Tag Spain
For those who don’t know, this is Spanish heavy/speed metal with a full on leather and spikes fist in the face. ‘Guilty As Charged’ is the bands third effort which still retains the speed metal influences of their ‘Road to… Continue Reading →
Heading up this outfit is the prolific Ebola whose contagion has mutated through various other bands as Cryfemal itself arose from Agaliareth pre new millennium. Since that time there have been six albums plus various splits and EPs during the… Continue Reading →
Eight tracks about inner conflict: that’s what this debut album from The Holeum is. “Eight hard-hitting tracks” would perhaps be a better description. “Chemical Ghosts” is strong, moody, atmospheric, spooky and a drum beat which conveys the message that any… Continue Reading →
I’m throwing these two in together as both Spanish bands have intertwined members and a lot of common ground between them. Both albums have been recently released by Winter Demons and offshoot of the Darkwoods label who embrace all things… Continue Reading →
Some underground bands manage to only throw out one release every few years, such is the nature of balancing work, life and a band that is labour of love/expensive hobby. Other bands somehow manage to be incredibly prolific, despite not… Continue Reading →
Formed in Barcelona back in 2009, Syberia are an instrumental quartet named after the coldest region of Russia, Siberia, which in Turkish translates to “Asleep Land”. Quite fitting given how vast and sparsely inhabited it is, but we are not… Continue Reading →
Spain’s all female traditional metal group, Lizzies, have been all over the internet. My main interest started when they announced a London show at the excellent Live Evil festival. Since then, the demo material has been burning my cd player… Continue Reading →
‘From Blue to Black’ is the third album by this Spanish quintet from Barcelona. They’ve been around for 8 years now and have received accolades for best Spanish upcoming band for their début album in 2011. Now the new album… Continue Reading →
This is a band who have played live alongside Goratory and Vomit Remnants. To be honest that tells me more than being told that their sci-fi technical death metal style is the framework for their “atmospheric” songs. The songs could… Continue Reading →
Razor sharp and deep into the abyss with its chasmic echoes, Suspiral set about representing chaos. They describe it as “the earthly manifestation of spiritual dimensions existing beyond Death”. “Poisonous Essence” is languid, extreme, at times frenetic and from a… Continue Reading →
My first encounter with Obsidian Kingdom came at last year’s ProgPower Europe. My recollections are of a dynamic performance, laden with heavy but spellbinding post metal intensity. We enter a world of contrasting forms, sophistication and imagination. The opening title… Continue Reading →
Ostots seems to be making a name for itself among some sections of the black metal underground, not least for the origins of the band bang in the middle of Basque Country somewhere near Bilbao, Spain. In fact, I discovered… Continue Reading →