While the physical release of Septicflesh’s forthcoming live Blu-ray/DVD, Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (read our review here), is only scheduled…
Metal has enjoyed a long flirtation with horror: in the mass media, we’ve seen Iron Maiden turn their zombie…
I have always been a fan of the liminal space where classical music and metal collide. And when that…
When discussing anything in the realm of extreme metal, certain adjectives don’t quite make the cut, and ‘sexy’ is…
First some background: in late 2016, the synthwave artist Carpenter Brut released an official video for his single, “Turbo…
Franckensteina Strataemontanus, Carach Angren’s sixth full-length album, is an exciting new chapter for the band, and the music is…
And just like that, Naglfar is back. It’s been eight long years since the Swedish powerhouse graced us with…
Labelling Acherontas as merely black metal is unfair to both black metal as a genre and Acherontas as a…
There are a number of bands that slot neatly into what I fondly call my ‘heritage’ catalogue. Ireland’s Primordial…
Human civilization often seems characterized by exercises in futility. Historically, examples include the callous disregard for human life that…
Cosmic World Mother has been the hardest record to wrap my head around in quite some time. There are…
The 1980s birthed a rich (if troubling) tradition of machismo-laced, testosterone-fueled metal music spearheaded by the likes of Manowar:…
On a chilly Dutch afternoon, a group of music journalists gathered in Nijmegen’s premier rock bar, Rockcafé Backstage, to…