Already keeping 2018 busy with a pair of split releases with Desekryptor and Ossuarium respectively, US death metallers Draghkar are poised to unleash their own four track infestation in the highly enjoyable shape of The Endless Howling Abyss. Formed in… Read More ›
Mercyful Fate
Critical Solution – Sleepwalker
If evil is looking for a new soundtrack it might not be too far from the mark to suggest that Sleepwalker might be in line for adoption. The new album from Norwegian horror thrashers Critical Solution is a glorious… Read More ›
Carnal Agony – Preludes & Nocturnes
Preludes & Nocturnes is an album which manages to impress, excite, and disappoint in one go, though admittedly the latter is a mere fraction of the enjoyment had from the Carnal Agony release. There are just times though where it… Read More ›
Arbitrator – Indoctrination of Sacrilege
If you speak to the right people there are always good, often great things said about any new and emerging band. The confirmation is always only in the music of course and just as often as words are proven, anticipation… Read More ›
Thy Fallen Kingdom – Fear The Hunter
Wearing its old school inspirations proudly on its sleeve, Singapore thrashers Thy Fallen Kingdom unleash debut album Fear The Hunter, an encounter swift to fire up ears and neck muscles. The nine track aggressor is not a proposition to change… Read More ›
Forcing dreams with realisation: talking ESCAPETHECULT with founder Peter G. Shallmin
A proposition which increasingly impresses and continually reshapes thoughts and emotions the more time shared with it, All You Want To is one of the year’s most intriguing, ingenious, and exciting progressive metal explorations. It comes from ESCAPETHECULT, a band… Read More ›
Escapethecult – All You Want To
All You Want To is a persistent little temptation, an album which admittedly did not really blow thoughts and senses away initially but did engage them in a pleasing and intriguing proposition. Away from its aural embrace though hooks and… Read More ›
Doom’s Day – The Devil’s Eyes
Photo: Phil Rousseau photographe The release of their debut album The Unholy just over a year ago brought Canadian occult metal/horror punk band Doom’s Day into a closely inspected view and though in many ways the release was more… Read More ›
Destructive landscapes: an interview with John Gaffney of Sinister Realm
Driven by an open creative passion and equally potent craft, World of Evil the recently released new album from US metallers Sinister Realm, emerged as one of the most refreshingly striking heavy metal genre releases of the year. Thrusting the… Read More ›
Sinister Realm – World of Evil
With an air of doom to its open classic heavy metal heart, World of Evil the new album from US metallers Sinister Realm is one of those releases which just grabs you by the emotions and thrusts you into a… Read More ›