Tag Japan
Finally I catch up with the renowned and long-standing Japanese death metal band Defiled. The subject of updates on the excellent uniteasia.org heavy metal webzine, they achieved a form of notoriety in 2019 when Christian authorities in Malaysia forced the… Continue Reading →
Satanic horns aloft it’s time for some unadulterated metalpunk from Japan. This trio comprising of Noctisadistum, Vladphemer and Branded Rebel have been active since 2015 and made a racket over a slew of demos, splits, live album a compilation and… Continue Reading →
Boris. A band by necessity I dip in and out of for two reasons: Firstly, they are so prolific I can’t keep up, and secondly because they are so eclectic not everything will float my boat. They are simply one… Continue Reading →
Japanese prog, black mentalists Sigh are not the most prolific touring band and their shows are few and far between. I was lucky enough to catch them way back around 1995 at the long demolished Sir George Robey in Finsbury… Continue Reading →
Right, just to set things up straight from the outset, the last Church Of Misery album was actually Thy Kingdom Scum in 2013. You may have seen another one called And Then There Were None, but frankly as far as… Continue Reading →
If you’ve never given Japan’s Defiled a listen then you should, as it is unusual to get such a brutal outfit emerging from the east side of the Pacific Ocean so much so that I waxed lyrically about the bands… Continue Reading →
Starting out as a much rawer gore n’ grind outfit this trio from Osaka Japan have taken their time evolving through various demos and short releases leading up to what we have in front of us today in the form… Continue Reading →
Vladphemer the Sodomizer, Noctisadistum and Branded Rebel, the members of black / speed metal band Bafomet, formerly known as Sigil of Bafomet, have pleasure in bringing us “F.O.A.D.I.F”. I know what FOAD is, but not IF – in flames? Anyway,… Continue Reading →
By album number twelve most fans of Sigh should be well aware that taking anything for granted is a foolish folly. I was well aware that even a week’s intensive listening here was not going to do more than scratch… Continue Reading →
Self-proclaimed Witch Doom duo Blacklab hail from Osaka and mix up stoner, psyche and Doom with elements of 90’s grunge to tickle eardrums on this, their third full length. I say tickle, but if truth be told, pummel is the… Continue Reading →
Twenty two years. Eleven studio albums. These Japanese loons have had a long and hopefully lucrative career. I have dipped in and out of their eclectic sounds over the years – usually as part of playlists made by mates who were… Continue Reading →
Blachthrashingdrunkenmetalpunx rejoice. Here we have a split 7” vinyl release (although sent to us on a burnt CD) of two very kvlt outfits. Both have two tracks on respective sides of the record and although it is short weighing in… Continue Reading →