Tag Ireland
Mortichnia, or ‘death march’ is the chilling term given to the last steps of a creature before it meets its maker (unless, and let’s be honest about this, unless its maker is merely a random and unlikely series of chemical… Continue Reading →
From Dust to Rust … my first encounter with Irish doomsters was their 2001 album “Dust”, after the band came to my attention on recommendation and I bought it. This one is now album number 6. Inevitable comparisons can be… Continue Reading →
The very wise and famed Irish storyteller Eddie Lenihan gave these words of cautionary advice which really should have been heeded by this film’s unwary protagonists, “If they bulldoze the bush to make way for a planned highway bypass, the… Continue Reading →
Dublin based Gama Bomb have been plying their classic feel good thrash style since the early 2000’s and with four albums behind them, the five piece from the Emerald Isle certainly look to keep going from strength to strength. It’s… Continue Reading →
Celtachor have returned in fine form with their rough and raw brand of pagan metal and a mission to educate us all in a bit of Irish folklore. The good news upfront is that, this time round, the Irish whistle… Continue Reading →
Cruachan have been around for over 20 years, and are well known but I confess this is the first time I’d listened properly to any of their albums. Straightaway I realised I was in danger of overusing the word “rousing”… Continue Reading →
Let’s face it, a new Primordial album is always something of a special event these days – from the moment the band truly unfurled their songwriting wings on 1998’s ‘Journey’s End’ album, has there been another act in the extreme… Continue Reading →
It’s about time we got a full length album from Irish black, doom, crust scumbags Zom. For those that have caught them live they really do deliver the goods and leave their mark on you and having seen them twice… Continue Reading →
Is that what the human brain looks like on the cover, well it might be after putting it through the paces of listening to the first band on this split release Krawwl [7] from Ireland. Luckily I have had an… Continue Reading →
Ogre – Bastards of Death (S/R) These Irish Death metal scamps have been on hiatus since 1998 and have crashed back into an overpopulated DM scene with this concept album about bastard machines of death. Forthron the Evil , John… Continue Reading →
Personally, it came as a bit of a surprise to discover that Abaddon Incarnate were releasing a new album. Unaware that they were still going, my last point of contact with the band was 2004’s ‘Dark Crusade’. While an extremely… Continue Reading →
Four albums in and Ireland’s Coldwar takes some massive steps towards defining their own niche within the cosmos of death metal littered with the remnants of past stars and upcoming new proto stars and these guys shine far more brightly… Continue Reading →