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This album by Hungarian band Os actually came out in 2022 originally but this cassette version was kindly sent to us by Godz Ov War with a couple of other more recent ones; reviews to follow. So as resident tape… Continue Reading →
Cassette releases come across as ultra-cult, but there is normally a more practical reason for the use of this media, namely small numbers can be put out at affordable cost. This album is accessible on bandcamp by the way so… Continue Reading →
A new Sear Bliss album is literally something to trumpet about. That said it appears we missed last album ‘Letters From The Edge’ from 2018 but it’s always a pleasure to catch up with the metaphysical Hungarians. Steadfastly producing nine… Continue Reading →
Anyone familiar with Hungarian Power Metal band Wisdom will be very interested to see the re-emergence of their founding guitarist Gábor Kovács (known in Grymheart as Gabriel Blacksmith), leading forth a new band blending the ferocity of Melodic Death Metal,… Continue Reading →
From simply the cover of this new album by David Mako’s The Devil’s Trade project it is clear there are changes afoot. Gone are the stark line drawings and clear titles, instead (appropriately enough considering the label) we get a… Continue Reading →
Thy Catafalque, the project of Hungarian artist Tamás Kátai, first captured me with the 2011 album “Rengeteg”, since when each album has brought new delights and wonderments. Soaring blackened metal with folk, cosmic and jazz elements doesn’t cover adequately the… Continue Reading →
Spellcheck nemesis Molis Sepulcrum, seem to be keeping a low profile on the old socials, almost as if they are either in a witness protection scheme having given up the goods and turned state against the Hungarian Mafia, or it’s… Continue Reading →
Always searching for that perfect Thy Catafalque release? An exquisite mix of blissful electronica highs, melancholy folk and extreme metal intensity? Preferably all audaciously combined in each and every track with a bit of lounge jazz thrown in for good… Continue Reading →
The last time I encountered Nagaarum was in 2018, when this one-man ambient experimentalist released “Apples”. To be truthful, I found that one a bit too obscure but was pleased to have the chance to listen to more of Nagaarum’s… Continue Reading →
The second release by David Mako away from his doom metal bands and into his doom folk guise. Now as I sit here writing the sun is out, its warm and…. Yeah, not exactly sunny music this. So, pull the… Continue Reading →
Back with their seventh album Hungarian folk duo Ágnes Tóth and Mihály Szabó are here to provide something a bit more mellow in these savage times and dip back into the past with legends and fairy-tales of yore. Not that… Continue Reading →
Thy Catafalque’s subliminal cuts – all weighed down with a suitably metal edge, of course – seem to have been propelling from relative cult status to more something more widely revered over recent albums. From sweet harmonies that wouldn’t go… Continue Reading →