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? […]

On their second full length album “Eifur” the Swedish quintet FEJD delivers rock & metal influenced folk music with a freedom-loving traditional spirit which makes me remember the late Nineties’ efforts of Garmarna and Hedningarna. […]

As a few of you might remember, I reviewed the first demo recordings of these Chilean submarine navigators a few years ago, which can still be read here. I had nearly forgotten about them, when suddenly […]

Before I begin this review, I will have to admit that I had some trouble reviewing this. After the package from Chile arrived – what I think was the first promo to arrive from South […]

Since 1998 new unexpected discoveries (the universe expanding at an accelerate rate; antimatter is vastly predominant over matter; the asymmetry of left-handed neutrinos; and possibly the superluminal neutrino measured by CERN recently?) have indicated that […]