Tag USA
I really like The Wakedead Gathering. I’ve reviewed their previous work, notably their 2016 masterpiece “Fuscus: Strings of the Black Lyre” and their 2017 split with Ecferus. They’re a tricky band to review mind you, as they straddle so many… Continue Reading →
Described as shapeshifting, atmospheric noise rock, “The Silver Snake Unfolds” is Wailin Storms’s second album following their 2020 debut “Rattle”. Do I suspect that Wailin Storms have been listening to Black Sabbath? Well it seemed like it as I listened… Continue Reading →
This is Imperial Triumphant’s fifth album and I confess that till now I didn’t know any of them. Looking at their cv, I was surprised as a varied approach to metal with a later tendency to an avant-garde technical black… Continue Reading →
I do like an E.P. Which is pretty lucky as there seems to be loads of them flying about at the moment – hey Ed you need to start letting us put them in our fave lists of the year [err nope Ed]. What used to… Continue Reading →
Ohio based Heavy/Power Metal band Iron flame return with their fourth album to date. Multi-instrumentalist Andrew D’Cagna handles all the instruments himself. This album lyrically is less fantasy, it was penned during the pandemic, personal stories and political situations have… Continue Reading →
Renowned for their top drawer Doom roster, UK label Rise Above were also known to throw in the odd curve-ball every now and again just in case anyone thought they could predict them. One of those aforementioned oddities was American… Continue Reading →
I’m a bit of a sucker for New York area death metal. Following in the footsteps of Internal Bleeding and Pig Destroyer come Vomit Forth. Promising layers, the band has released a couple of demos, a couple of EP’s and… Continue Reading →
The self-titled album of 94 and ‘Do We Speak A Dead Language’ which followed a couple of years later were absolute classics. Downset, the US politically charged, socially responsible hardcore act should have been massive on the strength of these… Continue Reading →
I’m not sure Portland, Oregon, where Forsaken Entity come from, experiences ice but it’s clear from all directions that this album sets out to be a grandiose affair, and kingdoms of ice fit that narrative. Symphonic black metal calls up… Continue Reading →
Albums of the year are special things. To hand that accolade to a Black Metal debut is something I didn’t think I would ever do. However, Godslastering Hymns of a Forelorn Peasantry was so damn good and hit just the right spots for me in 2021…. Continue Reading →
Must be a full-moon. We just recovered from a savage mauling by Australian band Werewolves and now we have more lycanthropic rage from Columbus Ohio. Invultation is apparently the practice of making and using effigies of people for magical purposes… Continue Reading →
I’ll be honest I have not really kept up with “The Waste” over the years. I have most of the albums they have released on MP3 left unlistened to (tape trader style innit – I’m an old thrasher) and that is something I was completely comfortable with…. Continue Reading →