Embracing the senses in a gothic caress of engagingly elegant shadows and rapaciously honed enterprise, Sepulchral Burden the debut album from Russian metallers Morguenstern is a potent capturing of the imagination which unerringly lures you deeper into its provocative… Read More ›
Month: February 2014
Jesus Christ – We Will Fight
We Will Fight is one of those releases which maybe fails to live up to its potential but is fuelled by such a rich promise that you suspect its creators will find greater success in the future. The eight… Read More ›
Monstre – Self Titled LP
With more flavours than a Cornish ice cream parlour and twists than a snow boarder on an Olympic half pipe, the debut album from French rock band Monstre is a startling and scintillating beast of a release. The… Read More ›
The Old-timers – Spiritus Sanctus
Following up their impressive and enjoyable debut 2012 album Soli Deo Gloria, South African punks The Old-timers release new EP Spiritus Sanctus, a proposition which continues where the last left off with another clutch of inventive and passionate hardcore… Read More ›
Duskburn – Atum
Soaked in atmospheres which consume and devour the senses as dramatic and intimidating textures sculpt and build intensive provocations, Atum the latest EP from Croatian metallers Duskburn, is certainly a formidable and testing incitement which is as uncompromising in… Read More ›
Rages and condemnations: an interview with Jon Bakker of Kampfar
jon_bakker Norwegian pagan metallers Kampfar is a band which has persistently drawn fans and metal into fully immersive and startling provocations with their sound and releases over its twenty years, but in new album Djevelmakt has possibly crafted their strongest… Read More ›
Slough Feg – Digital Resistance
More an acquaintance in name than sound in the ears here at The RR, Slough Feg has been a presence tempting attention over recent years but never quite drawing it their way. That has now certainly changed with the… Read More ›
Aborted Fetus – Private Judgement Day
As shown by their previous trio of albums, listening to Russian brutal death metallers Aborted Fetus is a savage and uncompromising experience which you either embrace or flee from. New and fourth album Private Judgement Day is no exception,… Read More ›
Canaya – Sealed Within The Walls
Like being caught between the eyes with a sledgehammer and then brought back to consciousness with a voraciously brutal seduction, the Sealed Within The Walls EP from British metallers Canaya is a real beast of a proposition. It is… Read More ›
Def-Con-One – II
Bawling inventively in the face whilst being driven by a constant fury which simply exhausts and exhilarates the senses, II the new album from UK metallers Def-Con-One, is one of those riveting muscular scourges you just cannot… Read More ›