With NADJA releasing the same album five times every year and JESU moving away from the sound of their s/t release, ‘Ambient Drone Metal’ is a genre which is unfortunately stagnating in its rather apt […]
Avant-garde music never fails to surprise in a myriad of ways. Sorgeldom were exposed to me through an accidental click of the mouse, transporting me to a thread about the band on a music forum […]
It has always annoyed me when bands invent a new genre for themselves. More often than not, it’s a poorly constructed attempt to gain recognition or make yourself out to be pioneers of the next […]
Ah, the humble riff; so abused and re-iterated that to a seasoned metal-head, it is very rare to hear ones which you can honestly say sound completely new. That makes it even more special when […]
Ron Jarzombek is a guitarist infamous for his unique style of playing, by taking sometimes rather silly time signatures, lightning-fast playing, an eclectic sense of melody and making it fun! His intriguing acrobatics have been […]
Black metal is a style which has evolved hugely from it’s humble beginnings of much derivation and exotericism. For every band which has tried to rewrite the formula, there have been a thousand following it […]
Commence Rat-King-Are-Awesome special part two. If you are sensible, you will have probably read the first part of the special already and will know my views on Rat King’s first full-length “The Plague Of Hamelin”. […]
This review marks two extra special occasions; The first time (I believe) that an Indian band have been featured on our humble site, and also the unveiling of the fantastic “Rat King” to our avid […]
If someone told me in 2007 that the best release to be born in that year would be a demo from an unsigned black metal band based in Australia of all places, I probably would […]
A few of weeks ago, I reviewed Alcest’s latest opus – ‘Escailles De Lune’. You could think of this article as something of a sister piece, with Les Discrets featuring on the same label and […]
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