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This is Ad Nauseam’s second album following their 2015 debut “Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est”. This technical death metal band from Italy has been going for 18 or so years, having previously been called Death Heaven and before that Kaos…. Continue Reading →
Marco Garau will be a familiar name to some of you as keyboardist for Italian Symphonic Metallers Derdian. On this side project he uses the vocal talents of Anton Darusso (Wings Of Destiny), guitarists Gabriel Tuxen (Seven Thorns) and Matt… Continue Reading →
There is, in the world of music, a few words that will strike fear into your heart, words such as ‘Machine Head’s new album’ or ‘Cannibal Corpse’s new concept jazz influenced latest EP’ and yes, I know I’m being a… Continue Reading →
Nuclear metal, metalpunk or whatever you want to call it, this is Children of Technology’s third album. Expect rebellion. Opening song “Soundtrack of No Future” has a crisp sound, a solid beat and some rousing rock n roll style guitar… Continue Reading →
As the title suggests, the theme of this album is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. An epic prog journey is promised by Dark Quarterer, in their 40th year and now releasing their eighth album. The spooky start is… Continue Reading →
On my co-hosted radio show Dark Tryal (live every Sunday from 21:00 on TotalRock, shameless self-promotion) it has become a running joke that I only listen to Prog Death Metal. I’m not really sure where this idea has stemmed from… Continue Reading →
From the prog stable of Layered Reality Productions comes this fifth album by Italian quintet Soul Secret. The band’s keyboard player made an interesting observation when talking about the theme to explain “Blue Light Cage: “People think they are actively… Continue Reading →
Ok this is a difficult one. I don’t believe I recall coming across Ataraxia before, despite an apparent thirty years of activity and twenty five releases of one kind or another, but apart from Cold Meat Industries their labels have… Continue Reading →
Including their 2009 debut, Italian Metal band Regardless Of Me have released 4 albums on 4 different labels, but I’m sorry to admit that this is the first one of theirs I have heard. I saw that they are Italian,… Continue Reading →
Even in the world of extreme music it is hard to be innovative. With so many musicians across so many decades how can anyone hope to produce something truly unique? One could point to Stallagg Gulagh and their alleged use (abuse?) of the… Continue Reading →
Fides Inversa have carved a credible black metal niche – a line in raging odes to demonic, adversarial forces that has blended the band into the darkest underbelly of the genre despite issuing only a couple of releases over the… Continue Reading →
This is the debut EP from Italian band Oneiric Celephaïs. It is quite an eclectic piece. Ostensibly “The Obscure Sybil” is a work of dingy death metal. In the background there is a riff akin to an Ephel Duath world… Continue Reading →