The man’s proficiency knows no bounds. He is back with another amazing release, and to boot it could be his best work yet. Taking the bizarre twisting industrial extreme metal sound from his previous albums, […]
The second release from the insanity that is Umbah, this is more of the same yet with a difference. There is distinct chunkiness in the riffing, aligning this release closer to the death/thrash camp. Some […]
The first slice of insanity from a true underground pioneer, Umbah’s Continuum shines bright as a masterpiece of original metal mayhem. Basically a project of Cal Scott (ex-Necrosanct – who themselves set new standards in death / […]
“I was supposed to meet her tonight”, Beth said. We were in the lounge room of a high class hotel, I can’t remember in which city, exactly. “I was supposed to meet her tonight”, she […]
First, you must forgive me. I do not own any official copy of this first Ulver release; not the original self-released cassette, nor the hastily sold-out 10″ released by The End in 2002. My version […]
William Blake was an illuminate mystic British poet and painter who died in 1827, and his literary works as well as his colorful illustrations are still regarded by many as a world of their own. […]
From the angle of a middle-aged wanderer through the Nordic netherworlds of dreamy-doomy music, there can be no doubt that SYVEN hails from the Finnish hinterland: the music on this truly outstanding debut album sometimes […]
It begins beautifully with a strange wisp of a synth that explodes in a full-bloodied metal harmony, and then the groove locks in. The vocals and riffing place this firmly in the extreme metal camp, […]
One of the more interesting black metal bands nowadays is Svartidauði, Iceland’s crushing yet atmospheric outfit. With their full-length Flesh Cathedral and surprisingly great demos, Svartidauði has proven that they stand above the swarming mass of black […]
Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O))) is the most sophisticated album the band has released to date. In a beautiful way, the band keeps its blackness, personified on previous albums Black One, Oracle and Dommkirke, […]
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