Tag Prophecy
To say the announcement on the signing of Nachtmystium was met with howls of vitriol and derision by a significant amount of people is no overstatement. Perhaps the somewhat cynical and attention seeking way Prophecy Productions made it along with… Continue Reading →
A collective of renowned musicians from the west coast of Norway have brought to life a new sonic entity, creating music on the crossroads of the band members’ individual paths. Whispering Void is the name they gave themselves. Nordic Ambient… Continue Reading →
Right in time for the approaching season of withering and decay comes Mond, the new album by French post punk/goth rock/cold wave band Soror Dolorosa (Engl.: sister pain), to provide you with just the right music for a twitchy dance… Continue Reading →
With their debut album Ufång, released in 2020, the Austrian band Perchta had created a new niche in music. Their atmospheric black metal soundscape was built from the usual parts, but included also instruments from their native Tyrol and featured… Continue Reading →
“Ladies and Gentlemen, The portals of darkness are open, and the Dead haunt over the Earth. Here comes The Vision Bleak”. This year marks an almost unfathomable 20 years since those words were part of an intro that launched “The… Continue Reading →
A state of nothingness for 13 years and then two albums delivered within the space of just one. For whatever reason Australian musos Mitchell Keepin and Tim Yatras found the necessary spark to resurrect Austere, I’m sure nobody is complaining…. Continue Reading →
To say I was rather taken with my introduction to one-man project Gost with Possessor is putting it mildly. And the follow up Malediction was equally impressive; James Lollar had managed to craft a unique being from the cloth of… Continue Reading →
I have to begin by saying this is not my usual cup of tea. Or maybe it is. I’m a more or less stereotypical raw black metal girlie, and this is very much not raw in the raw black metal… Continue Reading →
Of all the names that come to mind when thinking of the underrated metal genre: Death/Doom, Danish band Saturnus are not one of those who would immediately spring to mind – at least not for me or for those around… Continue Reading →
When Austere last laid down like old ashes back in 2009 many may have thought the winds had carried them off to scatter over the scorched Australian hinterlands forevermore. Yet despite calling it a day after that album, Mitchell ‘Desolate’… Continue Reading →
Drab, bleak and moody it may have been but I really enjoyed last album ‘Wounds’ from this duo comprising of (along with guest drummer) Tiffany Ström and Syd Scarlet. Either they like travelling or can never particularly settle as they… Continue Reading →
After causing a bit of a stir with 2020 release Sternenberster, this “extermination sect” from Germany are back. Essentially the work of Kerem Yilmaz who works alongside a session drummer and expands things for live performances this is a work… Continue Reading →