Earlier this year Australian rockers Smoking Martha teased us with Liquid Sunshine then taunted us with Wild and Free, two singles which sparked an over eager anticipation here for the band’s new album. Now just unveiled, Universe has proved that… Read More ›
Sisters Of Mercy
Her Despair – Exorcisms of Eroticism
There is no escaping that UK dark rock outfit Her Despair made a major impression critically and on a new flood of fans with their last EP, Mournography. It was a striking and arousing affair built on open craft and… Read More ›
Impulsive Compulsions – SAMPLER 4
Another compelling issue of the In The Club Magazine from Perfect Pop Co-Op and another treat in word and sound had us basking in some of the very best independent goodness. The autumn 2019 edition of the online magazine from… Read More ›
Sober Truth – Psychosis
Less than a handful of months in and 2019 is already looking like it could go down as a major year for startling releases. Adding to the growing reasons why we are suggesting that possibility is the new album from… Read More ›
Martyr Art – FearFaith Machines
Self-Dubbed as digital metal, the Martyr Art sound is a voracious mix of varied metal and industrial/electronic textures with more besides from an artist which embraces technology as eagerly as the cauldron of flavours woven into his bold recipe of… Read More ›
Her Despair – Mournography
“Mournography is an exploration into the mysteries of tragedy, blasphemy, death, and love; both literally and figuratively…The mourning of some, the lust of others. These songs praise and pervert the Word of God simultaneously: providing a deeply unsettling spiritual experience… Read More ›
Coburg -The Enchantress
If a title ever fitted an album and its lead protagonist then it is The Enchantress. The debut album from UK hailing symphonic rock outfit Coburg, the release is a riveting cauldron of adventure fuelled sound and melodic seduction; a… Read More ›
Black Space Riders – Beyond Refugeeum
It is hard to say whether Beyond Refugeeum, the new EP from space rockers Black Space Riders, is an epilogue, continuation, or parallel entity to the band’s acclaimed fourth album, Refugeeum of 2015. In varying ways it is all of… Read More ›
Mayflower Madame – Observed in a Dream
When looking back at the end of the year, we suspect that April will be noted as one of the most fruitful months for stunning albums, with a great many of them striking debuts. To a list running into double… Read More ›
Megascavenger – As Dystopia Beckons
With good words heard about but sounds not yet an acquaintance, we had definite intrigue in our anticipation of the new album from Swedish death metal project Megascavenger. What we found within new album As Dystopia Beckons was one mouth-watering… Read More ›