Tag Fellwarden
This is the debut album release from London based Epic Heavy Metal band who started with the very solid foundation of ‘Sacrifice Doth Call’ EP. With lyrics of valour and fighting through time and extension to basic Greek mythology. With… Continue Reading →
There have been moments in my cultural life that forever stand out as milestones; things that at the time changed the landscape of my interests and those of most of my friends. The 1984 debut novel by the brilliant David… Continue Reading →
The owls have been beaming their strange and disturbing smile at us now for five years and by chance, luck, or providence I have been with them since their debut album Desolation. I have seen this curiously monikered project of… Continue Reading →
Antidiluvian. Before the (biblical) flood. Curious. It’s always kinda hard delving deep into such naming without lyrics but just take a look at that cover art and your mind goes spinning off into all sorts of weird, elder god haunted… Continue Reading →
When is a three way split album not a three way split album? When two of the bands are the same one gent is when. This is an entirely instrumental album from, dare I say it, two masters of enthralling… Continue Reading →
A reviewer of my acquaintance, currently stricken with a dose of Covid-19, noted he really pitied the first band who send him a sub-par offering to review. The combination of lockdown, isolation and illness affects our spirit in different ways… Continue Reading →
And with a slow, ominous drumbeat, the lapping of restless waves and choral, almost Nordic voices Nre of And Now The Owls Are Smiling introduces his latest conjuring of isolation. As soon as the riff breaks loose on ‘Rejection’ you… Continue Reading →
This is nice. Getting sent an actual (turquoise) cassette to review. A four song each split between two black metal one-man projects about whom I know nothing. Oh, and the neat, nicely designed insert also includes lyrics. So, hats off… Continue Reading →
To say Fellwarden’s first release, Oathbearer, rarely strays from my playlist even after three years should tell you the esteem I hold this musical vision in. A project of The Watcher from lauded innovators Fen, with help from his Fen… Continue Reading →
I first encountered Scarborough based Ante-Inferno about two and a bit years ago at Warhorns. They really made an impression then with a no fuss appearance belying a raw and frighteningly intense stage presence. I got the idea but really… Continue Reading →
This one fell out into that shadow world of mid to late December but even having finally made their acquaintance in 2019 I wasn’t about to let Wolvencrown’s debut slip by uncommented. UKBM has so much to offer at the… Continue Reading →
Maintaining a level of prolificity that never feels rushed, Fen are named for the low-lying agricultural marshlands of East Anglia from whence they originally came and subsequently draw influence for their unique brand of progressive post-black metal. Forming in 2006… Continue Reading →