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Pencey Sloe – Neglect (Prophecy)

Well, this is ‘nice’ and that makes a change as it’s not a word that we use that often around these here parts. If you are looking for an album to while away a summer afternoon, lying on back in… Continue Reading →

Temple of Worms – Liber De Morbis (Great Dane Records)

French crew Temple of Worms hail from that bastion of all things death metal, that being – of course – um…Lyon. Still, while that region may not be best known for extreme metal, this is that band’s first full length… Continue Reading →

Hats Barn – Y.a.HW.e.H (Osmose)

After having just covered the lunacy of Horns and Hooves for another publication here comes another bunch of mad hatters, well and truly on the lunatic side of black metal. Having been active since 2005 one has to first address… Continue Reading →

Sacral Night – Le Diadème d’Argent (No Remorse Records)

This is the second album from this French band, who quote stylistic elements of King Diamond, In Solitude, Dissection and Tribulation in their work. I didn’t know the band and wasn’t expecting the expansive prog-power metal that I heard on… Continue Reading →

Esoctrilihum – Consecration Of The Spiritüs Flesh (I, Voidhanger)

A regular inducer of chaos befitting of Nyarlathotep itself, Esoctrilihum is well known to some of the writers of the more extreme works of this site, having been covered no less than six times previously. We are well aware of… Continue Reading →

The Algorithm – Data Renaissance (FiXT)

Our dark metallic synthwave friend who leads The Algorithm is back with his fifth album. I’m actually better acquainted with their live shows than their recorded albums, of which I own just “Brute Force” (2016), and even though it’s 5… Continue Reading →

Gronibard – Regarde Les Hommes Sucer (Season Of Mist)

Quite a few years back I never really registered Grind, or at least subgenres of Grind like Porno, Gore and Noise as music I would enjoy. I don’t really know why, I mean I loved the comedy element of Slam,… Continue Reading →

Blut Aus Nord – Disharmonium: Undreamable Abysses (Debemur Morti)

As the anniversary of their third decade of existence draws closer, this French pioneering outfit show little signing of slowing down. Indeed, it’s astonishing to realise that it’s also been almost twenty years since the release of the influential and… Continue Reading →

Spheric Universe Experience – Back Home (UPRISING! Records)

I am old enough to remember that “Back Home”, the title of this album, was the title of the 1970 England football team’s song. There ends the connection. Slightly more recently, it was in 2009 that I heard French progressive… Continue Reading →

Simulacre / Archvile King – Split (LADLO)

You can always rely on Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions to unearth new and interesting bands from France and here we have just that, with a CD taking in 2, 4 track EP’s released together on a split album. Although… Continue Reading →

Scorn -Winds Of Torment (Great Dane)

Scorn are a band from France who formed rather recently (2021) and seem to be wasting no time in getting into gear and putting their work out there. Primarily described as a Thrash metal act with some death metal influences,… Continue Reading →

Post-Mortem – Monumental Pandemonium (Great Dane Records)

I was very tempted to criticise this French band’s moniker because there are absolutely loads of metal acts with the name Post Mortem, whether written as Postmortem or Post Mortem but they are the only act I found that hyphenated… Continue Reading →

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