Tag Sludge
“The music scene is dying!” is a gripe that’s often heard from many a jaded music fan – you know the ones; they go to big arena concerts, organised by faceless promoters and don’t bat an eye at paying £6+… Continue Reading →
Descent has been out a while. Since September 2014 so I can only guess that this is a re-release. Bloody good thing to as it gives this Polish quintet a second crack of the whip, which they thoroughly deserve. Descent… Continue Reading →
Philadelphia based progressive metal/post-rock stalwarts Rosetta have a brand new album for your ears and minds; ‘Quintessential Ephemera’ scheduled for a July 3rd release is available now via Golden Antenna Records. Beginning with the beautifully measured opening track ‘After The… Continue Reading →
Five hairy blokes from South Wales present to us their debut album. What is noticeable about this album from the beginning is how tight it is. I’m not from their part of the world and haven’t seen them live but… Continue Reading →
So, it’s June 2015 and a CD from Crossed Fire with a release date in 2014 arrives? That was the first mystery. The second was who is the band, and how do I find out about them, as I know… Continue Reading →
It’s no secret that the second full-length album, ‘Anhedonia’, from Oxford doom quartet Undersmile, has got me in a bit of a spin. So, in order to delve deeper into it’s world, I fired off some questions to drummer Tom… Continue Reading →
So I just got back in the saddle with reviewing, and I thought I would jump straight in the deep end. So I asked to review this band “KEN mode”, mainly on the basis that I have never heard them… Continue Reading →
‘Shock/Deny’ is the second album release from this Belgian band, and just like the first, ‘Acceptance/Rebuild’, it comprises of just two long tracks of black/doom/sludge/drone/ambient. But this time round, with decidedly better production values. Once again the band deal with… Continue Reading →
“What have you made of yourself? Are you proud? Is anyone else?” bellow the vocals on ‘Worthless’. This is the fourth track of ‘Endless Misery’, sophomore album from London sludge/doom metal hatemongers Dead Existence. If you’re reading those lyrics and… Continue Reading →
This is the Swedish sludge duo’s sequel to “Two Titans” (2012). I’d not heard that album but I have heard complimentary comments about Galvano from other people who know about them. This album consists of four chunks, each lasting about… Continue Reading →
“Membrane make a living from working with noise”. And some noise it is. The French band’s fifth album is not the sort of ambient soundscape where figures emerge unexpectedly out of gloomy shadows, but a crashing world of reverberating sounds,… Continue Reading →
Californian Sludge-friendly, experimental noise metal outfit Will Haven have been around for coming on 20 years now, but aside from the critically acclaimed “Carpe Diem”, released in 2001 and a few big tours in between spells of breaking up and… Continue Reading →