of it for purposes of compare and… Continue Reading →
It’s off to South America and Santiago Chile to be exact. Here we find dark practitioners Xalpen raising a blackened storm and invoking “undead magik of the Ancient Shamans, for the glory of the Dark Gods of Chaos!” There’s plenty… Continue Reading →
I will state here and now that this is a staggering album from start to finish, and now that you’ve read that you can go and check it out. However, I will expand on that bold statement as US act… Continue Reading →
‘Deriving from the cold forests of Sweden……’ states the press release, and that was enough for me to stop reading and put my hand up for the review, relishing the thought of some grim Scandinavian black metal. I should have… Continue Reading →
A second album from German chainsaw death metallers Nightbearer following on very nicely from their excellent debut full length ‘Tales Of Sorcery And Death’ released in 2019. Whether you would say there is a progression on their sophomore is down… Continue Reading →
This is the second album from this French band, who quote stylistic elements of King Diamond, In Solitude, Dissection and Tribulation in their work. I didn’t know the band and wasn’t expecting the expansive prog-power metal that I heard on… Continue Reading →
So Malphas is the name of a demon, I guessed it had some sort of relevance as there are a fair few bands sporting said moniker. None of them are from Sweden but one of them is Swiss and if… Continue Reading →
They may not be decorating the Sistine Chapel but there is no denying that Watain are artists of high regard and once you get over the slightly clunky album title there’s plenty of anticipation on what they are going to… Continue Reading →