Tag Fallujah
A friend told me they thought that Fallujah had gone off the boil after “Dreamless” (2016). Well, I obviously didn’t think myself that after describing “Undying Light” (2019) as a “breathtaking experience of progressive heaviness”. What I hoped for here… Continue Reading →
Henrik Nygren’s Melodic death metal project Carchosa, from Malmö, Sweden is back once again with the second release ‘Realms’. The eponymous debut release was a respectable musical offering which had some fantastic compositional work and solid displays of musical prowess… Continue Reading →
The clue may be in the band name or the album or track titles, which have to do with higher places. Actually, thanks to the guitarist sending in a nice little bio, and a bit of wider research of my… Continue Reading →
There is something about the album artwork by Samuel Nelson that fixed me about this sophomore by this French band. I’ve stared at it and analysed a number of times and I’ve even got it as my computer desktop image,… Continue Reading →
This would appear to be the debut of the French technical death metal trio comprising of Eloi Nicod (Guitars, Composition), Mathieu Lefevre (Vocals) and Clement Denys (Drums). Their bio is pretty sparse of information, so I can’t really tell you… Continue Reading →
This is US tech metal band Abiotic’s first album since “Casuistry” in 2015. We’re promised “some classical and eastern style instrumentation, along with some progressive and jazzy elements.” Noteworthy is the number of contributors over the album, among them members… Continue Reading →
A few years ago I went on the Transformers ride at Universal Studios. What I remember is being shunted backwards, forwards and sideways, stopping and starting with explosions going on and instructions being boomed. The patterns of “The Möbius Strip”… Continue Reading →
Fallujah’s previous album “Dreamless” was just amazing, and I saw them put on a sterling performance at UK TechFest, so my hopes for “Undying Light” were high. Interestingly the band now talks of a “new era”. Well it might be… Continue Reading →
Bay Area metal bands conjure up a certain image. Bands like Death Angel and more recently Fallujah come to mind. What I heard of Aenimus’s second album release “Dreamcatcher” is more akin to Fallujah in its technicality and progressive edge…. Continue Reading →
After the brutalising five band tornado that hit the Rebellion Bar the previous night it was the turn of a different touring package to obliterate Manchester, as this four band bill was far more technical oriented than the bludgeoning I… Continue Reading →
Belarusian outfit Irreversible Mechanism first turned heads in 2014, snapped up by boutique label Blood Music within twelve hours of debut album “Infinite Fields” being quietly launched on Bandcamp. A quick round of PR and some cool looking physical releases… Continue Reading →
Exocrine’s debut album “Unreal Existence” was an intense no holds barred technically progressive metal affair, so it was good to learn that this quartet from Bordeaux have followed it up with another one. The band announce their intention without delay… Continue Reading →