Tag Nile
Whilst Amon Amarth clearly split opinion in the Ave Noctum office, there are enough of us who enjoy their work enough to spark a Viking battle; the likes of which they will probably write about on their next album. After… Continue Reading →
Although this album saw the darkness originally in 2011 it has probably pretty much escaped notice, certainly in the UK and that is a shame as considering the work that has gone into it, this self-released band from New England… Continue Reading →
This is the debut album from Australian death metal crew Eternal Rest, though judging by the proficiency of their songwriting and the impressive way they can musically slap you about the face to get your attention, you’d think these guys… Continue Reading →
I’m tempted to say here we are again. Five years on since the sonic explosion that was Trivmvirate and the new album Tetragrammaton has landed. Let’s just clear up a couple of issues straight away. Yes, this is the same… Continue Reading →
Darkrise were an unknown quantity to me before pressing play on their new release, even though ‘Realeyes’ is in fact the fourth full length album from this Swiss five piece since they formed back in the late 90s. Hell, I’ll… Continue Reading →
As death metal goes, this is about as brutal and uncompromising as it gets. “Iconoclasm” is the second album from this Swedish band and comes, to quote the lead singer, “with a nosebleed guarantee”. Yet in spite of the all-conquering… Continue Reading →
Originally called Asylum this Italian death metal band has released a debut album of technically inspired death metal that owes as much to Cynic as it does to the newer acrobatic guitar wizardry of bands like Fleshgod Apocalypse and Gorod…. Continue Reading →
One look at the cover art and logo style and I was rather unimpressed it has to be said as this one man death metal project from Brazil has relocated to London and added new musicians (from Greece and Cyprus)… Continue Reading →
The renowned Dan Swanö has mixed and mastered this old school death metal album at Unisound so the sound is top rate, gnarly and drenched in gooey bass and drum slime from the off, which eventually starts with “The Battalion… Continue Reading →
Sunday morning. Hungover and suffering from that nearing-the-end-of-the-festival fatigue, one is in dire need of a pick-me-up. Something loud and heavy to get the blood pumping as it were. Off to a galloping start then, are female-fronted Canucks, Kobra And… Continue Reading →
A few years back, Nuclear Blast’s catalogue was proudly displaying their affiliation with the Roman-themed band Ex Deo, whose members basically consisted of the Canadian death metal band Kataklysm. Adorning various promotional photos was front man, Maurizio Iacono, bearing a… Continue Reading →
Now if you’re not interested in politics then I suggest you skip the first paragraph and half to the next and read from there, otherwise continue on. Controversy has never really left black metal since the early church burning days,… Continue Reading →