Described as ‘Heavy Metal Warriors’ yet with a sound at times as punkish as it is metal, Australian band Convent Guilt unleash their debut album on Shadow Kingdom Records this month. Consisting of eight tracks of highly agreeable persuasion, Guns… Read More ›
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Cardinals Folly – Our Cult Continues!
It is fair to say that Finnish doom metallers Cardinals Folly is a band you are going to take to or not. Certainly there is a middle ground too where intrigue keeps attention and thoughts embraced in interest and indecision… Read More ›
Nigromante – Black Magic Night
Initially breeding uncertainty about its presence, Black Magic Night the debut album from Spanish metallers Nigromante emerges as a rather captivating confrontation. It has flaws and at times struggles to make the fullest persuasion but equally it earns an appetite… Read More ›
Coven 13 – Destiny of the Gods
There is a sense of insanity to Destiny of the Gods, the new album from Detroit metallers Coven 13 (also known as just Coven), an almost schizophrenic intrigue and unpredictability to its invention which is just compelling. It has flaws… 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 ›
The Mezmerist – The Innocent, The Forsaken, The Guilty
The Mezmerist , a project which few have heard of and even less has music from, is the centre is attention from the newest release of Shadow Kingdom Records. A reissue of two EPs the band recorded back… 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 ›
Night Demon – Self Titled EP
Hailing from California and breathing the sounds of NWOBHM, Night Demon is a trio beginning to make a ripple across the world of metal. Well beginning is not quite right as not long after formation in 2011 the band was… Read More ›
The Vein – Scouring the Wreckage of Time
Insidiously dark and imposing Scouring the Wreckage of Time, the debut album from The Vein is a release which secretes its doom laded death bred toxins in epic oppressively consuming tombs of sound and intensity. It is an unforgiving and… Read More ›
Corsair – Ghosts of Proxima Centauri
This week sees the re-release of Ghosts of Proxima Centauri from progressive rock /melodic metallers Corsair through Shadow Kingdom Records who released their acclaimed self-titled album of earlier in the year. The six track EP first made its well-received appearance… Read More ›