Tag Shining
While I’ve seen Swallow The Sun a couple times and have enjoyed the songs I’ve heard, I was completely unaware that they’ve released nine albums, with their debut coming out more than 20 years ago. and while I have albums… Continue Reading →
Sørgelig, another Hellenic act whom the casual observer would not presume to be from the warmer stage of the European black metal amphitheatre. Nevertheless, said act has released a new studio album that contains enough influence from the band’s homeland… Continue Reading →
Whilst Hollywood are not calling yet, one can only wonder about a skewed biographical film about the musical anti-hero at the helm of Shining. “We Need To Talk About Kvarforth” is an intriguing idea about the debauched misanthrope who has… Continue Reading →
On the surface the port city of Halmstad Sweden looks like a nice place to visit and if you were to type it into an image search there are nice scenes of waterways, bustling streets with stalls and bars, gothic… Continue Reading →
Chances are you have not heard of Høstsol who have only just emerged out the Autumn Sun but the players within this new project are another matter. Some will no doubt be tagging this with the supergroup descriptor but I… Continue Reading →
Helpfully, we are given points of reference for this debut album by Greek band Wothrosch. The reference points are the soundscape of SepticFlesh running into the fury of Anaal Nathrakh. So armed with this information, it came as no surprise… Continue Reading →
Well, I was glad that this turned up with some extensive liner notes as it is a baffling enough listen in its own right before even getting to the cast list involved. In Lingua Mortua are a collective essentially put… Continue Reading →
This Polish black metal band can be summed up as follows: melodic anger with a wealth of expression. It is not often I delve into this world for reviews, I normally keep this experience personal. However, I found favour with… Continue Reading →
When I started my radio show (Dark Tryal, every Sunday at 21:00 on TotalRock, promotion). I really thought that I’d be bringing the Death and my co-host would be bringing the Black. However it’s strange that our paths have crossed,… Continue Reading →
You have to love a bit of synchronicity. I had been meaning to check out Georgian band Psychonaut 4 properly for some time and had just been covering the excellent Jours Pâles album and been really impressed with vocalist Graf’s… Continue Reading →
Who is the guy striking the Jesus Christ pose on album cover here? It appears to be a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician going by the name C.L. although Ludvig is his real name. I was immediately drawn to this as… Continue Reading →
Delain have come a long way since my first encounter with them, back in 2009, at the Femme Metal Festival, housed in The Birmingham Asylum, and I saw the band play to approx. 20 devotees, who must have all been… Continue Reading →