There are a number of bands that slot neatly into what I fondly call my ‘heritage’ catalogue. Ireland’s Primordial are in there, with their historical and...
Human civilization often seems characterized by exercises in futility. Historically, examples include the callous disregard for human life that was the slaughter now remembered as the...
Cosmic World Mother has been the hardest record to wrap my head around in quite some time. There are days when the late-1990s fervour of dense,...
The 1980s birthed a rich (if troubling) tradition of machismo-laced, testosterone-fueled metal music spearheaded by the likes of Manowar: oiled, muscular brutes straight from a Frazetta...
On a chilly Dutch afternoon, a group of music journalists gathered in Nijmegen’s premier rock bar, Rockcafé Backstage, to attend a pre-release listening session for Carach...
Lord Buffalo, hailing from Austin, Texas, brings the heaviness on Tohu Wa Bohu, their latest record for Blues Funeral Recordings. And I’m not talking about the...
King Dude is a straight-up evil bastard, and I love him for it. Almost all my life my musical choices have been informed by the relationship...
Hot on the heels of the release of the lengthy behind-the-scenes video for the making of “Your Broken Shore,” a single off their forthcoming Nuclear Blast...
Upon hearing that Medico Peste shared live members with the Polish powerhouse Mgła (The Fall on bass and EVT on guitars), I was expecting their first...
Telemark (Candlelight Records) is Ihsahn’s personal love letter to his roots, geographically and musically: five tracks that blend black metal, avant-garde experimentalism, Norwegian folk melodies, and...
An album that satisfies the needs of black, death and progressive audiences, with a clear and intellectual concept that is somehow still a joy to listen...
The next big name in French extreme metal should be Svart Crown, given the dazzling display of blackened death songwriting they deliver on their fifth full-length,...
Noctem’s Art Gates Records- released The Black Consecration was a strong contender for 2019’s black metal album of the year, based on its return to basics...
Tales to Horrify (Pulverised Records) may entirely fail to horrify its intended target audience, but in doing so makes a bold statement regarding Opposition Party’s role...
“Blood,” he first single from Kid Be Kid’s upcoming EP on Springstoff, Lovely Genders, is a bizarre, yet highly original blend of jazz, soul and beatboxing...