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Stellar Circuits – Sight To Sound (Nuclear Blast)

This is part one of a somewhat unexpected mini-series of reviews I’m going to be working on this week and next, that is provisionally (and very much unofficially) titled Out of my Wheelhouse. This is because I have fairly wide-ranging… Continue Reading →

Isafjørd – Hjartastjaki (Svart Records)

The name Ragnar Zolberg rang a bell to me, Ragnar being one half of Isafjørd. I narrowed it down to ProgPower contacts, but also research revealed that Ragnar is the artist behind Sign. The other artist and composer is Aðalbjörn… Continue Reading →

Bastardur – Satan’s Loss Of Son (Season Of Mist)

Crust punk from Aðalbjörn Tryggvason of Solstafir and more guests than you can shake a stick at? Oh ok go on then, I’m game. The cover though seems to be trying a little too hard; an 80s pastiche with regulation… Continue Reading →

Katla – Allt þetta Helvítis Myrkur (Prophecy Productions)

Named for the giant volcano hidden beneath the ice cap of Mýrdalsjökull glacier in their homeland Iceland, Katla is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Einar Thorberg Gu∂mundsson and drummer Gu∂mundur Óli Pálmason previously of Solstifar fame. The duo have spent some… Continue Reading →

Wayfarer – A Romance with Violence (Profound Lore)

Apparently, this is Wayfarer’s fourth album, and even from the outset it shows. There’s a steadiness and a confidence that comes from work put in here, and a sense that everyone is on the same page musically for this adventure…. Continue Reading →

Helheim – Rignir (Dark Essence)

Are Norwegians like us in England, obsessed about the weather? Well from what I know they certainly get afflicted by all sorts of extremes far worse than we do here in that respect but no doubt shrug their shoulders and… Continue Reading →

Sólstafir, Telepathy & Talons – Manchester Deaf Institute 19/12/18

As usual, the run up to Christmas is packed with gigs and on this particular evening, most of the crowd I usually go with chose to go for an aural battering courtesy of Revocation, Archspire et al at Manchester’s Rebellion,… Continue Reading →

Greytomb – Monumental Microcosm (Transcending Obscurity)

This Australian band’s debut in 2016, “A Perpetual Descent”, plunged listeners into a quagmire of atmospheric murky blackened horror linking outright riffing malfeasance with dramatic soundscapes that surrounded the songs on multiple levels. Not much has changed generally as the… Continue Reading →

Saiva – Markerna Bortom (Nordvis)

Swedish melancholy folk metal band Saiva have been out in the wilderness somewhere or other concocting the strange old brew of pagan melodies for a few years now. Until now, they’ve dropped the odd single and a split with Grift… Continue Reading →

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