Tag shoegaze
Throughout the many years I’ve associated with the metal scene, I often notice what side-genres become most popular among both artists and revellers alike. For a long time last decade it was synthwave that dominated the upper echelons of genres… Continue Reading →
In 2020, I reviewed a split with three outstanding windswept and atmospheric pieces from Vuur & Zijde. Such, I guess, was the maturity of it that I had the mistaken idea that thought they’d released more than that. They hadn’t,… Continue Reading →
One of the best things about writing reviews as a paid up obsessive metalhead – and potentially one of the most overwhelming – is not just getting to write snarky screeds about all manner of metal albums, it’s that beautiful… Continue Reading →
Whilst attempting to tame technology to do my bidding and failing quite miserably, I finally manage to take a tour on the dusty backroads of the internet where you usually find all the good things. Not the rain slicked, hyper… Continue Reading →
Although the cover to the album at hand looks a lot like that to Kall’s last LP Brand, and although one could easily jump to conclusions and expect similar sounds and attitudes, it’s not DSBM that’s hiding beneath this sad… Continue Reading →
Type the band name into a search engine and you are more likely to be invited to church than anything else. Listen to their music though and you may find yourself in need of some redemption. As I guessed, this… Continue Reading →
Well, this is ‘nice’ and that makes a change as it’s not a word that we use that often around these here parts. If you are looking for an album to while away a summer afternoon, lying on back in… Continue Reading →
E-L-R are a Swiss band from Bern, playing quite an individual mixture of Doom, Shoegaze and Black Metal. Recently, Prophecy Productions have released Vexier, the band’s second album. Lush soundscapes, filled to the rim, taking the listener on a journey… Continue Reading →
With each release, of which there are now numerous, it seems that this “dagger” has the German collective unsheathing and showing a bit more of themselves. We are still not on 1st name terms yet but the players are coming… Continue Reading →
Although around since 2013 with a couple of demos and a split to their name this is the debut album from Polish duo Misanthur. Helmed by Hellscythe and Draugr they must be doing something right to end up releasing it… Continue Reading →
Twenty two years. Eleven studio albums. These Japanese loons have had a long and hopefully lucrative career. I have dipped in and out of their eclectic sounds over the years – usually as part of playlists made by mates who were… Continue Reading →
When I first saw the cover to King Woman’s sophomore album Celestial Blues, depicting mastermind Kristinia Esfandiari as the fallen angel Lucifer, photographed from behind, with a torn garment, in an outfit alluding to sex, the back featuring raw, open… Continue Reading →