Tag Prog
Once again the musical colossus from the North West of England rears it’s head as it wakes from its lockdown induced slumber and sheds its skin to reveal something new underneath. From angular sludge in the vein of The Melvins… Continue Reading →
Okay, I’m beginning to think there is some sort of conspiracy at work. Another review, another band I’ve never heard of, again, it’s a pretty bloody good album, and again, it hails from Sweden? How on earth does that land… Continue Reading →
OK put the genre lists down. I am talking to myself here as well as any curious fool that reads this. To put this frankly batshit collective in a box would be a travesty. When I read the accompanying blurb… Continue Reading →
As I’ve typed for the benefit of visitors to this site before, if you are only interested in the most “brootal” of screamed metal vomited into a microphone by somebody with a face painted like a badger, click away right… Continue Reading →
Folks, let me quote a few statistics that are salient to both me and this review: when I left London in 2014 for Dundee, the local population was reckoned at about 8.5 million, excluding the many “beds in sheds” residents… Continue Reading →
Don’t you just hate when people are like ‘I listen to a bit of everything’ or ‘when my music is on shuffle it goes from Pop to Death Metal’. I mean I get both of these statements, but the reason… Continue Reading →
A few months ago TDW released a single called “We’ll Shine Again” with Soul Secret. Its primary purpose was to raise money for the World Health Organisation, but as I listened to the hopeful “We’ll shine out of the darkest… Continue Reading →
Decadent Noir music is the description of this third album by Helfir- the brainchild of Luca Mazzotta. To summarise what this appears to mean on first listen is a gentle brooding mix of electronica and rock – imagine a less dancy VnV Nation jamming… Continue Reading →
If you’ve read any of my reviews you’ll be pretty accustomed to the fact that I’m not all that sold on instrumental music. However, this tends to mostly be interludes, intros and the like. In some weird paradox purely instrumental… Continue Reading →
With their previous release “From Silence to Somewhere” (2017), Norwegian band Wobbler managed a thoughtful, retro and rustic prog album while infusing it with freshness and creativity. “Dwellers of the Deep” is their fifth album, and my hope was for… Continue Reading →
Okay, let’s address the elephant in the room. Ihsahn, of course, formed and fronted Norwegian black metal icons, Emperor. They need no further introduction. However, since 2006 Ihsahn has focussed his attention on his solo career, and although he teased… Continue Reading →
A bit of psych rock here from the only band I’ve ever encountered with a semi colon in their name. Not sure what the IRSE is about but I doubt it stands for the Institute of Railway Signal Engineers. Band… Continue Reading →