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Phlebotomized – Clouds Of Confusion (Hammerheart Records)

For reasons unbeknownst to yours truly this long established and revered Dutch death metal band has completely passed me barring the odd glimpse into their melodic doom death I’ve heard in passing. Often seen as one of the founding bands… Continue Reading →

Vorna – Aamunkoi (Lifeforce Records)

Have to say beyond the name and the fact that a variety of people of my acquaintance like them, my personal interaction with these Finns has been minimal. So time to correct that came up and here we are with… Continue Reading →

Inferno Festival – Rockefeller, John Dee Oslo, Norway 7/4/23

Keen to make the most of my time in Oslo, I grabbed the opportunity to visit the ‘Bad vibes – The sound of emotions in Norwegian black metal’ exhibition at the Norwegian National Library before the festival began. This exhibition… Continue Reading →

Heidra – To Hell Or Kingdom Come (Mighty Music)

On the weekly list of reviews that comes out I put my hand in to cover this album by Danish act Heidra because I read the band had some Amorphis traits in their music. They weren’t wrong it has to… Continue Reading →

Asgaard – What If… (WormHoleDeath)

There are many things I think about when hearing this band’s name but “intelligent structures” is right up there. I can entirely understand why comparisons might be made with Katatonia, Anathema and Amorphis because this is a band which doesn’t… Continue Reading →

Amorphis – Halo (Atomic Fire)

Is it too early to start discussing “Album of the Year”? I’ll stick my neck out and say that even though it’s only just February, I’m confident ‘Halo’ will feature in many of these lists, and may well sit at the… Continue Reading →

Ruttenskalle – Skin ‘Em Alive (Gruesome Records)

Portugal may have their very own Rogga Johansson (Sweden) in the making, as Paulo M. Soares, whose project this is, has been involved in a raft of other acts, mostly in the death metal fold, within the Portuguese extreme metal… Continue Reading →

Bizarre – Invocation Codex (Transcending Obscurity)

Once again, this Indian label has picked up an exceptional death metal band to add to their roster, alongside their unique products that they always unveil for each of their releases. This Spanish bands rather innocuous moniker does not do… Continue Reading →

Esa Holopainen – Silver Lake (Nuclear Blast)

Amorphis guitarist Esa Holopainen has decided it’s high time he mixed things up a bit. I guess 30 years in the same band can do that to a guy, but it’s not like Amorphis with their Dark Metal stylings are… Continue Reading →

For Ruin – Relapse (S/R)

Last year, I had the fortune to review a brace of musical products from Ireland’s best-kept metal secret, For Ruin, for this very august organ (you can find them on these pages). The then-promised follow-up EP to last year’s “Elapse”,… Continue Reading →

Rotting Ways To Misery: The History Of Finnish Death Metal – Markus Makkonen and Kim Strömsholm (Cult Never Dies)

To call the Finnish Death Metal scene overlooked would be a bit silly I think, but to call it underground would most certainly be apt. I’ve enjoyed my fair share of Finnish Death Metal in my time from Xysma to… Continue Reading →

Havukruunu – Uinuos syömein sota (Naturmacht)

Yep this is Finnish but boy listening to it there is a good chance you will get transported off to the Wild West and the lawless frontiers. Perhaps that is due to the fact that it has been the musical… Continue Reading →

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