THE STARGAZER’S ASSISTANT: Fire Worshipperr’s assistant
Release year: 2023Label: House Of Mythology/Zoharum Ambient is a tough genre for me. Which is kind of weird, because I really dig dark ambient and especially all kinds of ritualistic, droning minimalism. But “straight” ambient… that’s an entirely different cup … Continue reading THE STARGAZER’S ASSISTANT: Fire Worshipperr’s assistant
From the Vaults #6: The Best Of Bruce Dickinson
As with most people my age into metal, Iron Maiden was one of the very first bands I started listening to. However, this was in the mid-90’s, and their most recent album then was X Factor, so my introduction to … Continue reading From the Vaults #6: The Best Of Bruce Dickinson
Serpentine oaths and revelations
SERPENTS OATH: Revelation Release year: 2023Label: Odium Records I’ll let you in on a little secret. Sometimes, the decision of what I pick for review from the promo download queue is made based on a sampling of mere seconds. This … Continue reading Serpentine oaths and revelations
Axenstar’s heavenly symphonies
AXENSTAR: Chapter VIII Release year: 2023Label: Inner Wound Recordings Power metal is one of those genres I usually don’t give the time of day to. I had a brief stint in the late 90’s and early noughties, when I dabbled … Continue reading Axenstar’s heavenly symphonies
FUNERAL VOMIT: Monumental Putrescence
Release year: 2023Label: Xtreem Music With a name like Funeral Vomit, there’s no need to guess what these Columbians are about. Oh yeah: death metal. And taking a look at the cover, it’s easy to pinpoint their stylistic trappings even … Continue reading FUNERAL VOMIT: Monumental Putrescence
Scorched earth burden
BURDEN: Scorched Earth Release year: 2023Label: Rock ‘n’ Roll Disgrace/Rebellion Records Tough guy hardcore is a term familiar to anyone into the harder edge of punk music. You know, bands from New York or some such singing about the reality … Continue reading Scorched earth burden
Sardonic barbarity
SARDONIC WITCHERY: Barbaric Evil Power Release year: 2024Label: War March Records/Nekrogoat Heresy Productions/Abyssal Productions/Aniquilacion Satanica Productions The promo sheet drops names such as Judas Iscariot, Celtic Frost, Darkthrone and Venom as references. Well, in the grand scale of things, all … Continue reading Sardonic barbarity
At the onset of oblivion
MOAN/DEAD FACTORY: Onset Of Oblivion/Abandoned Heritage Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum What do you get when you lump together two dark ambient artists and make them collaborate? I’m sure nobody answered the question with “dark ambient”, am I right? Yeah, dead … Continue reading At the onset of oblivion
Stay positive with friends
HIV+ & FRIENDS: Spanish Electronic Body Music Release year: 2023Label: Zoharum Now, here’s a release that truly wears its heart on it’s sleeve. It’s title tells exactly what it’s all about e.g., EBM from Spain. And the artist name – … Continue reading Stay positive with friends
From the Vaults #5: Technical Ecstasy
Black Sabbath’s Technical Ecstasy is a document of a band losing its way, lost in a maze of fame, success and above all: drugs. Already their previous album, 1975’s Sabotage started showing some serious cracks in the mirror, but on … Continue reading From the Vaults #5: Technical Ecstasy
Only Death Is Real 