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The prog wizard who really should need absolutely no introduction is back with (solo) album number four. Again it has cover art that is completely naff and leaves me thinking huh what on earth is that all about? (Later I… Continue Reading →
Zardens are a fairly new band from Belgium and this disc subtitled Promo 2012 is, I guess, aimed at looking at getting label attention as well as getting the group’s name out their for some live shows. Country of origin… Continue Reading →
Syn Ze Sase Tri are a Transylvanian band who feature ex-Negura Bunget man Corb (there’s a few to pick from these days) and this is their second full length, and their second with a seriously striking, vibrant warrior cover. Add… Continue Reading →
As if this was ever going to be rubbish. For my money the forerunners of the current proponents of UK Black Metal, Wodensthrone’s 2009 debut ‘Loss’ was something of a barnstormer, a sweeping, relentless, windswept attack of an album. Critics… Continue Reading →
The Wretched End started life in 2008 as a collaboration between Emperor/Zyklon’s Samoth, Cosmo of Mindgrinder and ex-Dark Funeral sticksman Nils Fjellström. Second full-length ‘Inroads’ is a very straightforward album, a mechanical mash-up of sharp and clinical blackened DM riffs… Continue Reading →
Album (re-release with bonus commentary cd) When I first heard the music of Isengard, the solo project of Darkthrone’s Fenriz, it was like enlightenment. I guess it was about 10 years ago. I was into Black Metal and had heard… Continue Reading →