Tag H.P. Lovecraft
I just picked this off the lists, not knowing the name, because of ‘cosmic’ ‘Lovecraft’ and ‘black/death’ plonked in the description if I’m honest. No previous knowledge of these Italians, but being let down too many times by other death… Continue Reading →
No denying I jumped on this when it came in. Been six years since the last Damnation’s Hammer album ‘Unseen Planets, Deadly Spheres’ and also that long since I last caught them live. So hopefully this album will help them… Continue Reading →
With members from Triptykon, Obscura, Dark Fortress and Obsidious all contributing, this is an interesting band and one which reflects their different styles. Progressive extreme metal is how it gets billed. In existence for 10 years, this is the band’s… Continue Reading →
“Eight eerily hypnotic death metal nightmares” is how the label describes this album. Being Brazilian, I did check to see if the title of this album means anything in Portuguese but it doesn’t. The answer lies in the world of… Continue Reading →
Although a new name, the band members of The Howling Chaos have done the rounds in the world of death and black and extremely brutal metal. No doubt there’s plenty of blood and gore in there. One of the band… Continue Reading →
In recent years the surge of ‘true’ Metal has been quite frankly unbelievable. Despite of course a mass of pedestrian Metalcore lingering about I would honestly say that I feel Metal is generally returning to form. Of course there will… Continue Reading →
In music, inheriting a legacy can be a both a blessing, and a potential curse. For example, it can mean there is already a fan base, but there is also the danger of not living up to what came before,… Continue Reading →
Dark Essence Records is a Norwegian label that specialises in extreme and black metal, sounds beloved of those wearers of corpse-paint, but subgenres of the music I love that really do not float my boat. As such, for me to… Continue Reading →
The normal way this music review malarkey works is that a band or label looking to promote a forthcoming release will send previews to assorted magazines and sites, confident in the strength of their product garnering positive write ups that… Continue Reading →
It would appear we have covered all 4 prior releases from this strange and mysterious French entity, the sole project of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Asthâghul. Personally, I have given each album a cursory listen and always meant to get back… Continue Reading →
Everyone’s favourite French Lovercraftian black metallers are back with their fourth album – since the release of 2012’s ‘Al Azif’ it feels as though the five piece have been chasing a high that they’ve never quite managed to recapture. Weaving… Continue Reading →
When even copying the band name from the promo blurb does not work as it’s been spelt wrong there, sheesh… Got there in the end though and this band who I term the unpronounceable cult from Chile sure don’t make… Continue Reading →