Tag Svart Records
So, I did not have a new The Gates of Slumber record on my year’s bingo card. A mere 13 years after their last studio album, the be-doomed ones have returned. I must confess to being really excited to hear… Continue Reading →
Many people would argue that metal is a genre you can enjoy all year round, and I for one do agree on that statement except when it comes to the likes of black, death, gothic and some thrash metal. As… Continue Reading →
Well Göden basically is the collaboration of ‘Spacewinds’ (a certain Stephen Flam of legendary slow-mo deathsters Winter) with ‘Nyxta’ (Vas Kallas of indusrial/goth duo Hanzel Und Gretyl) and ex-Winter session keyboardist Tony Pinnisi. And if you’re guessing ‘so this is… Continue Reading →
Rumbles from the West. Portland Oregon’s Petrification have released their second album “Sever Sacred Light” (which for some reason I have an issue saying out loud), on Svart records. This is the follow up to “Hollow of the Void in 2018… Continue Reading →
This album is described as a “concoction of melodic death metal and crust punk”, with the band’s style being likened to Black Sabbath, Entombed, Neurosis and High on Fire. This is the debut album from the no-frills, “three piece riff… Continue Reading →
There can’t be many things in life that are less embarrassing than looking back at past version of yourself and realising that hubris, although a word I rarely deploy in any shape, way of form, is not something that you… Continue Reading →
One of the band members equates the opening pieces of this album to differing and developing landscapes. I translate that as soundscapes. It’s evident that Virta’s self-proclaimed atmospheric and cinematic music is geared to working with sounds, hence I suppose… Continue Reading →
The punishment for being late writing a review is that the task, all by itself, will be harder to do, because everything that can be said, has already been said by others. And unless you can come up with something… Continue Reading →
My English professor at university was very fond of well-written opening lines. For him, the beginning of a story, book or drama had to contain the crux of the piece, introduce the main character(s) or hint at the plot in… Continue Reading →
Horror Country n Western. From Sweden? Hmm. I like dark country. Whether it be from the Man in Black, RAW, Chris Stepleton or Hank Topless. Even a bit of Ghoultown if the mood is right – and the mood needed for… Continue Reading →
Required philosophical musing opening: In the modern world, does the concept of a ‘side project’ even mean what it used to? I mean the black metal scene is practically built on side projects, same with death, grind etc. So is… Continue Reading →
On paper, Chicagoan avantgarde sludge/post metal quartet Yakuza, (who lest we forget are not some johnny come lately outfit having been around for several iterations of the noise scene they were at the fulcrum of creating way back in 1999)… Continue Reading →