Tag Switzerland
Sometimes I wonder why I make things so hard for myself as a reviewer, other times I know. It’s the latter case here, really. Paysage D’Hiver are a name that has been on my peripheral vision for three or four… Continue Reading →
Switzerland’s Calcined is a band I came across when I reviewed their debut album for the site back in 2015 and was reasonably impressed by it. The sophomore was equally decent upping the technicality slightly that accompanies a band when… Continue Reading →
A good album title has always been a sellable gimmick throughout the history of music, but it’s something else to come across an album whose name reflects just how much you are enjoying it and never want the experience to… Continue Reading →
I seem to have hit a peak of bleak with my review picks of late and knew that with Swiss “Extinction Advocates” ColdCell in front of me that little in the way of light would be shining through. No point… Continue Reading →
This album with outstanding artwork is a “dark space epic of a person escaping into the most distant constellation of their mind with the help of narcotics”. Although this is Mathilde’s first album, the band has been around for eight… Continue Reading →
Following their return in 2020 with the awesome “Fracmont”, this Swiss Death/Thrash band made a big impact after being away so long, bringing out the glory days of their Noise records releases. However, the band return after some line-up changes,… Continue Reading →
Blimey, has it really been a whole decade since we last had recorded material from enigmatic Swiss explorers of the cosmos Darkspace? It’s not like the trio comprising of Wroth, Zhaaral and new member Yhs have found themselves stranded on… Continue Reading →
Dyssebeia in Greek Mythology was the spirit and personification of Impiety, the term which defines sacrilege. Notably, it was called upon by the Olympian goddess Hera to punish Heracles when she was rather pissed off at Zeus because he was… Continue Reading →
Although Impalement’s debut ‘The Impalement’ wasn’t spawned until 2020, the origins of the band date back much further to 2010 when Beliath first began composing music. In the following ten years he toured relentlessly with other bands developing his expertise… Continue Reading →
This Swiss / Norwegian outfit may well be new with only this album proceeded by a couple of singles but their line-up certainly had me intrigued and wanting to hear more. Set up by guitarist B. (yes one of those… Continue Reading →
Here’s your starter for ten: what do Serge Gainsbourg, King Crimson and The Cure have in common? In the immortal words of Jeremy Paxman, come on – we haven’t got all day. No? The answer is that they’re all covered… Continue Reading →
Silence is not what we get from Rorcal, whose world is heaviness, dissonance and industrially haunting soundscapes. 17 years on from forming, this is the Swiss band’s sixth album release. Crumbly destruction stands at the centre of the opener “Early… Continue Reading →