Tag Finland
Controversial fact of the day: In my brain, good speed metal pisses all over thrash. Yeah you’re right: Another pointless bit of subdividing to conquer and probably untrue to boot. It’s just I feel it never gets the love it… Continue Reading →
Kaos Krew sounds to me like a bunch of New York guys with reversed baseball caps playing hardcore but this is nothing like that. “Corruption Rules This World” is hard rock with a nice cynical twist as you may gather… Continue Reading →
The cover image is of a wet city night. The scene of isolation could be the one we hear in this sextet of post rock pieces from this Finnish band. Actually, I didn’t think that “Prologue” was as gloomy as… Continue Reading →
‘Melodic’ is a curious word to those of us drawn to less-than-mainstream stuff. I mean pop your average Beyonce fan down in front of something by, say, Chthonic or Selfless as recently reviewed varying examples and they’ll just hear some… Continue Reading →
An altered state of consciousness, is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking beta wave state. There’s plenty of ways to achieve this, through sensory deprivation, psychotropic drugs or yoga, even by hiring the services of a… Continue Reading →
It’s uncanny. There seems to be SO many people who when asked about Children Of Bodom admit to liking their first 3, maybe they might include “Hate Crew Deathroll” too, but just about everyone I speak to in the Metal… Continue Reading →
Enshine is probably a name which is only familiar to those with ears glued to the underground. For everyone else, this is a Swedish/French ‘Melodic Doom’ collaboration whose debut was two long years in the making. The first aspect to… Continue Reading →
In common with the rest of humanity, I am not omniscient but I can research things. My initial reaction seeing “Nigredo Expulsion” was to think that this title was something like what Luis Suarez said to Patrice Evra that day…. Continue Reading →
A number of conversations regarding Amorphis over the past couple of years have brought up the same quite unusual fact, being that there are still people out there who miss the vocals of Pasi Koskinen. I don’t think many people… Continue Reading →
I’ve heard some excellent EPs over recent months and here’s another one. Forlorn Chambers is a young band from Finland that superbly brings together several styles that sounds like the work of some very inspired individuals. Death metal vocals, black… Continue Reading →
I looked up this band and found that they came into existence in 1994, since when they have released an EP and four demos, including this 15 minute one. Given their seniority as a band, it’s perhaps not surprising that… Continue Reading →
I have to admit I was quite surprised to realise that this is only the troll’s sixth studio album and they have not delivered anything for three years. It seems like only yesterday that we were clubbed over the head… Continue Reading →