Tag Nile
Strap yourself in, this is one hell of a ride. Urhat is the first born of Roy Westad, aka Illt, and sits within the more extreme side of town when it comes to the metal soundscape. Built around a core… Continue Reading →
There is something about the album artwork by Samuel Nelson that fixed me about this sophomore by this French band. I’ve stared at it and analysed a number of times and I’ve even got it as my computer desktop image,… Continue Reading →
The recent history of Egyptian blackened death metallers Crescent is a tad convoluted as their original founder and drummer Amr Mokhtar departed the ranks alongside long standing bassist Moanis Salem, the former being replaced by Julian Dietrich who recorded the… Continue Reading →
Despite protestations to the contrary, a brief respite afforded by three and a half hours of sunshine, the head of Spring has been cleaved from its shoulders by the bastard grey, concreted sarcophagus of all things Winter, as she descends… Continue Reading →
All hail the gods of old! I cry as I read through and research occult material from LaVey to Crowley and beyond. I love it all, it’s fascinating, and a lot of it tends to get rooted in ancient religions… Continue Reading →
Beginning straight off with a curiously Nile meets Melechesh bit of blackened death metal with ‘Broken’, this Russian band weave some North African and Middle Eastern melody through their somewhat technical death attack. Have to say in minutes you are… Continue Reading →
Some classic religious baiting from a death metal trio here. Nothing new in that but when you consider the last time I encountered former Angelcorpse musician Gene Palubicki he was wearing priestly vestments and conducting a Catholic ceremony you may… Continue Reading →
I ended up with this as a bit of a surprise if I’m honest. A nice one though as I caught Scarab live at Warhorns Festival in 2016 and really enjoyed their performance. Enough to buy an album. For the… Continue Reading →
Think Nile, think Immolation, think Morbid Angel and you will be on the right tracks with these Bulgarians, The Revenge Project. ‘Deceit – Demise’ is the fifth full length from these pulverising death metal beasts and it is full of… Continue Reading →
Gimmicks in Metal aren’t anything new, from the ridiculousness of the likes of Alestorm to the more intellectual Egyptian themes of Nile. Not to mention all the Lovercraftian and Occult themed artists, it’s pretty safe to say that gimmicks are… Continue Reading →
New music from Blood Incantation has been eagerly awaited ever since debut album “Starspawn” came out in 2016, announcing itself as one of this decades most pivotal and evolutionary compositions in death metal (alongside their undisputed award for Most Unreadable… Continue Reading →
Do you ever hate on bands for the lamest reasons? Well not so much hate but perhaps not care for. In a very ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ sense we all have preconceived judgements when it comes to… Continue Reading →