Articles by aVoid

Those of us fearing that 2009’s sudden return to activity for MASTER’S HAMMER with the Mantras album was only a one-off get-together of old friends having fun in the studio ought to be very pleased to see […]

MASTER’S HAMMER, the seminal proto-2nd wave Black Metal (=before Norwegian influence overrun the genre), is one of those bands that everybody’s heard of, but not that many have listened to. Even fewer are those who […]

Having strayed for many years along the dark path, it is refreshing to finally discover some positive and hopeful music that still doesn’t give away at the brutality. Lykathea Aflame – now known as Lykathé […]

OK. I took this promo on in an idealistic attempt to widen the concept of this site, from a focus on what we arbitrarily consider appropriate, to a full survey of every band that consider […]

If there is one thing the French are delightfully capable of doing, it’s combining their extreme metal with a sense of atonal and experimental dementia, uncompromising dedication and an indecent air of depravity. MÜTIILATION and […]

For some weeks back in 2001 I think, I was really into the Norwegian trio Lengsel. I honestly can’t remember why, but it was probably the combination of their pretty name (meaning “Longing” in Norwegian), […]

This fancy promo, carrying misplaced Kris Vervimp-cover artwork, was sent to me a coupe of weeks ago, and it immediately clinged to my mind. Apparently this Luxembourgian band was up until last year known as […]

This three-headed Italian monstrosity, with the peculiar name and even more peculiar sound, was presented here about two years ago with the debut album The Tortoise Boat. Without repeating myself too much, the basic musical premise […]

In the Musical Spheres and Dimensions we have chosen to brand with the epithet Avantgarde Metal, an objective Consideration of a piece of Music must be equally sized in terms of recognizing the Musical Quality […]

This is the fourth of Kekal’s albums, and the second into the avantgarde foray. If you’ve read my review of this album’s sequel, the mighty Acidity, I can tell you that the style and feeling […]