Tag Bolt Thrower
Alright, hands up, I hadn’t heard of Ripped to Shreds. Turns out the four piece of Californian-based extremists are making waves in the scene, and that Jubian is their third full length album since 2018. All of which really makes… Continue Reading →
So, in all the years that I have been reviewing alongside thee editor (which, fact-fans, is probably longer than many of our readers have been alive, in a slightly depressing moment of clarity), I don’t believe that I have ever… Continue Reading →
Let me paint a picture for you. You, your hombres, friends – or to use the parlance of our times – “crew” are reposing at a festival, gig or public gathering of your choice. The conversation starts to drift to… Continue Reading →
A debut album from US blackened death metallers Trenchant, and not to be confused with another act with this moniker also from the USA though I believe they have changed their band name. The three tracks on their debut demo… Continue Reading →
More tea, vicar? No thanks, I prefer to listen to mid-tempo death metal in the vein of Bolt Thrower, Asphyx or Hail of Bullets thanks. Well, that’s what the PR sheet from FDA records promises me, and if the album… Continue Reading →
When it comes to Death/Doom there are really only two questions. Does it Doom? Does it Death? Luckily when Bilbao’s Hex are put to this particular Spanish inquisition the answer is a resounding YES on both counts. This E.P. is only three… Continue Reading →
The quality control at Transcending Obscurity continues to be of high value, as we come to this first album from Birmingham’s progressive death metallers, “As the World Dies”. Certainly, lead guitarist Scott Fairfax is going to be a familiar name… Continue Reading →
Hey! You! Do you like Celtic Frost? No, not the modern Tom G. Warrior in a beany hat doom stuff, but the old, old stuff? You know, the “URGH”-laden Morbid Tales of yore, before the synthesisers, Mexican Radios and all… Continue Reading →
When it comes to promotion of bands, there are some tried and tested tricks. Some of these are well worn, of course. A nicely written bio, some promotional pictures, some easily transferable words within the accompanying blurb. Then, of course,… Continue Reading →
This is a well-travelled disc. Stormgrey themselves hail from Lithuania, not exactly a hotbed of extremity looking at Metal Archives. The label are French and they posted it out to us in England. A month later it finally arrives with… Continue Reading →
Heavy. Or as Neil from the Young Ones would say Heaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey ! Doom/Death bands are not known for being prolific when it comes to output so the fact that this is the Florida bands third album in four years may have a… Continue Reading →
Finland’s Hooded Menace return after 3 and a half years with their sixth full length release, and what a sound for sore ears it is. It is easy to see why these guys are held in such high esteem around… Continue Reading →