Tag Ireland
This Irish trio are, relatively speaking, a newish band formed in 2019 with this being their second EP. Repose were nice enough to send a lovely purple cassette version of this so of course it is only right I picked… Continue Reading →
I think it’s fair to say that Ireland’s death metal dark horses, or dark werewolves even, Vircolac take their time in releasing music. This is their second full length, after 2019’s dark but insightful ‘Masque’. They play death metal that… Continue Reading →
Twenty one years into their career, much loved Irish thrashers Gama Bomb deliver their eighth sonic explosion in the shape of “Bats”. Vocalist and guitarist Domo Dixon has taken the reigns and handled the production, mixing and mastering for the… Continue Reading →
Taking their name from a river in hell this Irish / Icelandic band was conceived at first as a one-man project by Joseph Deegan also of Verminous Serpent. By debut album ‘Deluge’ he was joined by highly regarded drummer Bjarni… Continue Reading →
It was back in 2020 that I reviewed a pair of great E.P.s from Cork, Ireland’s “The Grief”, at which point I gave them a collected 8.5 out of 10. Well, it’s three years later and the lads from the… Continue Reading →
I still fondly remember those early ‘Imrama’ shows put on by The Devil’s Church in London when Primordial, fresh off the ferry from Ireland, were just creating a stir in the underground. Was it really almost 30 years ago their… Continue Reading →
I guess it’s probably appropriate that I started listening to this on Friday the 17th of March… It’s been 12 years since I reviewed ‘Blood on the Black Robe’, and there were 2 other albums released between that and this… Continue Reading →
I volunteered to review this malevolent creature essentially on the basis that it featured none other than A.A.Nemthegea on vocals and bass, and I am a big fan of his output. I really had no idea what else the band… Continue Reading →
Seven years after formation, Coscradh bring a “grimy n’ gutted” sort of black death metal”. The title reflects an ecologically devastating event of 10,000 years ago and the onset of an ice age in the band’s native Ireland. Cold, cold… Continue Reading →
It’s kind of odd. I don’t really understand why Irish outliers Abaddon Incarnate don’t seem to get as much love as they clearly deserve. But with five albums since 1994 I think it’s safe to say that they fit the… Continue Reading →
To follow their ep “Delusions (2019), Irish groove metalcore band The Risen Dread are now releasing this, their debut. I haven’t come across the band myself but it is clear that they have been putting themselves about with live shows,… Continue Reading →
OK so as I write this I have succumbed to the plague. Covid has caught me in its putrefying clutches and I am quarantined and feeling like poop in a scoop. What is needed? Well, the rulebooks say plenty of fluids, rest and vitamin… Continue Reading →