Tag Sci-Fi
When I covered this US bands album ‘Paradox’ I explained that Mike Browning formed this band after firstly creating After Death subsequent to his firing/leaving of the original Nocturnus in the 90s. After that he changed the name to Nocturnus… Continue Reading →
For those of you who didn’t go to or read my Warhorns Festival review, I first encountered this young (formed in 2022) Plymouth based band in the live arena and their melodic death metal usually has a tough time with… Continue Reading →
Ave Noctum is a site that very much dwells amongst the denizens of the underground scene, revelling in the music that flies below the radar of much of the metal media, let alone the mainstream, with submissions for review from… Continue Reading →
I have just done a bit of geeking on Star Trek pages to see what the effects are of setting phasers on level 4 and anything after 3 which is meant to stun for an hour is pretty deadly. “Heat… Continue Reading →
I don’t know about you but it always swells my heart when a band I have followed through the years is still making fresh and invigorating material and not simply going through the motions as a nostalgia act. Voivod are… Continue Reading →
“Millions die in vain”, goes the lyric on “Blinded” off Hypocrisy’s “Into the Abyss” album (2000). This could apply now. The solid sounds signal menace. The deeply invasive metal tones of Peter Tätgren and his Hypocrisy mates kept me going… Continue Reading →
Strictly old school thrash for me thanks. None of that “party on and pass the bong dude” stuff with people going mad about pizza and inflatable sharks. Thankfully I am in more than safe hands here as E-Force is the… Continue Reading →
Starting life in 2013 as Distillator, this Netherlands band transformed themselves in 2020 into Cryptosis. With themes about technology and the future, the band has looked to expand and grow their sound on new album “Bionic Swarm”. The dramatic “Overture 2149”… Continue Reading →
Inspired by sci-fi Italian horror films and soundtracks, La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio are a space ritual project on a “free-form journey”. Psychedelic vibes and obscurity would seem to be the bywords here. Mystical and mysterious is how this work… Continue Reading →
It’s time to get out those lava lamps, purple bell bottoms and joss sticks. Charlotte, North Carolina’s Cosmic Reaper are here to bring some Sci Fuzz to the happening in your house. This two-year-old quartet are pretty heavy on the Electric Wizard… Continue Reading →
A collaborative sci-fi Drone metal album? Say what???! Away (Michel Langevin) of Voivod fame and Thisquietarmy (Eric Quach) have been secretly recording music together for some time. They have hours of the stuff apparently and this is phase 1. I have to say at first glance… Continue Reading →
This quartet from Austin Texas caught my attention with last album Endless Computer on Nuclear War Now in 2017. They had a mutoid, squat-Atompunk sound that twisted and turned all over the place and was quite a weird sounding trip… Continue Reading →