Tag UK
UK’s Dark Forest, as those who read these pages will know, I am a big fan of this group. This five track EP encounters lyrical themes based on nature and landscape. The artwork was handled by Christian Horton himself (founding… Continue Reading →
Ah, another release from my favourite ‘located behind a restaurant’ label. Gentle jokes aside Transcending Obscurity seem to have a knack for finding quality and producing it so I thought I’d have a listen to Newcastle’s Live Burial who though… Continue Reading →
The legacy of Venom is undisputed. Period. Past members have black metal flowing in their blood. When Jeff “Mantas” Dunn and Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan combined forces for the 1989-1992 iteration of the band the fires of Hell still burned… Continue Reading →
The owls have been beaming their strange and disturbing smile at us now for five years and by chance, luck, or providence I have been with them since their debut album Desolation. I have seen this curiously monikered project of… Continue Reading →
I doubt many people who know me would believe that once all the social armour and painstakingly copied behaviour has been jettisoned, I consider myself a small, and rather quiet soul inside. I think too much, I have little in… Continue Reading →
This is a solo project of Kyle McNeil, the frontman of UK heavy metal band Seven Sisters. Here, McNeil is exploring his love for prog. Undoubtedly, many elements will be familiar to many Seven Sisters fans. These include infectious vocal… Continue Reading →
It all sounds very progressive to me. Dawnwalker comprises a number of musicians who help to create what they describe as “heavy, atmospheric and enigmatic”, while throwing in passing references to Opeth, Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief, Pink Floyd, Ihsahn,… Continue Reading →
Perhaps you’ve got too much to be cheery about? You know, the economy in freefall, the planet on fire, our government being steered by a succession of people seemingly completely incapable of not acting in venal self-interest. Maybe, just maybe,… Continue Reading →
Now on their third album, London’s Grave Lines do away with the idea that a band have to pin themselves to a particular sound. Having built their popularity on the eclectic pool of influences they draw from as a collective,… Continue Reading →
The misery of Western big city life can be observed in many towns all over the Western world, but statistics are nowhere more damning than for the Scottish metropolis of Glasgow. Due to the Glasgow Effect, a rather neutral term… Continue Reading →
Cast your mind back 28 years, were you even born then, have your memories been swept aside by the winds of time? The reason I am asking is because this is when UK doom death act Enchantment released their debut… Continue Reading →
The UK has always been a bit of a tough place to be a Power Metal band. Ironic given that Iron Maiden are cited as one of Power Metal’s main influences, but basically, if you are not actually Iron Maiden,… Continue Reading →