Reviews

“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, […]

One of the missions of the investigative metal journalist is perhaps to trace back the cultural heritage of the musicians in the “musick” they make. Yours truly, is perhaps one of the mates that takes […]

Released in 2013, SubRosa’s third album More Constant than the Gods is just about everything you’d want and expect from a follow-up to their frequently bludgeoning, emotionally merciless No Help from the Mighty Ones: more power, more beauty, more variety, […]

For several years now Solefald’s Cornelius has expressed his more German musical and cultural interests through his solo project Sturmgeist, playing industrial-tinged black metal with lyrics drawn from twentieth century historical themes. Cornelius recently joined forces […]