Month: June 2020

The lights turn dim and we hear a voice that introduces us into a darkness just about to take off like a space shuttle when the first riff appears. It fits perfectly with the dark […]

When heavy metal was still in its infancy, before it was even a genre really, it was already assimilating new sounds and pushing its boundaries outward. In 1971, Japan’s innocuously named Flower Travellin’ Band was already subjecting […]

Will try to be as brief as this 7” is (7 minutes worth of briefness). Fleurety continue their “ep plan” they started with the previous one, Ingentes Atque Decorii Vexilliferi Apokalypsis, with the difference that this new ep […]

A new vision to behold! A new whisper from ancient configurations! The master of hallucinogenic poisons and herbs has grown out of the earth’s deepest labyrinths once more… It is quite refreshing to welcome back […]

In 2000, Fleurety moved into more ambitious terrain with “Department of Apocalyptic Affairs,” a convoluted genre-spanning event with special guest stars from the Norwegian black metal scene (Maniac, Garm, Hellhammer, et al.). The songs are […]

Min Tid Skal Komme (1995) is like black metal run through a post punk filter, with rock breakdowns surfacing amid long stretches of caustic black metal fury and a groove-oriented sensibility pervading throughout. While Alexander Nordgaren’s […]

This is humongous milestone in the world of dark rock/ metal music. The reverberations are still felt today, every time someone combines darkness and aggression with dreamy landscapes. At first, I was thinking of reviewing […]

In the foggy East of England recalcitrant spirits are on the gad these days and they make frivolous trippers cringe: FEN don’t grant themselves a rest after their recently published long-playing album “Epoch”, but they’re […]

Fen’s third work, without giving up on a single soul-shattering, sorrowful shudder, tightens the nuts and bolts of its compositional scaffolding to achieve a starker mood. The more blustery side of their musical architecture is […]

How many times do we fall madly in love with an album for its immediate appeal (according to our own personal criteria), then it ends up as nothing more than a pleasant yet distant memory? […]