Tag Germany
My first observation on this album is to compliment the artwork and packaging. Of course this doesn’t tell us that it’s a great album. The packaging is also a question of money as well as creativity, although this is self-released… Continue Reading →
The fatal flaw and the downfall: this is Hamartia. The epic Greek mythological tale of Tantalus is the story behind this album. Through 70 minutes of instrumental progressive music, Noorvik have the task of telling it. Having previously reviewed their… Continue Reading →
Thuringian folklorists Mosaic have a huge body of work although this is only their third studio album following on from ‘Secret Ambrosian Fire’ of 2019. Maybe due to displacement from lockdown but things have been handled slightly differently this time… Continue Reading →
More tea, vicar? No thanks, I prefer to listen to mid-tempo death metal in the vein of Bolt Thrower, Asphyx or Hail of Bullets thanks. Well, that’s what the PR sheet from FDA records promises me, and if the album… Continue Reading →
It’s all about self-extinction, transformation and starting again. Well, the album is, this being Blood Torrent’s third full release. Devotees of original black metal and 70s / 80s hard rock, the band bring in some of this with progressive touches…. Continue Reading →
This German quintet have been around for a while releasing 4 albums prior to this, the last one ‘Nightmares Reign’ saw them on Century Media back in 2018. We also caught the band the year before supporting Mantar which seems… Continue Reading →
I am guessing that this lot are fairly well known back in Germany where they hail from, certainly compared to us in the UK. Seems to be a bit of a buzz about their return after they split up in… Continue Reading →
This German death metal band has been around for nigh on three decades releasing eight albums alongside various splits and EPs. I picked up on this band back in the early 2000s and was suitably impressed to continue following their… Continue Reading →
German band Luzifer are a side project of thrashers Vulture, I’ve had the pleasure of purchasing their ‘Rise’ EP and ‘Black Knight’ 7 inch single, ‘Iron Shackles’ is their debut album. As time has progressed, Luzifer has. The band has… Continue Reading →
The plus point about instrumental bands is that they have to be vivid in order to create images in our mind in the absence of lyrical explanation. It wasn’t entirely helpful therefore to read that during the creation of this… Continue Reading →
That’ll teach me not to do my research. I was very taken with the debut album by WW1 obsessed blackened death metal band Kanonenfieber but neglected to dig and it appears Non Es Deus are the gent by the moniker… Continue Reading →
Creeping out of ancient crypts are 5 sinister, initialized figures from Germany here with a debut album of Vampyric BM. With just two demos previously to their name there’s a lot at “stake” as well as the scope for me… Continue Reading →