Natur ‘Head Of Death’ CD 2012
It’s satisfying to know that over the past couple of years traditional heavy metal has been re-valued by the mainstream metal world. This has allowed Natur to sign to the high-profile Earache and reach...
View ArticleEarthen Grave – S/T – CD 2012
You’ll be unsurprised to read that a band featuring legendary Trouble bassist Ron Holzner in its ranks plays Doom Metal, but what what may surprise you is how they play it and what else they bring to...
View ArticleNightbitch ‘Chainmaker’ 12″/DD 2013
If I had a penny for every time I’ve read, heard and even written the phrase “occult metal” throughout the past 18 months, I suspect I’d have nearly enough dough to buy out a small Middle Eastern oil...
View ArticleAge Of Taurus ‘Desperate Souls Of Tortured Times’ CD/LP/DD 2013
The words “hotly anticipated” do not even come close to summing up how I have been salivating to hear this album. I remember many moons ago, I ran into the right honourable Reverend Riddell outside a...
View ArticleSatanic Dystopia ‘Double Denim Shotgun Massacre’ Digital EP 2013
Like the video nasties section at your local video establishment, something dark and exciting is promised by the release of Satanic Dystopia’s first offering ‘Double Denim Shotgun Massacre’. With only...
View ArticleGrand Magus ‘Triumph And Power’ CD/LP/DD 2014
As Sweden becomes the epicentre for modern heavy metal bands it seems that everyone wants to be donning denim and digging out their vinyl. Long running Grand Magus have being making a quite gradual...
View ArticleManilla Road ‘Mystification’ CD Reissue 2014
There are few bands that have as strong a back catalogue as US heavy metal band Manilla Road. Having released several underground classics since their formation in 1977, it is still somewhat of a crime...
View ArticleOrange Goblin ‘Healing Through Fire’ CD/LP Reissue 2014
It’s not often you find yourself having to defend Orange Goblin. They’re simply unimpeachable, yet there are some dunderheads out there that insist they aren’t “all that”. I distinctly remember a...
View ArticleSons Of Crom ‘Riddle Of Steel’ CD/LP/DD 2014
There is something striking about an album that is from a fairly new band on the music scene, especially when they’ve been releasing music steadily for the last few months. Now with their latest...
View ArticleHorisont ‘Odyssey’ CD/LP/DD 2015
Since the release of their explosive debut Två Sidor Av Horisonten, Sweden’s Horisont have been a special band. Their unique take on hard rock has so much emotional depth and clever musicianship that...
View ArticleReview: The Neptune Power Federation ‘Memoirs Of A Rat Queen’
If you have a boring job that involves sitting at a computer and not talking to people, I’m sure you will have sampled the dubious delights of listening to random stuff on Bandcamp. I like to think...
View ArticlePremiere: Molasses Barge ‘A Grayer Dawn’
Molasses Barge are pillars of the Pittsburgh heavy music scene having been around since 2008 spreading the gospel of their NWOBHM tinged doom. Now three years after the release of their self-titled...
View ArticleReview: Desert Storm ‘Omens’
Desert Storm have been quietly gathering pace in the UK scene since they formed in 2007 and have justified their position with relentless touring, blistering live shows we’re they’ve had to hold their...
View ArticleReview: Cirith Ungol ‘Forever Black’
Who in their wildest dreams would have predicted such a distinguished return from the Ventura metal giants? This is their first release since 1991s Paradise Lost. Almost thirty years have passed and,...
View ArticleReview: Henrik Palm ‘Poverty Metal’
When I sat down to complete this review I thought to myself ‘don’t talk about Ghost too much, it’s too obvious, let the music speak for itself’. I didn’t know a lot about Henrik Palm before picking up...
View ArticleReview: Wall ‘Wall’ EP
There is a wonderful sense of excitement attached to listening to an obscure record that you’ve dug up from the 70s…it’s akin to being proud that you’ve discovered something that a full generation (or...
View ArticleReview: Thunder Horse ‘Chosen One’
Partly to inflate my word count, but mostly out of self-indulgence, I like to begin my reviews with a paragraph of waffle that’s, on a good day, at least slightly related to the album I’m reviewing....
View ArticleIn Search Of Tone: Joe Hoare Of Orange Goblin
Orange Goblin are one of the reasons for the music I listen to today. I use them to introduce people to good music, just as they saved me from a world of terrible pop, something I’ll be forever...
View ArticleReview: Kvasir ‘4’
I never did one of those ancestry mail-in kits to see where your roots lie, but if I did and found out I was 0.01% Viking, then I would totally be like the guy in that commercial who wears the armor,...
View ArticleReview: Witchcryer ‘When Their Gods Come For You’
Witchcryer explode back into your stereo with the inspired title for album number two, When Their Gods Come For You. The narrative throughout explores Greek gods, titans, deities & goddesses...
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