Review: Christian Death ‘Evil Becomes Rule’
The conventions of goth or death rock can sometimes be a little repetitive. The available tool kit is well developed
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Season Of Mist
Review: Somali Yacht Club ‘The Space’
It’s hard enough for musicians to make any sort of living normally. But COVID made touring impossible, then finally bands
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Review: Funeral ‘Praesentialis In Aeternum’
What more can you say about Norwegian doom titans Funeral, other than the fact that their sound has slowly evolved
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Review: Gaahls WYRD ‘The Humming Mountain’
Since the whole Gorgoroth name dispute debacle, Gaahl has gone a long way to repairing his reputation. While there are
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Review: BASTARÐUR ‘Satan’s Loss Of Son’
Although you’d never guess it from listening to BASTARÐUR‘s debut record Satan’s Loss Of Son, the main powerhouse behind this
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Review: Hooded Menace ‘The Tritonus Bell’
I have to say, up front, that I am a MASSIVE Hooded Menace fan, and have been since 2010s Never
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Review: Tombs ‘Under Sullen Skies’
Frontman Mike Hill (guitars/vocals/electronics/synth) seems to have graduated from the Henry Rollins school of work ethics. Not only is he
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Crippled Black Phoenix ‘New Dark Age’ EP 2015
The United Kingdom group has been a busy bunch in the past period of time, and this one is actually
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Crippled Black Phoenix ‘Bronze’ 2017
As far as music goes, Crippled Black Phoenix are hard to really put in a box. Their sound really is
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Zhrine ‘Unortheta’ 2017
On the face of it, the name Unortheta doesn’t give much away. Neither does Zhrine, the name of the Icelandic
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Emptiness ‘Not For Music’ 2017
For some strange reason, everyone keeps calling Emptiness a black/death metal band. I might be quite late to the party
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