Tag Akercocke
Five years since their debut release, 2015 sees the 2nd album of The Order of Apollyon eventually rear its gnarly head. After a huge upheaval in line-up (co-founder Dan Wilding is now with Carcass, former Akercocke man Peter Benjamin has… Continue Reading →
It’s absolutely no secret that Voices second album London, a concept to our Capital city has completely blown me away. Mixing so much emotion, atmosphere and extremity into its cinematic hour long playing time it’s a real feast and a… Continue Reading →
London our city! The place we live whilst loving and loathing it in equal measure. Or is it equal? Maybe not as I think of the emotions and descriptors it best sums up in me. Fear, paranoia, agitation, disillusionment, schizophrenia,… Continue Reading →
A very poetic and atmospheric title sets you up nicely for this second EP from French post, progressive black metal band Orob. After a short choral intro we are flung rapidly down ‘The Pathway’ and it is quickly evident from… Continue Reading →
This is the Polish ‘dark Satanic metal’ troupe who have been going for couple of decades and who put out ‘Misanthropy’ last year. This however is a re-release of their 1994 debut full length. ‘For some reason’ is what I… Continue Reading →
Aha Mr Bean is back, nope not that one that would be silly! Not the one what got his head lopped off in Game Of Thrones either (and if that’s a spoiler, you are way behind). Nope we are talking… Continue Reading →
Abyssal, as I’m sure most readers are already aware, are a mysterious three-piece hailing from the UK. As I no longer inhabit the island(s) or have much of an idea of what’s going on there, their name has thus far… Continue Reading →
This French four-piece has been in existence for well over a decade, releasing three evolving takes on the progressive death genre along the way. Making ever greater steps forward, ‘Back to Where You’ve Never Been’ is an album which their… Continue Reading →
I have enjoyed (if that is the right word) Irish band Altar Of Plagues since they first caught my attention, partly due to the music and also due to the mystery behind them. This is no mystery in the form… Continue Reading →
Whopping album title and whopping band! I went to check out Voices at one of their first shows at the Unicorn. I took the night off as did not want to review them on a first encounter guessing that they… Continue Reading →
One of the primary conundrums affecting this Dutch death metal troupe as they approached their sophomore album must have been how to top their debut’s cover art. Sporting, as it did, a shot of a lady’s peach, there’s not really… Continue Reading →
‘Age of Perversion’ is Offending’s second album, and exhibits a number of French musicians whose backgrounds are predominantly rooted in black metal. Coming from Deepsend though – the same label which recently introduced me to the enjoyable Deadly Remains –… Continue Reading →