Tag Season Of Mist
Sweden meets York on this debut album from Helga. “Wrapped in Mist” passes through the lands of Swedish folk and progressive metal, with post-rock, black metal, pop and some cellos and violins thrown in. A haunting female voice precedes a… Continue Reading →
Collaborations between members of different bands are not unusual, but this is a particularly interesting one. The idea of the band came about in 2017 when two of the band members were together in Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, so clearly… Continue Reading →
This album is the follow-up to the Dutch band’s 2020 release “Form in Motion”. Justifying the description of Autarkh’s music as “contemporary extreme metal”, “Form in Motion” took us to all sorts of strange places, treating us to epic, industrial… Continue Reading →
There have been many bands within extreme metal with monikers that spark a level of curiosity that wouldn’t necessarily be created with band names such as Dying Fetus. Usually bands opt for Latin derivations or connotations to create band names… Continue Reading →
It’s been a couple of years since their last release, & the Greek sextet are back with their tenth album & first on Season of Mist. The album & current line-up are also different, so while vocalist Peter Miliadis, guitarist… Continue Reading →
Here’s your starter for ten: what do Serge Gainsbourg, King Crimson and The Cure have in common? In the immortal words of Jeremy Paxman, come on – we haven’t got all day. No? The answer is that they’re all covered… Continue Reading →
Around 26 minutes of tech slam with sci-fi horror scenes is upon us from US band Wormhole. Let the onslaught begin. What I immediately liked about this was the distortion and eerie sound backing. My one small criticism of this… Continue Reading →
Psygnosis have been prolific since starting out in 2009, releasing six albums including this one. Their style being described as “atmospheric extreme metal with hints of electronic music, the band comes from the French town of Mâcon, which for those… Continue Reading →
Bish, bash, bosh, blasphemy! That’s the short review and if you are looking for anything in the way of significant changes in the sacrilegious craft of this long serving USBM act you are not going to find them here. Historically… Continue Reading →
With members from Triptykon, Obscura, Dark Fortress and Obsidious all contributing, this is an interesting band and one which reflects their different styles. Progressive extreme metal is how it gets billed. In existence for 10 years, this is the band’s… Continue Reading →
Don’t be fooled by this US band’s moniker, as whilst it suggests a band of tremendous death metal brutality, this has been only relevant to the early part of the bands career and discography. Currently, and in the last couple… Continue Reading →
Aussie prog 5 piece Voyager hail from Perth in the western reaches of Australia and have been kicking about since 1999. They’ve got 7 full length releases under their belt and ‘Fearless In Love’ is their 8th which includes the… Continue Reading →