Tag EP
This is a debut release from Finland (there are other bands of the band name), that’s raw and heralds the early North East England NWoBHM scene in approach and production. Take a pinch of Avenger (perhaps a nod to the… Continue Reading →
Metaphorical cards on the table, Ipswich’s A.W.A.P. (Ant Walking Alligator People – a noun given to the survivors of the Hiroshima atomic blast) feature someone I know very, very well. And when I say I know them well, A.W.A.P. vocalist… Continue Reading →
International death metal outfit (UK, Germany, Netherlands) have released two previous full lengths of horror based metal but this here short sharp EP I guess is a happy little Halloween film tie in which I got to a little late…. Continue Reading →
“Crikey Ails! What we putting in the beer down the surf club. It’s all coming up post rock down under,” is exactly what Ray Meagher’s character Alf would have said if he was sent as many post rock albums by Birds Robe as I am. Well this time… Continue Reading →
What a phenomenal band this Finnish outfit is. I admit I was late to their party with the coniferous crown already having been worn for a couple of albums and a slew of other releases since their coronation. ‘Uinuos syömein… Continue Reading →
A new name to me, but this German gang had a debut album out in 2019 and this five track EP is a follow up. It was described as thrash/groove metal. So of course it isn’t. Opener, the title song,… Continue Reading →
Well Ave Noctum were invited to review this by some weird toad worshipping cult. So, for some reason I ended up with it. Ribbit. Go figure. So, a two track twenty odd minute bit of toad worship huh? No, I… Continue Reading →
Enslaved surely can’t need any introduction. After 30 years of Norwegian ice and fire, many albums and stellar live shows, Viking warriors Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson are back with their band, this time with an ep. This is about… Continue Reading →
At the time of writing, I am not finding a huge amount of info about Spider God and this release*, indeed it is a web to be unravelled. This is UK based black metal and is described as raw and… Continue Reading →
Niklas Sundin returns once more with his vast array of musical ideas which finally see the light of day. Having previously covered both Mitochondrial Sun releases; the self titled debut and the intense ‘Sju pulsarer’, EP release, “Bodies And Gold”… Continue Reading →
So we all have those conversations where our mates go ‘you’ve heard X?’ and you reply with ‘I’ve heard of them’. Well today is one of those days for me, although I’m actually pretty sure I’ve seen this band supporting… Continue Reading →
Debut EP from this Spanish trio of death metallers. And all apparently done ‘under their own will without paying attention to any current underground/mass media trends or what nowadays is referred to as cult’. Which frankly is pretty much what… Continue Reading →