Tag Van Records
It’s been 7 long years since this German bands last output. It is hard to compare them to any other band than Mercyful Fate (more so the King Diamond solo material), primarily from the vocal falsetto style and some of… Continue Reading →
I’m not messing with you when I tell you that reviewing a Norwegian album is a breath of fresh air to me. I grew tired – and bored – with Norwegian black metal over 10 years ago, and with the… Continue Reading →
Heretic. One of those names that has so many entries in Metal Archives you get dizzy, but as this lot of Dutch degenerates have been trailing through the sleazy much since the late nineties they have a far better shout… Continue Reading →
While the year is coming to its end and everybody is reading or writing best-of-the-year lists and catching up on what they might have missed, some bands are making their first public steps. Bad timing, some might say, from a… Continue Reading →
Urfaust are one of my favourite bands. Am I sad they’ve split up? Yes. Am I sad they’ve split up? No. Am I sad they’ve split up? I don’t know. I mean I’m still mourning Isis, 13 years later. But,… Continue Reading →
It’s been all quiet on the Endstille front for the past decade since the release of ‘Kapitulation’ back in 2013. They did actually capitulate and had an album all lined up in 2015 called ‘Finis Germaniae’ but apparently decided it… Continue Reading →
Apparently EBM is dead, according to Peter Richter, the guy behind..er.. EBM project Verrottet. It’s kind of odd but back in the very late 80s, up to around ’93 I got into EBM in a big way. And even more… Continue Reading →
Bringing the darkness from Germany, The Night Eternal deliver their second long player seeking a heavier, more sinister vibe. “Fatale” finds the band attempting to create their own unique sound combining solid melodies over classic era heavy metal inspired hooks…. Continue Reading →
This curiously titled work comes from Kringa, a band which has been around for 13 years and which has now released two full albums along with some eps and demos. Essentially a black metal band, one thing which comes across… Continue Reading →
TJ Cowgill has made no secret of the fact that King Dude would eventually come to an end. With a career spanning more than a decade, and a discography that boasts two releases for every year of that, he has… Continue Reading →
‘Total Heresy’ by Trinitas is total raw and demonic black metal from the opening growls and swirling winds to the diabolical and dirty compositions which build the structure of the tracks which are housed in the latest release from this… Continue Reading →
Creeping out of ancient crypts are 5 sinister, initialized figures from Germany here with a debut album of Vampyric BM. With just two demos previously to their name there’s a lot at “stake” as well as the scope for me… Continue Reading →