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Ancient Ascendant – Raise The Torch – Album Review

Artist: Ancient Ascendant Album Title: Raise The Torch Label: Spinefarm Records / Candlelight Records Date Of Release: 21 April 2017 When the legendary Dan Swanö is quoted as saying that Ancient Ascendant are ‘one of the best brutal bands to come out of Britain, well, ever’, I don’t really have any choice but to investigate  Continue Reading »

Half-Way Through 2015 – The Best So Far – Part 3

Welcome to the third and final part (unless I realise I’ve missed someone off my list) of my round-up of the best albums released in 2015 at the half-way mark of the year. As I have said before, 2015 has been exceptionally strong so far and, as such, my list is quite extensive; more so  Continue Reading »

Sigh – Graveward – Album Review

Artist: Sigh Album Title: Graveward Label: Candlelight Records Year of Release: 2015 Sigh are one of those bands that I never managed to get into. Mind you, I was probably guilty of just the one attempt before discarding them. In my defence, it was in my more formative years of black metal discovery and the  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2014 – Number 18

Welcome to Day 3 of my Album of the Year 2014 countdown. I hope you’re enjoying my choices so far. As always, I’m sure there will be some surprise and disagreement with the albums that I pick but then that’s half the fun, hearing other people’s views and responding to them. So please keep the  Continue Reading »

Xerath – III – Album Review

Artist: Xerath Album Title: III Label: Candlelight Records Year of Release: 2014 UK extreme metallers Xerath return with their third album, ‘III’ and in keeping with ‘I’ and ‘II’ before it, have not wasted any precious time in thinking of a new approach to album titles. Simply titled it may be but instead, once again,  Continue Reading »

Album Of The Year 2013 – Number 13

Number 13…unlucky for some, they say. But, not for today’s artist who finds themselves nestled in my Album Of The Year 2013 list. Who is it? Well read on and all will be revealed. I hope you enjoy reading this post and make the most of it because I shall be taking a small break  Continue Reading »

Unknown & Underrated – Wolverine

Today’s choice of band in my Unknown & Underrated series sees me returning to the progressive genre. This is deliberate because the band in question is a criminally underrated and unknown gem from Sweden, namely Wolverine. Hailing from a combination of Stockholm and Soderhamn, Wolverine have been in existence since 1995 and have released a  Continue Reading »


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