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A Hill to Die Upon – The Black Nativity (Rottweiler Records)

I’ll be honest I have never heard of A Hill to Die Upon but that is not saying much. I am no encyclopaedia or gatekeeper of all things rock and metal.  They obviously have some good connections though as they have… Continue Reading →

Throne Of Flesh – Dust (Great Dane Records)

I have to admit that the cover art adorning this EP caught my eye, its disturbing imagery made me think about those petrified statues of Pompeii when Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. The way those people were caught in a… Continue Reading →

Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite (Metal Blade)

Cattle Decapitation couldn’t have released a better tenth album than this, the band has continually set benchmark after benchmark in death metal whether it has been their protogrind beginnings right to the obsidian darkness of the more progressive ‘Death Atlas’… Continue Reading →

Inferno Festival – Rockefeller, John Dee Oslo, Norway 8/3/23

Many of the festival goers were bleary eyed on Saturday morning either due to the fire alarm causing an evacuation of the hotel at 3am, or still being out partying at that time! I grabbed a coffee and then headed… Continue Reading →

Atomwinter – Sakrileg (Trollzorn)

My only listening experience with this German death metal band was with 2015’s ‘Iron Flesh’ which I enjoyed, so quite why I never kept up with the subsequent release ‘Catacombs’ in 2018 I have no idea. However, it has taken… Continue Reading →

Nile, Krisiun, In Element, Decrepid – Manchester Rebellion 7/11/22

For a grateful change the trip over the Pennines to Manchester was significantly less fraught resulting in arriving perfectly just after doors opened at 6PM, (door times seem to get earlier and earlier these days) to check out the merch,… Continue Reading →

Belphegor – The Devils (Nuclear Blast)

Taking one look at the album title I expected it was going to be a case of “get thee to a nunnery” here. Then again it doesn’t take much for visions of novices gripped in ecstatically manic activity at alleged… Continue Reading →

Prometheus – Aornos (I, Voidhanger)

As if it’s not hot enough already, here we have something else of a fiery nature.  I can’t say I remembered Prometheus despite the fact last album ‘Resonant Echoes from Cosmos of Old’ had been covered by another on these… Continue Reading →

Tyrannos – Spears of the Aten (S/R)

Tyrannos are at their core, a three piece death metal unit who are built upon a foundation of arcane secrets, lore and mysteries with exotic and haunting compositions bringing forth some intensely atmospheric and immersive death metal. Thematically, you can… Continue Reading →

Beyond Mortal Dreams – Abomination Of The Flames (Lavadome Productions)

In one form or another this Australian band has been around for over two decades having previously been called Suffering, the intervening years since changing to this current moniker didn’t yield any releases until 2004, some eight to nine years… Continue Reading →

Illt – Urhat (Indie Recordings)

Strap yourself in, this is one hell of a ride. Urhat is the first born of Roy Westad, aka Illt, and sits within the more extreme side of town when it comes to the metal soundscape. Built around a core… Continue Reading →

Empyreal Vault – Judgement (Great Dane Records)

There is something about the album artwork by Samuel Nelson that fixed me about this sophomore by this French band. I’ve stared at it and analysed a number of times and I’ve even got it as my computer desktop image,… Continue Reading →

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