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The intro to this album is good, setting the scene for the opening title track which bursts into life with a good scathing riff. This Greek act has put out two albums previously and this one has a huge groove… Continue Reading →
There are some things here I would like to say but I’m going to leave to the end, so let’s make a deal. I won’t make any references to this band’s influences until at least the third paragraph of this… Continue Reading →
An interesting intro to the second album release from this Athens-based band gives a suggestion of something djenty-progressive with electro touches. Such intros can be indicative of what follows or meaningless. Here it’s indicative, at least for the following two… Continue Reading →
Promoted as an example of the New Wave of Swedish Death Metal, for me this album had a distinct old school air about it. With its intense driving force, death n roll covers it nicely. The band who deliver it… Continue Reading →
As a lady reads out a graphic description of a degenerating world, there’s a quiet build-up of post rock. It’s a familiar sound but the guitar ring has a sweetness in its echo. It’s gentle, and supported by delicate splatterings… Continue Reading →
From the progressive end of the impressive Greek black metal spectrum come Aenaon. This is their second album. With strong instrumentals and exaggerated swathes of darkness at the heart, “Extance” spends around an hour covering a lot of ground. To… Continue Reading →
The re-release of the 1998 ‘A Fallen Temple’ is my first review for 2014. This being the fourth SepticFlesh album, it contains re-recordings from their 1991 début EP ‘Temple of the Lost Race’, which are the harsher, simpler and more… Continue Reading →
Frenetic, psychologically challenging black metal is the greeting. I expected this, having reviewed Hail Spirit Noir’s previous bizarre work “Pneuma” (2012). Once again, ideas come at you from all angles. “Blood Guru” is exciting and colourful with its complex infrastructure…. Continue Reading →
Greek black metal may have played second fiddle to some of its Nordic counterparts over the years but there is no doubt these days it has proved itself to be as vibrant as any other country. Zemial – a brilliant… Continue Reading →
I’m not certain how many have noticed, but this is the third re-release this year by Season of Mist of the Septic Flesh back catalogue. Yes, there was a space in the name when the albums were originally released. ‘Ophidian… Continue Reading →
Amusingly enough, about a month ago I ripped all my Septic Flesh & SepticFlesh CD’s to MP3 & put the former on a disc which I’ve been listening to in the car since then. So maybe I’m little biased before… Continue Reading →
Acherontas help to form a phalanx of Greek black metal bands with a progressive purpose and a grim determination to expose us all to their black arts. Moving in the wake of ground-breaking countrymen Rotting Christ and Septicflesh, Acherontas forms… Continue Reading →