Tag Neurosis
Despite having a previous EP and an album behind them, Mur have definitely ducked under my radar. This though was touted as a step forward in their sound and offering music ‘ahead of its time’. It also mentioned synthwave added… Continue Reading →
Kevel may, or may not be, named after the large cleat fitted to a ship used for securing ropes. That may not be the most ‘metal’ of band names, or maybe it is, but nobody should question their ability to… Continue Reading →
This reviewing business is weird, I tell you. Every time I am about to press play on a new album, I feel a mixture of curiosity, excitement, reluctance and aversion. Every time, without fail. While the first two feelings are… Continue Reading →
This is a completely unknown band to me, I confess, and being told that the duo that makes up Hymn were in Buckaduzz, Tombstones and more recently Sâver doesn’t help because I’ve never heard of them. Hymn are from Norway,… Continue Reading →
Steve Von Till’s musical legacy spans more than three decades, from the notoriety of Neurosis to his involvement with Harvestman and Tribes of Neurot, as well as his solo work, he is a household name for metal fanatics worldwide. ‘No… Continue Reading →
Defying traditional genre conventions and carving out their own niche over the past two decades, the unveiling of a new Ulcerate album has become somewhat of a “big thing”. This time round, they’ve taken a step back from the abyssal… Continue Reading →
I have something I need to get off my chest. It may see me struck from the infernal scrolls sequestered deep in the bowels of the blood drenched tombs of Ave Noctum’s citadel and then being subsequently hung, drawn and… Continue Reading →
In the spirit of full transparency, I have copied and pasted two sentences that I think probably do a better job than I will in 500 or so words, at describing what I have just listened to on this latest… Continue Reading →
There was a time when a new Cult of Luna release was as certain as the turning of the tide or the changing of the seasons; a steady biennial cycle of albums and tours grew to feel comfortable for fans,… Continue Reading →
Formally known as Pet Slimmers Of the Year, the far pithier PSOTY return from a lengthy sabbatical with this their second full length release and follow up to 2014’s ‘Fragments Of Uniforms. I already like them though hailing, as they… Continue Reading →
Having just journeyed to Chicago on a work trip, I was amazed at how many music venues and venues playing host to live music there seemed to be. The city seemed to be steeped and influenced by music in a… Continue Reading →
Herod are a Swiss four piece delivering their second album after enduring line-up changes in the five years since debut “They Were None”. An ominous industrial-tinged intro gives way to the Cult-Of-NeurISIS-isms© of “Forked Tongue”, a track which sets the… Continue Reading →