Tag Archives: extreme metal
Barren Earth – A Complex of Cages – Album Review
Artist: Barren Earth Album Title: A Complex of Cages Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 30 March 2018 Barren Earth have come an awfully long way since their debut, ‘Curse of the Red River’, back in 2010. Then, theirs was an extreme death/doom metal blueprint tinged with progressive elements and a modicum of melody. Continue Reading »
Susperia – The Lyricist – Album Review
Artist: Susperia Album Title: The Lyricist Label: Agonia Records Date Of Release: 16 March 2018 Around the turn of the millennium, Dimmu Borgir were a huge part of my life. And so, when Tjodalv, or Ian Kenneth ‘Tjodalv’ Åkesson departed in 1999, I was all over the band that he had created a year earlier. Continue Reading »
Necrophobic – Mark of the Necrogram – Album Review
Artist: Necrophobic Album Title: Mark of the Necrogram Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 23 February 2018 Not only am I late to this review, but I am late to Necrophobic overall too. I finally arrive at this review of ‘Mark of the Necrogram’ a week or so after its release but I arrive Continue Reading »
Oceans of Slumber – The Banished Heart – Album Review
Artist: Oceans Of Slumber Album Title: The Banished Heart Label: Century Media Date Of Release: 2 March 2018 “The last few years have been turbulent. When you have this mixture of a few very emotional and creative people, it gets shaky sometimes. Internal and family struggles were trying to rot us from the inside out. Continue Reading »
Apathy Noir – Black Soil – Album Review
Artist: Apathy Noir Album Title: Black Soil Label: Independent Release date: 31 January 2018 Formed back in 2003, Apathy Noir is the given moniker for the artistic output of solo artist Victor Jonas, who welcomes into his personal musical vision, Andy Walmsley, vocalist with Twilight’s Embrace and Beyond Grace. ‘Black Soil’ is the fourth full-length Continue Reading »
In Vain – Interview 2018 – “The sudden changes between the straight-up metal parts and the melancholic and calm parts are unexpected, and that is what In Vain is about”
It is fair to say that I have been thoroughly smitten by ‘Currents’, the wonderful fourth album from Norwegian extreme metal band In Vain. To quote my recent review: “If ‘Ænigma’ demonstrated that In Vain had the genuine potential to challenge at the highest level, then ‘Currents’ is the sound of that potential realised. This Continue Reading »
In Vain – Currents – Album Review
Artist: In Vain Album Title: Currents Label: Indie Recordings Date Of Release: 26 January 2018 ‘Catchy, intense, unusual’ – quotes vocalist Sindre Nedland about the fourth album, ‘Currents’ from Norwegian extreme metal band, In Vain. It is a bold, clear statement, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s by-and-large an accurate one. I can’t quite Continue Reading »
My most anticipated releases of 2018 – Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 of my annual mini-series where I try to round-up all of the albums that I either know are being released in 2018 or I sincerely hope will be released this year. By now, you know the drill – the previous posts in this series can be accessed by links below – Continue Reading »
Bleeding Gods – Dodekathlon – Album Review
Artist: Bleeding Gods Album Title: Dodekathlon Label: Nuclear Blast Date Of Release: 12 January 2018 The sheer amount of heavy music loose in the world means that there is always a new discovery to be made, however knowledgeable and dedicated you think you are to the cause. Bleeding Gods is the latest band to emerge Continue Reading »
Watain – Trident Wolf Eclipse – Album Review
Artist: Watain Album Title: Trident Wolf Eclipse Label: Century Media Records Date Of Release: 5 January 2018 I listen to an awful lot of music and have done for well over two decades now. Over the years, I have found myself mentally sorting bands into various categories in a way of staying afloat and making Continue Reading »
