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Nephren Ka – The Fall of Omnius (Kaotoxin)

When someone said to me `Dune influenced death metal’ I leapt at the chance to give this a listen. Call me strange if you like, but I enjoy metal albums with overblown fantasy concepts. With a lavish sci-fi cover, and… Continue Reading →

Shade Empire – Omega Arcane (Candlelight)

Apart from picking the cream of home grown talent who most countries outside the UK at first see the name and think “who,” Candlelight do a good job of pulling bands that are a bit on the obscure side from… Continue Reading →

Heaven Shall Burn – Veto (Century Media)

“Are they still going?” was my initial reaction when seeing that Heaven Shall Burn have released a new album. In fact, they started out in 1996, since when they have touched on but haven’t been an integral part of my… Continue Reading →

Interview – Mors Principium Est

Mors Principium Est from Finland have just released their fourth album “….And Death Said Live”. To ask about the new album and the direction the technically-inspired melodic death/thrash metal band is taking, Andrew Doherty interviewed vocalist Ville Viljanen. AN: Hi… Continue Reading →

Repulsive Aggression – Conflagration (Schwarzdorn Production)

Comprised of ex members of misanthropic black metallers Svarttjern, death metallers Bloodspawn and power metallers Frail Grounds, the mixing pot here is a strange one, but the result of this conglomeration of styles sticks resolutely within the realm of death… Continue Reading →

Manetheren – Time (Debemur Morti Productions)

Ah, hipster black metal from Minnesota.  That’s what first came to mind when reading about Manetheren.  Comprised of two guys, this post-black-whatever project has now released four albums, the newest one being Time, the subject of this review of course. … Continue Reading →

Three Hour Ceasefire – Cry Havoc (Savour Your Scene)

If a debut EP achieves anything it should at least be a determined effort to give the world a kick up its backside.Ireland’s Three Hour Ceasefire sound like they have strapped on their hobnail boots for the attempt and taken… Continue Reading →

Primitive Graven Image – Psychedelic Episodes (Observations On Death And Deathlessness) (Envenomation Records)

Well we have probably all had psychedelic episodes of some kind before and may even have introspectively studied death whilst in the grip of them so the title of this third album from Chesham based UK BM horde Primitive Graven… Continue Reading →

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