Tag Germany
This release has been designated as an EP but clocks in at 48 minutes and is the first release by this German band in three years. Decked out in red and black paint for their promo shots they have crafted… Continue Reading →
You have to admire a band that kicks off an album with a genre-defining epic that most other bands would have saved until the very last. The 13 minute pagan metal standard bearer – and add a couple of minutes… Continue Reading →
Seemingly out of nowhere, this mysterious German act (they don’t even have a Metal Archives page! Gasp!) have unleashed their debut album, carrying with it as it does a real sense of pedigree. The David Glomba artwork is arresting and… Continue Reading →
Oh Christ! Does the thought of a 6 song EP of Status Quo songs covered by a German thrash metal band appeal to you? What’s that you say? About as much as having your fingers slammed repeatedly in a car… Continue Reading →
Clanking post metal and echoing voices form part of a powerful production which characterises “Sol Devina”, the opening track of this album, and belies the fact that it is this German band’s debut album. Black psychedelic doom metal is what… Continue Reading →
Who says music can’t still have an aura of mystery about it in the internet age? You don’t just have to wear masks to have an air of intrigue about you either. Take Dolch for example. Not only do they… Continue Reading →
Ah yes Planks, I vaguely remember you from last album Funeral Mouth back in 2012 and looking back to the review made the puns about them having a wooden name and nailing things then. This will be the last time… Continue Reading →
Obsidian is the project and brainchild of German musician Sascha Pratnekar from Nürnberg. Originally beginning as a side project whilst he made his name in the Teutonic Death Metal scene, Sascha kept starting and stopping the project until he hit… Continue Reading →
When the band are called Deep Black and the opening track is called “Nephillim” you make certain presumptions. My Merciful Release tattoo starts to itch and I can taste the acrid sweetness of snakebite and black at the back of… Continue Reading →
Right – let’s get amongst it! Implore is a death / grind three piece from Germany. This is their debut LP and it’s fucking good! I could leave it there but the editor would not be too pleased. The band… Continue Reading →
German psychedelic rock n roll three piece from Freising, The Path Of Samsara like to keep their cards close to their chest. With a very helpful presser which simply read “Black Magic Rock and Roll from Germany”, the band can… Continue Reading →
As with their stunning debut album ‘The Call Of The Wretched Sea’ Ahab have taken literary inspiration for this album. Rather than Moby Dick this time around it’s William Hope Hodgeson’s 1907 novel which the album takes its title from…. Continue Reading →