Tag Heavy Metal
Following their second album ‘Possession’, US female fronted traditional metal band Christian Mistress return with their latest slab of influences in the form of ‘To Your Death’. Musically, there is a mix of both classic metal and classic hard rock…. Continue Reading →
Cruz Del Sur Music is certainly boosting their reputation as a label to keep an eye on, and fast on the heels of recent release by intercontinental doomsters King Heavy (see Ave Noctum passim), comes Oslo’s own Magister Templi with… Continue Reading →
1988, a young heroin addict named Nicky met with Sister Mary and the enigmatic Doctor X and rose through the ranks of a shadowy organisation before he was imprisoned for his deeds. This story, filled with social observations and criticisms… Continue Reading →
Their last release ‘Powerdose’ was one of the albums of the year on many lists when released in 2013, this hyper active speed and metal act had their eye on the prize for that one. With ‘Straight Shooter’, the energy… Continue Reading →
Blackened doom rock merchants The Spirit Cabinet have managed to splice two very different and appropriate meanings into their band name. Yes, it refers to some weird ouija board-style magic trick to communicate with the ‘other’ side. And also a… Continue Reading →
This phrase has been uttered so many times on here that you could invent a drinking game to it, but every now and then you do get a gem of an album which really shines compared to the usual stuff… Continue Reading →
”Bliksem” is the Dutch word for lightning and once you hear this band, you can see why they are named this. The Belgian thrash outfit with a very gratuitous helping of classic 80’s heavy metal 5 piece have played with… Continue Reading →
Black Trip were somewhat an underground find prior to their last full length studio release (‘Goin’ Under’), ‘Shadowline’ quoting the press release takes the band forward with a more personal but firmly rooted dark heavy metal rock. The immediate comparison… Continue Reading →
It was their name that got me interested in Tad Morose back in the Nineties. We were all still using the word ‘tad’ a lot at that time, like “I’m a tad tired today” or “it’s a tad windy out… Continue Reading →
Firstly, this is not as I first suspected, a release from the leather lunged air-raid siren vocal chorded singer for hire Mr Owens, rather a release from the resurrected eighties Texan metal heads. That said, first track on ‘Third Witness’… Continue Reading →
Back in their day, Pyogenesis were a big influential act in the German Metal scene, especially in introducing and popularising gothic metal in the Teutonic realm. Originally from Stuttgart and now based out of Hamburg, the melodic heavy metal outfit,… Continue Reading →
Melodic hard rock and metal five piece Jupiter Falls have had some high praise over the past year. Formed in 2013 in Leeds, the five piece with an eye for melody, killer grooves and tantalising guitar wizardry have gone from… Continue Reading →