Undoubtedly The Ocean has always been a band which demands a deeper concentrated focus to discover, understand, and reap the rewards of their creative leviathan like albums. They continually challenge the listener and themselves from album to album, investigating the… Read More ›
Katatonia
October Tide – Tunnel of No Light
Bleak and intensive, consuming and compelling, Tunnel of No Light the new album from melodic extreme metallers October Tide is a dramatic senses encroaching encounter which leaves a residue of exhaustion and deep satisfaction within the listener. It is a… Read More ›
Resonance Room: Untouchable Failure
Drenched in thick melancholic ambiences and dark gothic breath Untouchable Failure, the new album from Italian band Resonance Room, with skill and enterprise easily captures the imagination even if it at times struggles to ignite the… Read More ›
Lykaion : Nothin’ But Death
After an initial uncertainty about the release the debut album from Italian rockers Lykaion emerged as one strongly pleasing and enjoyable slab of blended metal and rock. Nothin’ But Death is a stylish mix of heavy metal, hard rock, thrash,… Read More ›
Interview with Greg Cargopoulos of Absolace
From the unlikely place of the United Arab Emirates has come one of the most impressive and impassioned albums so far this year in the refreshing and stirring might of Fractals from Dubai quartet Absolace. Like a breath of fresh… Read More ›
Vertigo Steps: Surface Light
The new album from Vertigo Steps is a release that immerses itself deeply inside you as you fall within its own thick expansive atmosphere and close enveloping sounds. Surface Light forges and instigates a full union and experience that leaves… Read More ›
Absolace – Fractals
In the midst of some extremely high quality and high intensity releases so far this year the new album from rock band Absolace is a refreshing and stirring side step. A cultured impassioned album, Fractals works its way deep within… Read More ›