Tag EP
Opening track, ‘Ascension Towards The Promethean Fire’, begins with the bells tolling and then launches into raw demonic dirty black metal. It is calculated and measured and is as polished as it is maniacal and vile. The vocals from Lord… Continue Reading →
Four tracks of blended deathcore and death metal from Spanish act Wasting The Genesis who already have an EP and full length available. There is nothing here that makes you think WTG are different to a wealth of other deathcore… Continue Reading →
Culminating a musical gaze cast through the lens of Ingmar Bergman’s Faith Trilogy, the odd, eccentric and relatively obscure Spider God take his 1963 film The Silence as the narrative viewpoint here. We first joined this chronicle in the 2nd… Continue Reading →
Well this is Aesthetic Death so this EP is two tracks and around 25 minutes of music from this French progressive death/post metal band. Not a name I know but again, sometimes that’s good. Fresh ears. Track one, ‘Fanges’ is… Continue Reading →
Crystal Viper are a formidable force in the European Heavy metal scene. Their sound, a tight blend of traditional heavy metal, Euro Metal and NWOBHM has been refined over the years and the band has been highly consistent in terms… Continue Reading →
This German quintet have been around for a while releasing 4 albums prior to this, the last one ‘Nightmares Reign’ saw them on Century Media back in 2018. We also caught the band the year before supporting Mantar which seems… Continue Reading →
A new band, a new name. I ran into them live a short while back at Warhorns Late Winter Camp which was very enjoyable so I snapped at this when it came in. It is effectively their entire set too;… Continue Reading →
When it comes to Death/Doom there are really only two questions. Does it Doom? Does it Death? Luckily when Bilbao’s Hex are put to this particular Spanish inquisition the answer is a resounding YES on both counts. This E.P. is only three… Continue Reading →
Not to be confused with the German act also bearing this moniker, this long running and enduring Italian black metal band has been around for more than two decades and have probably never received the recognition they so richly and… Continue Reading →
Theandric are a three piece from Detroit, Michigan and they play a blend of Progressive Metal which is loaded with traditional metal influences and vibes. With such a compact line up, the power trio formula and progressive music works rather… Continue Reading →
Zwaard don’t do clarity. This band from the Netherlands do bleak black metal. Other than this information there is nothing. These three unnamed tracks tell us more. The first thing that is striking here is the sound. It’s old school… Continue Reading →
Whilst the unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine has led to carte blanche xenophobia in some circles, I believe that shunning all things Russian does nothing to bridge the divisions sown by so-called “leaders”. I hope that the citizens of… Continue Reading →