Tag France
These Frenchmen known as Solekahn have been on quite a long hiatus since their 2004 debut album ‘The Great Divider’ hit planet Earth. For at least six of the last few years in fact, the band has been perfecting material… Continue Reading →
I’d never heard of grind hardcore n roll before. This is the genre attributed to Anorak, who have been around since 2005. I suppose what they’re saying is that there’s a fusion of styles. What I detected to start with… Continue Reading →
Everything points to a desolate and devastating black metal experience: a grey/black sleeve, a face-painted and anguished-looking individual called Nahash who provides all the instrumental and vocal input, images of suffering. The lyrics are equally devastating: “I feel the coldness… Continue Reading →
How time flies when you’re contemplating the infinite nature of cosmic existence. It’s less than a year since I reviewed Monolithe’s last album for this very website and, in a sub-genre not generally known for rushing things, that level of… Continue Reading →
I expected nothing less than twelve monstrously dark electronic metal tracks from this band, who could broadly be seen as a French equivalent of Wumpscut. Maybe they are, maybe they’re not that but they do have a cult status and… Continue Reading →
This seven track work is split into three sections: Flame, Richard-Horizon-Robot and Captain Blood. There is a clue in this apparent eccentricity. I realised quickly that an open mind is needed for this album by Aeris from France. It’s like… Continue Reading →
When someone said to me `Dune influenced death metal’ I leapt at the chance to give this a listen. Call me strange if you like, but I enjoy metal albums with overblown fantasy concepts. With a lavish sci-fi cover, and… Continue Reading →
Being France’s best known thrash band is a bit like being Britain’s best known competitive camel jockey; presumably one exists, but nobody outside of a select few know about it. While it is true that No Return are better known… Continue Reading →
Through dark and tortured black metal, this four track ep deals with gnosis, sin and chaos. Well, this is France. What a lovely picture the duo that is Rotten Liver paint. Actually it’s all rather jolly as the first track… Continue Reading →
No, nothing to do with that Norwegian chap who had a big pointy nose and ears. This is Mortis Mutilati, a French one-man melodic ‘funeral black metal band’. With a couple of demos, a split, and an exclusive tape-only debut… Continue Reading →
Eibon’s last album ‘Entering Darkness’ really lived up to its name. The French band delivered a stark, sludgy, doom-etched morass of war hewn grimness that was monochromatic right down to its chilling artwork. The first thing I noticed about the… Continue Reading →
As the name suggests, Lonewolf owe plenty in style to original German Pirateers Running Wild (‘Lonewolf’ being one of RW’s better known tracks of course), which I have to admit is an area of Power Metal that I’m quite partial… Continue Reading →