Tag Gothic
“What is the point of writing songs about the apocalypse and the inescapable future that’s drenched in darkness, when the media already do it better? Instead, with our new album HUNGER, we give you the light,” says Alex Svenson, band… Continue Reading →
I have had the pleasure of listening to this album a lot over the last week due to reviewing in much shorter form for another publication. One thing I noticed on doing so is that it marks 40 years since… Continue Reading →
I first came across these gloomy bastards from France with the charmingly titled This Is Not Supposed To Be Positive, and the their last album five years back Banilieue Triste. Oddly I was reminded and reacquainted with that album very… Continue Reading →
A debut release from this (I think) duo and it’s a concept album mixing the idea of F.W. Murnau, director of classic 1922 film Nosferatu, going to Hollywood and getting mixed up with actual vampires in 1928 (which I guess… Continue Reading →
With each release, of which there are now numerous, it seems that this “dagger” has the German collective unsheathing and showing a bit more of themselves. We are still not on 1st name terms yet but the players are coming… Continue Reading →
“Music for night hours and sanguine addictions” I’ll be honest those words send shivers down my spine for all the wrong reasons. I spent some time amongst the Vampire fans of London in the 90’s in the middle of the… Continue Reading →
What to do when the ropes of the night keep you firmly chained to the darkness, hindering your every movement, making it impossible to break free? There is only one option. You have to generate your own light. This, in… Continue Reading →
Parrilla, hailing from the Southend on the Sea, UK, have been described as a rising force in the UK underground. Having cut their teeth round Essex, sharing the stage with the likes of Goat Monsoon and participating in Bloodstock’s Metal… Continue Reading →
Although they have plenty of releases to their name and have been going since 2003, I’m a recent advocate of the Spanish cult of Balmog. Very impressed with last album Vacvvm and one-track EP Pillars Of Salt I had them… Continue Reading →
I didn’t pick this out for its title but it did make me laugh. All the nonsense about being allowed to hug people in a country where people don’t hug each other represents a normal level of absurdity. Sectlinefor will… Continue Reading →
The PR blurb hails Malamorte as Italian New Wave of True Heavy Metal Leaders that had me initially interested, with other info including heralding Alessandro Nunzaiati (Lord Vampyr from Theatres des Vampires) as a leader in the Italian scene with… Continue Reading →
Variety is the spice of life and as much as we all need gnarly slabs of aggressive metal to see us through the day, there are also times when we need something more mellow but still within the realm of… Continue Reading →