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REVIEW: Letters From The Colony –“Vignette”
The climes of Sweden seem to be the perfect breeding ground for metal: from Yngwie Malmsteen to Opeth and Meshuggah, numerous innovative acts have sprung from the Scandinavian nation. With these...
View ArticleNEWS: Letters From The Colony Release Third Single “Galax”
I know that I’m biased. I’ve been jamming Letters From The Colony‘s record Vignette since I got the press copy at early December . Let me tell you: “Galax” is by far my favourite track. If you are not...
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REVIEW: Ocean Of Grief- “Nightfall’s Lament”
Born into the world only 4 years ago, Ocean Of Grief have unveiled their first full-length album and a bold declaration of their musicianship along with it. This Greek sixpiece showed promise from the...
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REVIEW: Extremities –“Gaia”
Dutch prog-metallers Extremities have returned to the circuit with their newest album, Gaia. This is the band’s second full-length album and it’s a mixed bag. Clearly, the band are proficient on their...
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REVIEW: Winterfylleth –“The Hallowing of Heirdom”
It’s hard to know how to approach something as monolithic as Winterfylleth’s latest, so hard that the only way I could think to start this review was to highlight how much of a challenge it was to...
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REVIEW: Prag 83 –“Fragments Of Silence”
Prag 83 is the project of German musician Herr K, and was originally conceived to pay homage to the legendary writer Franz Kafka. Fragments of Silence is the successor to his first Prag 83 album,...
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REVIEW: Wild Hunt –“Afterdream Of The Reveller”
Okay, so if you call yourself Wild Hunt, then you’re going to have identity problems. Even Spotify can’t seem to get a bearing on which one is which. So to make the distinction, I am NOT reviewing an...
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REVIEW: Dhark –“Vienna Falling”
As a follow–up to the excellent Darkness Amplified, the latest release from Dhark continues with the recipe of progressive doom, albeit being a rather brief offering. Vienna Falling is an EP comprised...
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REVIEW: Ihsahn –“Ámr”
The first six of Ihsahn’s solo albums chart one of the most fascinating and subtle artistic evolutions in all of metal. While The Adversary, his first, could pass for a vaguely eccentric offering from...
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REVIEW: Church Of The Cosmic Skull –“Science Fiction”
It would be easy to write Church of the Cosmic Skull – who claim to both be a band and a religious movement – and their album Science Fiction off as a 70s revivalist and populist gimmick. They are...
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