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With each passing week, we seem to be assailed by yet more bands keen to celebrate the twin lodestones of Occultism/Satanism and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (or ‘NWOBHM’ to you and me). In Solitude, Blood Ceremony and… Continue Reading →
One of the good things about the ‘occult rock’ bandwagon had been the rise in profile of women in the slower arts. Not sure why that has happened but it’s welcome anyway as relief from the gothic waifs. New US… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed the last self titled and debut album from Saskatchewan doom bruisers Lavagoat so naturally when this new one popped through the door I was quick to claim it. The first thing that really strikes is the old… Continue Reading →
It has to be said that this is the first show that I have been to in quite some time where I find myself temporarily deaf the next morning. There is a fuzzy sound in my ears and everything sounds… Continue Reading →
Stangala are French on a Russian label and singing in Breton (which is kind of related to Welsh and other celtic languages). They are also patently barking and seem to enjoy nothing more than dressing up as monks and doing… Continue Reading →
Solitude are doing a pretty good job of trying to get the still mostly unknown Russian extreme metal scene out into the world, so it was nice when this and another album dropped in my lap. The difficult thing here… Continue Reading →