Amongst most people to whom I’ve posited the idea, “Buddhist Metal” seems an oxymoron. The common perception of Buddhism as a philosophy of peace and happiness espoused by gentle smiling Buddhas seems incongruous with the […]

Salam, Aloha, Bonjour, Shalom, Hello and Hail ! Why the ecstatic greetings ? Well, this sector of the hive-mind has been in cryogenic suspension for the better part of two years, and recent re-animation has […]

Guitars and Flangers are great. Beginning one’s review with a sentence like “Guitars and Flangers are great” is also great. The greatness would soon diminish if I continued citing the previous sentence in the following […]

Perhaps, you might have been impressed by my earlier DTP review of “Addicted”. Perhaps, you think that the line up of this album makes this album great. Let me be frank – the “only” thing […]

The cool cover of the album tells is already. This is not metal, this should not be metal. Compared to its twin album “Deconstruction”, this is a fine rock album with guitar ballads that you […]

“Addicted” is one of those albums when a familiar metal guy decides go berserk, and makes an electronic-ish psychodelic album. When Townsend decided to go clean and start working on this project, I bet nobody […]

The Cutest Babyhead Ever is a very trippy band. They’ll really chill you out, and then without warning get really fast and grinding. A theme of controlled insanity is apparent all through this album, but […]

Are you a nostalgic metal head who already laid down his soul to the North European & British metal gods some fifteen years ago? If so, do better not listen to THE CREVICES BELOW’s debut […]

Historians will look back on the release of URFE as a true turning point in the development of an art form. Marrying a lengthy spoken-word narrative with thick layers of ambience from various sources, The […]

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 […]