Month: May 2018

When you approach a band called “Cthulhu Rise” you should feel a certain apprehension, at least I do – will this be a 3rd rate death metal band paying their generic, homage to their favourite […]

First things first. I just need to get something out of the way here. CRONIAN is the “project” of Mr. Vintersorg and Øystein G. Brun, both of BORKNAGAR (the other band of Mr. V seems […]

Running in narrow alleys, crossing lanes, crawling hanging sheets from balconies. Like two bullets shot at high speed, I was running like hell, and she was right behind me. Like pursues from the movies. She […]

Instead of writing two separate reviews littered with cross references to each other, I chose to approach COMBAT ASTRONOMY’s two latest albums in one go, presenting one report of their sound and style, and the […]

New England, at least for those who are biased towards the darker side of things, is synonymous with the Salem witch trials, Stephen King, Lovecraft, and numerous eerie and morbid legends told and retold again […]

Clair Cassis, the name itself, reminds me of some 19th century French wine from the deepest cave, or perhaps my ex-mistress’ haut de gamme perfume which she would wear only once my eyes had been delicately blindfolded. […]

For this never seen before review, I was joined by the grand, grand, little grandchild of the late Aleister Crowley, an underground magus and post-mentalist who goes by the name of Sir Julius Henry Crowley. […]

Welcome to this Noise And Metal United in Mutual Deconstruction today lesson. Please have a seat – there you go, good boys and girls. In case you should feel a panic attack, there are only two emergency […]

In 1998, Samoth’s Nocturnal Art Records released something of a milestone record that went by without being noticed at all in the underground circles. Choronzon’s Magog Agog, a mostly industrial-fed post-black-thrash-heavy psychedelic and nightmarish beast, however, […]

A rumbling expulsion of life’s breath. Tumbling abysses. A spurt growing from the same deranged, tormented tree of pitch-black, ash-grey death metal that has seen the advancement of beings such as PORTAL and myriads of […]