Tag Lifelover
It’s not often we get music from Georgia to review and even rarer that bands from the country come to play here live. I was caught napping when Psychonaut 4 popped over to perform a show on route to a… Continue Reading →
I remember this Swedish duo’s debut self-titled album of 2013 which followed on from a slew of demos released from the very start of the Millennium. Now another decade later, which in the meantime saw them apparently release a second… Continue Reading →
How does one begin to write about Esoctrilihum? Well, by mentioning the project’s, nay, its label I, Voidhanger’s, album covers, of course. Where else to start? Vibrant esoteric album art is a staple marketing tactic for I, Voidhanger releases –… Continue Reading →
On the surface the port city of Halmstad Sweden looks like a nice place to visit and if you were to type it into an image search there are nice scenes of waterways, bustling streets with stalls and bars, gothic… Continue Reading →
Who is the guy striking the Jesus Christ pose on album cover here? It appears to be a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician going by the name C.L. although Ludvig is his real name. I was immediately drawn to this as… Continue Reading →
This is one of those annoying albums that has stuck to the reviews list like a limpet with nobody picking it up to cover until the actual release date. I would apologise for tardiness but anyone who remembers this German… Continue Reading →
Saint Petersburg – the town of the Neva, Nevsky Prospect and Nikolai Gogol. Well, at least that’s where some of his most famous stories are set. I have never been there, unfortunately, but I sure would like to visit this… Continue Reading →
To some, the genre of Depressive & Suicidal Black Metal is the strangest of all musical genres, a laughing matter even, to others it is the logical conclusion of dealing with the realities of life. Where you stand on that… Continue Reading →
The flowers of Asphodèle may have only just bloomed but one look at the cast list of this brand-new French band was all I needed to grab the album and put it on my review pile. For a start we… Continue Reading →
Work cut out with this one. There’s very little information about German band Shrike to be found in English and this disc didn’t even come with a track listing. Still we like a challenge and reviewing things with all the… Continue Reading →
I remembered Spanish band Empty not by their name which is hardly remarkable but by the cover art to their third album The House Of Funerary Hymns which certainly caught my attention on release in 2009 with its spooky imagery… Continue Reading →
Well firstly a belated congratulations to Vanhelga for finally getting a bit of a step up and signing to Osmose. It’s great that the Swedish band can spread their misery further afield and hopefully they may even get some better… Continue Reading →