Tag Archives: music review

Artist: Demonstealer Album Title: The Propaganda Machine Label: Black Lion Records Date of Release: 31 March 2023 It’s the story of 2023 it seems – reviewing albums long after they have been released. It isn’t necessarily deliberate, but a by-product of the fact that I’m desperately trying to achieve a few things. Firstly, there was  Continue Reading »

Artist: Temtris Album Title: Khaos Divine Label: Wormholedeath Records Date of Release: 17 March 2023 This review has been a long time coming, but I am finally bringing you my considered thoughts about the latest instalment from the Temtris camp, ‘Khaos Divine’. Those of you who are familiar with my website may remember that I  Continue Reading »

Artist: Kamelot Album Title: The Awakening Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 17 March 2023 My relationship with Kamelot has been a rocky one. My personal discovery of the band occurred around the release of ‘Karma’, thanks to the skills of the owner of the best record shop in East Anglia at the time. As  Continue Reading »

Artist: Mystic Circle Album Title: Erzdämon Label: Fireflash Records Date of Release: 17 March 2023 I can still remember where and when I first discovered Mystic Circle. It was around the turn of the Millennium, and I was at University in Canterbury. In the high street, as was the way in those days, there was an  Continue Reading »

  Artist: Oak Pantheon Album Title: The Absence Label: Independent Release Date of Release: 20 January 2023 What do you get when you seek to blend black metal with folk and post metal, alongside a fair few other ingredients? The answer is, you get Oak Pantheon and, more specifically, their third full-length album, ‘The Absence’.  Continue Reading »

Artist: Bizarrekult Album Title: Den Tapte Krigen Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 27 January 2023 The only problem with pacing myself with my reviews, is that I have to apologise a lot more, for delays in getting them written and published. If I go hell for leather as I did in 2022, I  Continue Reading »

Artist: Insomnium Album Title: Anno 1696 Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 24 February 2023 On paper, Insomnium should be one of my favourite bands of all time, and yet they are not. Theirs is an epic and melodic style of death metal that also brings folk, doom, and dark metal influences to bear on  Continue Reading »

Artist: Delain Album Title: Dark Waters Label: Napalm Records Date of Release: 10 February 2023 In 2021, Delain disbanded, leaving fans wondering whether or not we’d seen the end of the Dutch symphonic metal band. I wasn’t one of them though, as I’d never been particularly enamoured by them, and the fact that they might  Continue Reading »

Artist: …And Oceans Album Title: As In Gardens, So In Tombs Label: Season Of Mist Date of Release: 27 January 2023 It’s a wonderful feeling to be able to write a review for a record where I’ve not had any internal wranglings to deal with, or self-inflicted confusion over what I think about it. I’ve  Continue Reading »

Artist: In Flames Album Title: Foregone Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 10 February 2023 In Flames. Is there another band on this planet that divides opinion so much? Yes, there probably are others, but this is the only band for which I have previously offered a review, only to be accused of taking a  Continue Reading »