Tag Madder Mortem
Saturday 5th October 1.30pm, Saturday – it’s the graveyard shift. As tradition dictates, and they like their tradition round these parts, a Dutch band took to the stage. I can’t count the number of times the occupant of this… Continue Reading →
I’m going to borrow the band’s own description of themselves here: “an ‘avant-garde post-metal project, delivering larger than life sounds through, deeply emotional music” Guhts are from New York, and many interesting links are drawn up, encompassing post-hardcore, atmospheric sludge,… Continue Reading →
It’s a case of old favourites licking raw wounds here as Norwegian progressive metal group Madder Mortem return with their eighth album and follow up to 2018 release Marrow. Although in recent years the group have stuck together like a… Continue Reading →
With a name that may suggest a gore-grind band this is in fact a completely different kettle of fish and I may have got slightly out my depth taking this progressive rock outfit from Bergen to review. But perhaps feeling… Continue Reading →
Of all the wonderful music that 2021 has delivered to our ears when everything else has been far from getting back to normal, to say that Helheim’s eleventh (yes really) album comes with a great deal of anticipation would not… Continue Reading →
With a style described as dark cinematic progressive rock. Astrakhan from Sweden are regarded as treading a path between Opeth and Pink Floyd. This is their third album release. I’d read that singer Alexander Lycke had a stunning voice, and… Continue Reading →
Those who soaked themselves in the music of The Devil’s Blood and sniffed its heady scent live knew that they were witnessing one of those special bands that don’t come around that often. They burned brightly through some fantastic albums… Continue Reading →
When dealing in Avant-garde and Progressive Metal it is of course important to be both of those terms and carve out your own niche therein. With their third release this highly talented American band do just that. Opening your album… Continue Reading →
Even though this super-talented American band are new to me, this is actually their second release, which I am assured follows on perfectly from their previous album released in 2017. To be fair, there is so much variation and melded… Continue Reading →
It’s time to bake a cake and get the candles out of the drawer, Mercury the debut album from Madder Mortem is 20 years old and the band and no doubt many fans are celebrating. I am too as I… Continue Reading →
It was a bit of a surprise seeing this gig shifted from the much bigger Underworld to The Unicorn up the hill in Camden. Ticket sales do dictate and normally this show would have seen many more attending but with… Continue Reading →
Are Norwegians like us in England, obsessed about the weather? Well from what I know they certainly get afflicted by all sorts of extremes far worse than we do here in that respect but no doubt shrug their shoulders and… Continue Reading →