Tag France
Reading the back of the booklet that comes with the CD version of this new album is a real eye opener. In a frank and to the point statement, Morgue, a French Death/Grind band state that this album is everything… Continue Reading →
If you are looking for underground death metal from France it’s well worth keeping an eye on Great Dane Records who seem to be doggedly (sorry) unearthing no end of it at the moment. Atrocia are the latest example and… Continue Reading →
I had forgotten that I covered the last album by this French outfit ‘Summoning The Putrid’ a couple of years ago. That’s hardly surprising when you think of just how many “Irons” there are in the heavy metal fire; let’s… Continue Reading →
Bretagne based four piece Soulslicer formed in 2020 during the bleak days of Covid-19. Whilst under the constraints of global disease, the band used this time to create an album which could act like an alternate reality of sorts which… Continue Reading →
French hardcore band Birds in Row have been around for a little while now, and their new album Gris Klein, really shows it. The instrumentation feels tight, and is the kind of sound only veterans of the genre can produce…. Continue Reading →
Nomen est omen with Sang Froid from Nantes. Making good use of the infectious winter of 2019, these cold-blooded Frenchmen, composed of two members of Regard les hommes tomber and one member of The Veil, have created a decidedly un-sanguine… Continue Reading →
Active since 2006, despite title, this is actually the fifth album from French duo ACOD and their first for LADLO. They are described as playing black and death metal and I noted that that Jérome of the highly regarded Celestia… Continue Reading →
I know that “lagu” means song in Malay. The “song” in this case comes from French band Caïnan Dawn who bring us meditative cold wave black metal music, tales of immersive vastness and infinite waves of the soul. It starts… Continue Reading →
Formed by the normal sounding Tedd back in 2007, Wyrms are we are informed, part of the Francophile medieval scene along with the likes of Véhémence, Griffon, Sühnopfer and Darkenhöld. Being a sucker for this sort of stuff mainly thanks… Continue Reading →
“Causa Sui” is this French band’s debut album. It took four years to make it. Ahasver, as well as being the name of the band, is the mythical immortal man. The only way to translate this in any way to… Continue Reading →
I’m sure it is quite well recognised that this French band has Clément Flandrois of Svart Crown heading it up. Indeed he has been at the helm since the bands inception in 2007 following which they have released a demo,… Continue Reading →
This is a debut EP from Miasmes who promise a bit of raw and dirty old school black metal. The fact that the lyrics are in French is immaterial as it’s a language that lends itself to black metal, not… Continue Reading →