A great organic Folk and Death influenced Pagan Black Metal album from Scottish lads, Stob Dearg. Continue reading
Category Archives: Music Reviews
LES DISCRETS – “Ariettes Oubliees”
With Alcest now getting more exposure, more people are discovered the associated act of Les Discrets. Continue reading
LACERATION – “Tortured Inauguration”
Laceration are sometimes a one-man Brutal Death Metal act and sometimes a full live band, the brainchild of Hamish Maguire. Continue reading
WOODS OF YPRES – “Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light”
Woods Of Ypres final album is a great captivating work of dark splendour. Anthemic, brooding, and beautifully morose. Continue reading
BORKNAGAR – “Urd”
The latest instalment form the folk/progressive black metal ensemble included the welcome return of ICS Vortex (Dimmu Borgir, Arcturus). Continue reading
BLACK TUSK – “Set The Dial”
After finding out that Red Fang were on tour I looked into who was supporting to see if it was worth going to….and found Black Tusk. Another Stoner Rock band that owes a nod to Mastodon but also High On Fire and sounds exactly like you would expect. Continue reading
RED FANG – “Murder The Mountains”
Prehistoric Dog / Wires / Hank is Dead – 3 Songs, 3 Videos – For most bands it would be ‘Band play in a warehouse plus attractive girl doing nothing interesting’. Continue reading
CHRISTIAN MISTRESS – “Possession”
On paper joining the ever increasing band wagon of ‘New Wave Of Traditional Metal’ however these worshippers of the ‘Old Skool’ have an ace up their collective spandex. Continue reading
ELUVEITIE – “Helvetios”
Folk Metal rising stars Eluveitie return with their anticipated new album and on the surface an 18 track concept album covering the Gaulish/Roman war appears a daunting/risky task (As a band they’ve already proved to be willing to take risks by following up Slania with the fully acoustic Omnos) . Continue reading
THE DEVIL’S BLOOD – “The Thousandfold Epicentre”
A 2011 release: Having decided to ‘take a punt’ on this album, after reading various positive comments from such metal luminaries as Alan Averill among others, I found myself curious as to what to expect from The Devil’s Blood. Continue reading