Tag Enslaved
For the moment the obscure sounding Volgna-Gath come enshrouded in as much mystery as is lurking within the pea-soup fog billowing out of my window on this cold autumnal morning. They come armed with a devilish LaVeyan mission statement proclaiming… Continue Reading →
20 years and album number ten, the one thing that you have to say about Dark Tranquillity is that they are consistent. Reliable too and this is the very important thing to those of us who love this sort of… Continue Reading →
What is in a label? A genre label I mean, not a record label. I’ve heard so many arguments recently about the need to put a band’s music in a very clearly defined pigeon hole so that everyone can feel… Continue Reading →
Although I know the Manchester area, I don’t come from round there so I haven’t had the pleasure of encountering Acolyte. And listening to the dark and fiery “Alta”, their debut album, is a pleasure. The first thing to commend… Continue Reading →
So a lovely sold out show at the Underworld meant it was going to prove fun doing normal things like seeing the bands, getting to the bar and loo and as for taking photos. … Luckily this was a very… Continue Reading →
It’s interesting how far metal has come since the days of beer, long hair and jeans. I mean, most metal fans have had their guilty pleasures (I’ll resist the urge to list mine here) but in the old days your… Continue Reading →
This turned up rather than in digital format, presented in a lavish booklet with earthy water-coloured artwork and inside a booklet with some of the most gorgeous nature inspired paintings I have seen in many a moon. From here a… Continue Reading →
I find it intensely gratifying to listen to a bands entire discography whether they have three or 13 albums; at the time of writing I’m currently working through Sodom chronologically. I did just this with Germany’s Imperium Dekadenz whose four… Continue Reading →
Darkenhöld, although relative newcomers to the scene are no slouches when it comes to releasing material, already having 3 split albums and now two full length releases under their belts since their inception in 2008, bringing us to present day… Continue Reading →
Audrey Horne are an interesting band. With illustrious connections in the sphere of more extreme metal, this hard rock band from Bergen in Norway specialise in original and interesting songs. Thus was my experience of one live performance and the… Continue Reading →
It has been a busy year with seemingly more and more music being delivered, so much in fact it has been impossible to keep up with everything. The biggest problem is whittling it all down to just ten releases that… Continue Reading →
We had a rather good tribute to Emperor album earlier this year via Candlelight Records so one for Enslaved was also very welcome. The timing is good too as I am currently waiting for new album Riitiir to come through… Continue Reading →