Tag France
On reviewing last album Apex Predator by French black metal act Otargos I moaned saying that “attempts at brooding and ritualistic numbers’ simply plod when all we really want them to do is what they do best, go for the… Continue Reading →
Hegemon have been around for a while now – two decades to be exact – shuffling around on the underground with a couple of half decent full-length releases before an album with Season of Mist in 2008. Contemptus Mundi also… Continue Reading →
Whenever I get French extreme metal bands to review my first thought is to throw away the rule book and await the twisted ingenuity that often comes with them. However this death metal project rests firmly on solid tested ground… Continue Reading →
What a great idea, get two of the most horrific outfits in existence and throw them together, double the horror! In the left corner and standing with their backs to us we have the mysterious Dragged Into Sunlight from various… Continue Reading →
Those of us who have been eager for the return of beautiful, melancholic heaviness of grunge can officially rejoice, as French Trio Appollonia’s fourth full length release Dull Parade is set to satisfy every last miserable bone in your body…. Continue Reading →
It’s good to see French horde The Negation back after dropping debut album Paths Of Obedience a couple of years ago. The grim atmospheres and solid war like battering of that particular album certainly hit a spot and impressed and… Continue Reading →
Well for a start you’ve got to love the title, don’t you? I mean, c’mon; statement of intent or what? Anyway, that aside, if like me you’ve come new and wide eyed to this French quartet of self-styled dope fiend… Continue Reading →
Upon listening to Véhémence for the first time, I quickly decided that the French band’s debut album would probably be like early Desaster. Well, I had just heard the opening track here – a full-on battleground of rage, mania and… Continue Reading →
It’s rough being a musician. Years of dedication, practice and sacrifice are reflected in short pieces of work upon which your skill, talent and worth are judged in mere seconds, often by someone who has little idea the hardship that… Continue Reading →
One no doubt unintended outcome of this work is that if you show photos of people in corpse-paint over a ten year period, there’s no ageing process. So before I started to listen to this French band’s historical collection, I… Continue Reading →
It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen an actual double album, but this hour and twenty-two minute double CD by French quintet Wheelfall came in a beautifully packaged digipak where the grey hues perfectly illustrate the sombre feeling contained… Continue Reading →
This album should have had me running to the hills screaming and trying to distance myself as far away from it as possible. Melted Space are a project that were originally formed by Pierre Le Pape of Wormfood and essentially… Continue Reading →