Tag Winds Of Genocide
The choice of an opening track is always, always a statement of intent. Once you’ve got past atmospheric or brief instrumental guff that some bands put out there, the first proper track that you get is the benchmark and standard… Continue Reading →
I don’t know if it’s just me but I have the sneaking suspicion that true doom (or traditional if you like) is doing its phoenix act again and rising from a death like slumber to avoid association with other sub-genres… Continue Reading →
Perhaps you’ve got too much to be cheery about? You know, the economy in freefall, the planet on fire, our government being steered by a succession of people seemingly completely incapable of not acting in venal self-interest. Maybe, just maybe,… Continue Reading →
I don’t really know too much about Thronehammer, except that the accompanying PR sheet says that the band are a UK / German based doom / sludge band. Metal Archives tells me that this is their second full length album,… Continue Reading →
You what mate? Doom? Six tracks….. an hour & twenty minutes long? I do the death & thrash stuff don’t I? Well bugger me, this is good. Thronehammer are a trio hailing from the UK and Germany featuring members of… Continue Reading →
I guess death metal comes in all shapes and sizes now, from brutal old school through slamming to whatever technoflash some guitarist has come up with recently. Well Denmark’s Deiquisitor offer a nightmarish black and white cover which hints at… Continue Reading →
Featuring members of Uncoffined and Winds of Genocide, this band from Durham in the North East of England provide 4 sinister heavy metal tracks in line with the NWOBHM, Witchfinder General, Pagan Altar and very early Mercyful Fate. The aura… Continue Reading →
Ah, the return of Uncoffined. Filled by members and former members of Winds Of Genocide and disbanded Blessed Realm, their debut album Ritual Death And Funeral Rites was a little hidden masterclass in how to make old school death/doom metal,… Continue Reading →
There’s something about going to a Grindcore friendly gig which just encourages madness. Whether it is the energy of the music and the edge and aggression to it, or whenever you hear that initial snare before the blastbeat starts you… Continue Reading →
Ah, horror movie samples. Always guaranteed to make me feel my age when I struggle to place them. But of the lovely rich tones reaching out here, I am certain one is The Devil Rides Out, and t’other may be… Continue Reading →
Subtlety, hidden meanings, ballads: Yeah that’s the red squishy mess left behind when Sturmtiger roll over those concepts. Look: They are called Sturmtiger, they have a member of Necrosadistic Goat Torture in their ranks, have a b&w picture of a… Continue Reading →