Tag Hypocrisy
For me, hearing the band name Loudblast takes me back to the 00s and the French metal magazines, in which they featured. In fact this death metal band has been releasing albums since 1987, and is now on its ninth…. Continue Reading →
Always nice to receive an actual physical product to review in these days of downloads and streaming. Also cool to get a couple of fine death metal albums from Great Dane Records of which this French band is my first… Continue Reading →
When is a supergroup not a supergroup? I would say when it has anything to do with extreme metal. Those guys just not keep it in their pants when it comes to musical monogamy. They leap into bands like the… Continue Reading →
The first job was to re-acquaint myself with “Haar”, this band’s 2019 album which I liked very much. A year later “Woe Portrait” came out, which went down less well with my reviewing colleague. Such is the way of things…. Continue Reading →
Don’t you just hate it when you start to get into a band who have a fairly long career path and they promptly split up. That is exactly what happened to me with Finns …And Oceans when I got caught… Continue Reading →
Another early start to cram in 4 bands passing through the UK and stopping off in London, Birmingham and Manchester. The first are Horizon Ignited from Finland and a band I did not know. A review of last, recent album… Continue Reading →
An album influenced by 90s gothic metal with punk and black metal influences is on the table here. Hailing from Germany, this is the band’s second album release. A dark melodic flow greets us. The withering guitar chorus line sounds… Continue Reading →
A “musical journey through deep valleys, high hills and dark forests” is what’s promised. Well, Horizon Ignited are from Finland. Claimed to be the new pretenders in the melodic death metal scene, this is their second album release. The problem… Continue Reading →
Sometimes it is nice to simply press play on an album and get exactly what you expected, no gimmicks, no trends, just a good old energetic thrashing from start to finish. Nightrage led through thick and thin by Marios Iliopoulos… Continue Reading →
Bryan Eckermann wasn’t a name that was known to me until this came along. Billed as melodeath / black metal, “Plague Bringers” is listed as being for fans of, amongst others, Arch Enemy, Old Mans Child, Hypocrisy, Death, King Diamond,… Continue Reading →
“Millions die in vain”, goes the lyric on “Blinded” off Hypocrisy’s “Into the Abyss” album (2000). This could apply now. The solid sounds signal menace. The deeply invasive metal tones of Peter Tätgren and his Hypocrisy mates kept me going… Continue Reading →
Strictly old school thrash for me thanks. None of that “party on and pass the bong dude” stuff with people going mad about pizza and inflatable sharks. Thankfully I am in more than safe hands here as E-Force is the… Continue Reading →