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Author Andrew Doherty

I’ve been obsessive about music since the late 60s and early 70s when during my childhood in Grimsby I used to watch Top of the Pops and bought 7” singles after saving up my pocket money. I really switched to metal when I first heard Dimmu Borgir. The ambience intrigued me, and through magazines and concerts I discovered new territory in the late 90s. For preference I now listen to black metal, heavy progressive music, Scandinavian-style melodic metal and any style which has an edge, or is downright unusual or bizarre. I managed the band Devillish Impressions, which was an exciting time as we had an album but no label or distribution method. We got the label and a European tour with Aeternus, and as the promoter’s plane was delayed, I finished up setting up the band’s first concert in Hamburg on 28th November 2006. I wrote for a while for Live 4 Metal but switched to Metal Team UK in 2007. Like any real music lover, I enjoy going to concerts and meeting people with the same interest and commitment.

Mathilde – 32 Décembre (S/R)

This album with outstanding artwork is a “dark space epic of a person escaping into the most distant constellation of their mind with the help of narcotics”. Although this is Mathilde’s first album, the band has been around for eight… Continue Reading →

The Moor – Ombra (Inertial Music)

We’re told in no uncertain terms that The Moor’s music is for fans of Gojira, Katatonia, Evergrey, Dark Tranquillity and Soilwork, with the added information that Messrs Stanne and Strid from these latter two bands have collaborated with them. The… Continue Reading →

Iterum Nata – From the Infinite Light (Nordvis)

Based on the theme of darkness and light, “the two voices” as the artist behind Iterum Nata calls it, this album crosses numerous genres, amongst them folk and neo-folk, black and doom metal and progressive rock. Our senses are made… Continue Reading →

Vicinity – VIII (Uprising Records)

This is the third album of progressive metal songs from Vicinity, a long-standing band out of Trondheim in Norway. The melodies and rhythm patterns are said to be of appeal to fans of Threshold, Circus Maximus and Dream Theater. The… Continue Reading →

Profane Burial – My Plateau (Crime Records)

More than ten years on from their inception, Norwegian band Profane Burial come back with their second album. “My Plateau” is described as intense and extreme with a leaning to black metal. Featuring symphonic elements, this band’s brand of metal… Continue Reading →

Hrizg – Damnatio Memoriae (Moribund Records)

More than once, I’ve read Hrizg being described as “cult”. I’m not sure what qualifies them for that but I’m guessing it’s their old school black-death metal style, which picks up comparisons with bands like Root, Mayhem and Tormentor. ”Damnatio… Continue Reading →

Eventide – Waterline (Aesthetic Death)

I’m always a sucker for “improvised electronic ambient sonicscapes” which is how this album is described. There are bands called Eventide from the USA and Sweden, but this one is a recent offshoot of the French progressive death doom band… Continue Reading →

Guiltless – Thorns (Neurot Recordings)

The post-apocalyptic soundscapes that are promised here on this EP are the work of a collective called Guiltless, comprising band members from Intronaut, A Storm of Light, Generation of Vipers and Battle of Mice. The images we are asked to… Continue Reading →

Zørza – IEI (S/R)

All that came with this EP was the minimalist description “Poland Post Black”. The cd itself comes with lyrics, the last of which on the opening track “Death I” read: “The coldness pervades me for the one last time, your… Continue Reading →

Sacrofuck – Święta Krew (Godz ov War)

This is death metal from Poland, and the band’s called Sacrofuck, so little is left to the imagination. How many times am I going to write the word “harsh”? Before I get on to the album “Święta Krew”, which translates… Continue Reading →

Farsot – Life Promised Death (Prophecy Productions)

I’m going to repeat myself and state that if I were to go down the route of creating a “favourite albums of all time” list, Farsot’s “Insects” (2011) would be in it. In fairness, these creators of black metal atmospheres… Continue Reading →

Aureole – Alunarian Bellmaster (Prophecy Productions)

This third album by Aureole, whose creator is also behind Tchornobog, is based on a science fiction scenario, in which Alunar is the world and the Bellmaster is sacrificed and incarnated as a ghost. It’s a sinister world, represented in… Continue Reading →

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