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Xentrix – Seven Words (Listenable Records)

We all know that feeling of nostalgia when we listen to a band we enjoyed a few decades ago. Well, how about when they release something new, but it immediately falls short of expectations? Thankfully, that is not the case… Continue Reading →

Hivemind – The Edict Of The Elohim (Aesthetic Death)

As Voivod once stated in a futuristic voice “We are connected” and although musically very different, that is what we have here, an epic album taking to the outer limits and providing a cautionary tale of the near future for… Continue Reading →

Knim – When A Star Falls (S/R)

If you’d like a peek behind the curtain at how things operate at Ave Noctum Towers, allow me to give you gentle reader a rare glimpse behind the curtain of how the sausage is made, rather than the sausage itself…. Continue Reading →

Interview – Godless Suns

If you’ve been around the London metal scene for a while, you’ll be well aware of Zocalo.  If you’ve been to Bloodstock over the last few years, or have your ear to the ground of UK Doom in general, you’ll… Continue Reading →

The Wolves Of Avalon – Y Gododdin (Godreah)

It’s been six years since we last heard from The Wolves Of Avalon with their ‘Across Corpses Grey’ release of 2016. This comprised of one massive track spanning 30 minutes and a couple of cover versions. We get five numbers… Continue Reading →

Godless Suns – Godless Suns – S/R

Evolution and change is pretty much inevitable in both life and music for its continuing existence. Of course, there are a couple of exceptions to this rule, both sharks and AC/DC having successfully found their evolutionary niches millions of years… Continue Reading →

Amon Acid – Cosmogony (Helter Skelter / Regain Records)

Amon Acid haven’t been around that long. Starting life as a duo in 2018, founding members Briony Charvas and Sarantis Charvas have enlisted John Sutcliffe to create a power trio in the truest sense. “Cosmogony” finds the band continuing to… Continue Reading →

Poly-Math – Zenith (Nice Weather for Airstrikes)

In order to extend their range further at the core of what they call “complex instrumentation, huge, crowd-pleasing riffs and diverse poly-rhthms”, instrumental prog / mathrock band Poly-Math have added a saxophonist to their line-up for this album, their fourth… Continue Reading →

Thy Listless Heart – Pilgrims On The Path Of No Return (Hammerheart)

Atmospheric and emotional doom here with a narrative of existential soul-searching. You probably worked that out by the band name already. This is a very personal project of Simon Bibby former member of Seventh Angel and My Silent Wake and… Continue Reading →

Threshold – Dividing Lines (Nuclear Blast)

Melodic, progressive or whatever you want to call them band Threshold now hit us with their twelfth album release. I knew about them but really picked up on them mid-way through with their 2007 album “Dead Reckoning”, which is as… Continue Reading →

Steve Blower – Thunder and Lightning (S/R)

‘Thunder and Lightning’ is Steve’s third solo release. Steve is a UK independent artist who some may know from the band Hamerex. Immediately, the drums, those toms have a profound effect, the balls start shaking and your ears react during… Continue Reading →

Spider God – Fly In The Trap (Repose Records)

Coming seemingly from out of nowhere Spider God a UK based act and predominantly the work of G ascertained themselves with some very distinctive EP’s and splits of black metal / guitar shred in the early 2020’s. The zealous and… Continue Reading →

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