Tag Archives: electronic

Artist: Amaranthe Album Title: The Catalyst Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date of Release: 23 February 2024 I have followed the career of Amaranthe since the very beginning. As a writer for Powerplay Magazine here in the UK, I reviewed their early material, and interviewed the band on more than one occasion. At the outset, you  Continue Reading »

Artist: North Sea Echoes Album Title: Really Good Terrible Things Label: Metal Blade Records Date of Release: 23 February 2024 With it seemingly more and more likely that we’re never going to hear any new, original material from Fates Warning, fans of the much-loved and highly revered progressive metal band will have to look elsewhere  Continue Reading »

Artist: Crematory Album Title: Inglorious Darkness Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 27 May 2022 It feels like Crematory have been around forever. They have long been a part of my musical life, having discovered them a frightening number of years ago as a teenager. The fact that they have been in existence for over  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dagoba Album Title: By Night Label: Napalm Records Date of Release:  18 February 2022 Never having listened to a single second of any of Dagoba’s previous seven albums, this review could have gone in any number of directions. However, the fact that I am offering my thoughts on it, should tell you that album  Continue Reading »

Artist: Infected Rain Album Title: Ecdysis Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 7 January 2022 Coming into this review, I knew nothing about Infected Rain. It was during one of my late-night promo trawls that I came across their new album, ‘Ecdysis’ nestled neatly in my inbox. With a press release that referenced them as  Continue Reading »

Artist: Sleep Token Album Title: This Place Will Become Your Tomb Label: Spinefarm Date of Release: 24 September 2021 It’s one thing to be able to shroud your identity in mystery behind masks or by deliberately shunning the media, but it’s quite another to be able to hide the true identity of your music as  Continue Reading »

As the pandemic still does its best to mess with the music industry, there is at least a little hope that things might be starting to head towards a bit more normality. But is it too late? Whilst the infection rates rise again, sporting events have seen a re-opening of sorts, with fans allowed back  Continue Reading »

Artist: White Moth Black Butterfly Album Title: The Cost Of Dreaming Label: Kscope Date of Release: 28 May 2021 If you were following my work on this website back in 2017, you may have come across my review of ‘Atone’ by White Moth Black Butterfly (WMBB). You will therefore know that my heart was stolen  Continue Reading »

Artist: Frost* Album Title: Day And Age Label: InsideOut Music Date of Release: 14 May 2021 I’m very late to the party with this album, but that might have something to do with the fact that I wasn’t going to review it initially. I was really not that enamoured with the band’s 2020 EP ‘The  Continue Reading »

Artist: Dordeduh Album Title: Har Label: Prophecy Productions Date of Release: 14 May 2021 Sometimes, internal conflicts within bands can be a positive thing. We normally view these events as negative, but it isn’t always the case. This is one such.  Dordeduh, taken from three Romanian words meaning ‘longing for spirit’ was formed in 2009  Continue Reading »