A new time for law & order
LAKI & JÄRJESTYS: Uusi aika Release year: 2022Label: Hell’s Tone Records In my review of Finnish Laki & Järjestys’ debut 7″ EP (click here to read) I lamented the fact that relatively few homegrown oi! bands have made a full … Continue reading A new time for law & order
Bloody Bill in the valley of continuity problems
DEATH VALLEY: THE REVENGE OF BLOODY BILL Release year: 2003 It may be hard to conceive it now, but there actually was a time when zombies weren’t everywhere, and any zombie movie was cause for some excitement. Yes, indeed: there … Continue reading Bloody Bill in the valley of continuity problems
Xiphos and the beheading of maritime serpents
XIPHOS: On Beheading The Thalassocratic Vipers Release year: 2022Label: Khthon OK, color me confused. What the Hell is this album about? The project takes its name, Xiphos, from an ancient one-handed sword, a secondary weapon used by the soldiers of … Continue reading Xiphos and the beheading of maritime serpents
Falling feathers and savage necromancy
SAVAGE NECROMANCY: Feathers Fall To Flames Release year: 2022Label: 20 Buck Spin Cover artwork by Chris Moyen featuring goats, artist pesudonyms such as Diabolical Fuckwitch Of The Black Flame and Conjurer Of Putrid Desecrations, and a band photo taken at … Continue reading Falling feathers and savage necromancy
Questing for a meaning in nothing
ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO: Nihilist Notes (And The Perpetual Quest 4 Meaning In Nothing) Release year: 2022Label: Out Of Line Music As the EP La Fleur Du Mal (reviewed here) portended, the new Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio album sees the Swedish act … Continue reading Questing for a meaning in nothing
Magnolia’s grim dreams
GRIM: Magnolia’s Dream Release year: 2022Label: Steinklang Industries For people into noise, power electronics and the harsher side of experimental music, Japanese Grim should be a familiar name. The one-man project released a small body of work in the mid-to-late … Continue reading Magnolia’s grim dreams
Elysian chants in the cavern of roses
CAVERNA DELLE ROSE: Elysian Chants Release year: 2022Label: Slaughter In Art Consisting of musicians involved in projects such as Allerseelen and Camerata Mediolanense, and released by cult label Slaughter In Art – in fact the label’s first release in years … Continue reading Elysian chants in the cavern of roses
Celestial nightmares and exclusion from light
GRAND CELESTIAL NIGHTMARE: Excluded From Light And The Pleroma Release year: 2022Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions/New Era Productions Grand Celestial Nightmare – whose name sounds like another silly Dimmu Borgir album title – is another in a long list of … Continue reading Celestial nightmares and exclusion from light
No dawn for Iku-Turso
IKU-TURSO: Into Dawnless Realms Release year: 2022Label: Wolfspell Records/Korpituli Productions Finnish-Dutch Iku-Turso are at it again: Into Dawnless Realms is the successor to 2020’s Pakana (reviewed here), and it sees the band continue on the same path as before. So, … Continue reading No dawn for Iku-Turso
The horrors of the Necromancers’ union
THE NECROMANCERS UNION: Flesh Of The Dead Release year: 2021Label: Petrichor The promo sheet describes this album as “Billy Idol and Danzig meets The Sisters Of Mercy“… and you know, for once it’s pretty spot on! It’s common knowledge that … Continue reading The horrors of the Necromancers’ union
Only Death Is Real 