Tag Archives: Nuclear Blast

Artist: Sepultura Album Title: Quadra Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 7 February 2020 Hands up those of you who, like me, had pretty much given up on Sepultura? I can see a few hands in the air, so I’m glad I’m not alone. I still hold their earlier material including ‘Arise’, ‘Chaos AD’ and  Continue Reading »

Artist: Marko Hietala Album Title: Pyre Of The Black Heart Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 24 January 2020 Like most fans of heavy music, I have followed the career of Finland’s Nightwish with interest. Whilst I will readily admit that I remain a fan of the Tarja Turunen era, ‘Once’ in particular, I have  Continue Reading »

Artist: Avatarium Album Title: The Fire I Long For Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 22 November 2019 Greatness and class will always shine through. And if ever there was an example of this, it’s Avatarium. Why do I say this? Because I have never really been a fan of ‘classic’ 70s doom music. And  Continue Reading »

Artist: Strigoi Album Title: Abandon All Faith Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 22 November 2019 From the very first depraved and hauntingly ominous notes of ‘The Rising Horde’, there is no escaping the fact that ‘Abandon All Faith’ is a sinister and evil affair, even for the world of extreme metal. It is a  Continue Reading »

Artist: CyHra Album Title: No Halos In Hell Label: Nuclear Blast Records Date of Release: 15 November 2019 It is inescapable and as inevitable as death and taxes…a band like CyHra will always receive flak from certain sections of the heavy metal community. ‘These guys aren’t metal’, ‘this is rubbish pop with guitars’, ‘sellouts’, ‘they’re  Continue Reading »

Artist: Alcest Album Title: Spiritual Instinct Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 25 October 2019 I have been a long-term admirer and fan of Alcest; their blend of black metal and shoegaze struck an early chord with me and I’ve loved them ever since. I’ve always been a sucker for heavy music that’s extreme but  Continue Reading »

Artist: Nile Album Title: Vile Nilotic Rites Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 1 November 2019 In my formative teenage years, I always thought death metal was incredibly boring; to the uninitiated, it sounded like a huge cacophony of brutal noises with, if I’m honest, a lack of variety and anything approaching a memorable melody.  Continue Reading »

Welcome to another chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. But not just any chapter: we have reached the top five. Finally, I hear you cry! Indeed, after what must feel to you all like a hundred years, I have entered the final act of this year’s countdown. At certain points  Continue Reading »

Artist: Fifth Angel Album Title: The Third Secret Label: Nuclear Blast Date of Release: 26 October 2018 The last time Seattle-based heavy metal band Fifth Angel released an album, I didn’t know what heavy metal was. I was about eight or nine years old and obsessed with football and the original Transformers cartoon series. That  Continue Reading »

Who’s working hard for you, eh? Another day, another round-up of important news in the world or rock and heavy metal – the stuff that I think you’ll be interested in checking out for one reason or another. As always, there’s an eclectic mic of music to follow in today’s round-up, so I hope there  Continue Reading »