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Strange, avant-garde and very Polish. -S- from what I can find out are a duo Patyr (bass Vocals) and Grzegorz (Drums), they are joined by Paweł Szamburski on clarinet. Whether the two main musicians in -S- are also in other… Continue Reading →
As befits the debut release of a new act, there is precious little to find out about the band Rumours, beyond, according to the blurb, them being both “young and experienced”, and hailing from Germany. Even the link on their… Continue Reading →
This reviewing business is weird, I tell you. Every time I am about to press play on a new album, I feel a mixture of curiosity, excitement, reluctance and aversion. Every time, without fail. While the first two feelings are… Continue Reading →
Once you get past the somewhat corn(y)ea name of this young band from Aberdeen there are some interesting ideas on their debut 5 track EP. There’s not a huge lot to say about them other than what they have stated,… Continue Reading →
One look at the line up within this new Spanish technical death metal act and you see a wealth of experience honed to slaughterous surgical perfection within the bludgeoning realms of Arthropodal Humanicide, Ineffable Demise, Avgrunn and Fall Of Mankind… Continue Reading →
Okay, let’s address the elephant in the room. Ihsahn, of course, formed and fronted Norwegian black metal icons, Emperor. They need no further introduction. However, since 2006 Ihsahn has focussed his attention on his solo career, and although he teased… Continue Reading →
I’m not sure you can really characterise a seven-year hiatus as an “elapse” but I can forgive For Ruin, given that the Irish band were one of the very first that I reviewed many, many years ago. Essentially a project… Continue Reading →
Atræ Bilis are a Canadian quartet playing death metal infused with melody and mellowness to juxtapose the brutal technicality of their chosen genre. Hailing from Vancouver they have released their first EP which showcases what they are capable of. It… Continue Reading →
You’ve got to be pretty bold to set out and just go ‘Black Metal Opera’, I mean it sounds great to me and when you think of the likes of Dimmu Borgir or Totengeflüster you can see that sort of… Continue Reading →
God’s Bastard… Well, it sure doesn’t sound like the being in question was a planned child! And family relations must be pretty complicated… From the looks of things, anyway, it seems that a lot of bad feelings are being harbored…. Continue Reading →
Ipswich thrashers Elimination have charged back onto the UK Metal scene with a new line up for their latest release, the 6-track Ep “Of Gods And Beasts”, a release which features 3 studio recordings and 3 live tracks. For some… Continue Reading →
If you missed my last review of them, Garden Of Eyes is one of at least four projects that young UK one man metal machine Nattskog is producing. This is his very much old school, doom riddled filthy death metal… Continue Reading →