Tag Hooded Menace
Bestial. Primitive. Morbid. No, not a description of my sex life (….although) but an accurate summary of this cracker from Grave Ritual. If you’ve not heard of the band before, they formed in 2009 after Ryan (vocals / guitar) &… Continue Reading →
Their last release ‘Powerdose’ was one of the albums of the year on many lists when released in 2013, this hyper active speed and metal act had their eye on the prize for that one. With ‘Straight Shooter’, the energy… Continue Reading →
Whilst being nowhere near the likes of Nunslaughter in the ‘fuck me, how many releases? How am I gonna ever own all that?’ stakes, Finnish atmospheric doom / death titans Hooded Menace still have a respectable smattering of super-limited edition… Continue Reading →
The skies biblically open just before Uncoffined start up a night of ritual death and funeral rites in style getting everyone outside scuttling into the venue to get immediately flattened by their chunky cavernous sound. Drummer and vocalist Kat Shevil… Continue Reading →
It is that man again, Rogga Johansson (Paganizer, Ribspreader, Revolting, Demiurg, etc.) the most prolific death metal writer and performer of recent years. Countless projects and bands are of his creation and this time he is aided by lyricist Jill… Continue Reading →
When a three piece band comes along with two bassists among its number, then you cannot expect anything remotely light or airy. The delivery of Finland’s Horse Latitudes is slow, doom-laden and an ode to the apocalypse. In a comparative… Continue Reading →