Tag Electric Wizard
When Ave Noctum’s dark overlord sent me this latest album by Castle to review I went into a bit of a panic. Checking the prior albums by the band I owned I found I had nothing since their rather excellent… Continue Reading →
When it comes to art, very little is new. Yes, occasionally a new bit of technology comes along to allow a brief semblance of uniqueness, but then everyone jumps on the bandwagon and what was fresh and sparkling quickly becomes… Continue Reading →
Tattooist and metal scene stalwart Tas Danazoglou returns with Friends of Hell for more trad metal/ doom dark shenanigans. This is the second opus by Friends of Hell and follows the self-titled debut in 2022. There has been a change… Continue Reading →
It’s very Electric Wizard, I could end the review here to be fair! This is the third album from Polish doom monoliths and whilst I say that at the start, there are some individual character that make this a balls… Continue Reading →
On first sight of the cover for ‘Ablanthanabla’ it is frankly impossible not to think Electric Wizard. The font is right, the name is halfway there, and the Branca Studio style artwork (hey, it may even be Branca for all… Continue Reading →
Chicago is the city that birthed electric blues but a group of young lads by the name of High Priest seem to have sought their inspirations from a different source who took those blues roots into far more ominous and… Continue Reading →
Required philosophical musing opening: In the modern world, does the concept of a ‘side project’ even mean what it used to? I mean the black metal scene is practically built on side projects, same with death, grind etc. So is… Continue Reading →
It can’t be easy for any band practicing dark rites in deepest Russia right now and apart from a look to check they are not preaching warmongering politics we have to give them a pass without any form of prejudice…. Continue Reading →
Ukrainian stoner prog trio, Stoned Jesus know more than most about overcoming adversity. With the obvious terrible circumstances in their homeland, the band nonetheless have managed to craft their fifth long player since their birth in 2009. The band have… Continue Reading →
Chileans are noted for their passion as a people. When it comes to heavy metal, the word passion isn’t enough…it seems an ecstasy; a way of life- a calling if you will. This is something that is consistent with our… Continue Reading →
Amon Acid haven’t been around that long. Starting life as a duo in 2018, founding members Briony Charvas and Sarantis Charvas have enlisted John Sutcliffe to create a power trio in the truest sense. “Cosmogony” finds the band continuing to… Continue Reading →
Dear reader, let me take you back in time for a little lesson in Metal history. The year is 1980, and the scene is dominated by the young upstarts of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, and your humble… Continue Reading →