Tag Conan
Choosing to open your debut album with a song that’s over 20 minutes in length means business, and Headless Kross certainly aren’t taking any prisoners when it comes to the droned out, monolithic journey that is ‘Rural Juror’. The occasional… Continue Reading →
It’s an undisputed fact that Old Empire are currently unrivalled in their ability to put together killer line ups within London. Tonight is no exception, and sees four of the UK’s best home grown talents out to celebrate Devil’s Night… Continue Reading →
With just two tracks making up this album, and the only vocals being the apocalyptic sample of mankind’s destruction that opens the proceedings, Space Witch have really set a challenge for their listeners in this eponymous debut album. I’m not… Continue Reading →
Day 2 Sat 3rd May Well this was an odd day for me I’m afraid. Good intentions had gone out of the window and distracted by Bristol we arrived late for… well the first half I’m afraid. Still, for me… Continue Reading →
The debut album by this dark, hybrid band Coltsblood begins with a terrifying black abyss of noise; of screams and a descent into some hell that I haven’t heard the like of since ‘Into The Crypt Of Rays’. ‘Beneath Black… Continue Reading →
Once, years ago someone cited the music of Solefald as ‘music for eggheadbangers’. However with Bavaria’s well read sons Atlantean Kodex, you should never underestimate the ability of these articulate gents to produce music that as well as making you… Continue Reading →
Conan’s popularity has never been higher, and deservedly so: Unassuming yet highly talented and with a unique sound and vision they have gigged relentlessly anywhere and everywhere and have almost become Roadburn’s house band. Not bad for a band only… Continue Reading →
There are plenty of firsts about this album. It’s the debut by London based Bast and also the first release from Jon Davis of Conan’s Black Bow Records. Not only that but apparently it’s also the first album to be… Continue Reading →
You can tell how successful a festival is by the amount of people there and even as we enter the labyrinth Leeds University to negotiate the four stages that the event has been expanded to the first band on our… Continue Reading →
Eibon’s last album ‘Entering Darkness’ really lived up to its name. The French band delivered a stark, sludgy, doom-etched morass of war hewn grimness that was monochromatic right down to its chilling artwork. The first thing I noticed about the… Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure of reviewing the first Selfless studio full length ‘The Price Of Progression’ back in 2011, so I was pretty prepared for a noisy old time from this ‘stop gap’ item which is part live album recorded… Continue Reading →
Not sure where this came from as it appears to be a 2011 release. Still if it came all the way from Spain at its own pace then it probably explains it. Yeah, doom. Slow doom. More sludge and drone… Continue Reading →