Tag Djent
The first job was to re-acquaint myself with “Haar”, this band’s 2019 album which I liked very much. A year later “Woe Portrait” came out, which went down less well with my reviewing colleague. Such is the way of things…. Continue Reading →
From the admirable ViciSolum label comes Ring of Gyges with this album. I hadn’t heard of this band previously, but on the face of it they’re right up my street. Peddling progressive metal with intriguing “odd rhythmic patterns”, the stated… Continue Reading →
Sitting at my place of work for a change and rather than staring at the flora and fauna and phalanxes of ants and battalions of birds in my glorified shed at the bottom of my garden, I am in the… Continue Reading →
Having been around since 2012, Parisian djent practitioners Stömb, seem to have flown under the radar in terms of the scant availability of anything really concrete about the band aside from a handful of reviews and an under-construction website that… Continue Reading →
A trio of European instrumentalists comprise Behind Closed Doors. Add some strings, “ferocious heaviness as well as delicate tenderness” and that’s the recipe for this album. A mournful violin dirge is interrupted by an explosive djenty section. It’s an interesting… Continue Reading →
Drawing inspiration “from black and death metal to djent and hardcore”, Cabal embark upon their third album. I’ll add “melodic hooks” to that. It’s true that pungent death metal djent hardcore is their game, witness the opening song of this… Continue Reading →
The work of Meshuggah should be familiar to most readers by now, however, allow me to provide a short history for the uninitiated and plain ignorant alike. Formed in Sweden in 1987, it wasn’t until the release of their brutal… Continue Reading →
I don’t really understand Djent fully, it’s also a silly name for a genre. I don’t even really know if I’m the biggest fan of it, but conceptually it’s a cool idea. Tech Metal is also something I’m not that… Continue Reading →
This is the third album from this plucky French progressive metal outfit. Previous albums have seen them deconstruct themes such as anthills(!) and the spirit of the working class, whilst the concept this time is of an adventurer and his… Continue Reading →
Anyone who keeps up to date with my reviews knows that I love the Tech. I used to hate it, or at least think it was self-indulgent tomfoolery (I mean it kind of is). Then I discovered the Grateful Dead… Continue Reading →
Croatian band Evil Never Dies, or E.N.D., have been in existence since 1996 when they were a hardcore band in the style of Sick of It All, since when they have moved towards the realms of groove metal. This EP… Continue Reading →
From the prog stable of Layered Reality Productions comes this fifth album by Italian quintet Soul Secret. The band’s keyboard player made an interesting observation when talking about the theme to explain “Blue Light Cage: “People think they are actively… Continue Reading →