XIPHOS: The Age Of Alexander
Year: 2025Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records Taking their name from a short sword used by ancient Greeks, multinational Xiphos (not to be confused with the other Xiphos we’ve covered before) appropriately put their thematical focus on Ancient Greece. Though there … Continue reading XIPHOS: The Age Of Alexander
CRADLE OF FILTH: The Screaming Of The Valkyries
Year: 2025Label: Napalm Records British extreme metal legend Cradle Of Filth’s career has been a weird one. Up until and including Midian (2000), they were on a serious roll without so much as a single miss. Midian is actually a … Continue reading CRADLE OF FILTH: The Screaming Of The Valkyries
From the Vaults #17: Different Breed
The story of Beltane Fire is an odd one. Way back in the late 70’s, in the UK, a rockabilly band called The Blue Cat Trio were formed. By 1979, original vocalist Dave Edmunds left (to launch a not-unsuccessful solo … Continue reading From the Vaults #17: Different Breed
THE BULLET BITERS: Napalm Over The Rainbow
Year: 2025Label: Bad Billy Records The 15th of March, 2008. That’s when I first heard The Bullet Biters and knew this was a band worth keeping tabs on. They were still a young band back then, with just a single … Continue reading THE BULLET BITERS: Napalm Over The Rainbow
CHRIS HARMS: 1980
Year: 2024Label: Napalm Records Fans of German alternative, dark and gothic tinged rock might be familiar with a band called Lord Of The Lost. I, not being a particular fan of such music, am not. But even so, Chris Harms … Continue reading CHRIS HARMS: 1980
ALLA XUL ELU: Head Of Horns
Year: 2015/2025Label: Long Live Evil Alla Xul Elu, who we’ve covered before a number of times (see here), have risen to become one of the foremost names of that oddball subgenre of rap known as horrorcore. Sure, the genre still … Continue reading ALLA XUL ELU: Head Of Horns
KOFFIN KATS: Higher Lows
Release year: 2024Label: Koffin Kats Records I’ll be on the level with ya: US psychobilly act Koffin Kats have never been my favourites. I first got to know them in the mid-noughties, and from the go my opinion of them … Continue reading KOFFIN KATS: Higher Lows
From the Vaults #16: Tougher Than Leather
The concept album is a notoriously risky thing. The prospect of telling a story over the arch of an entire album, tying together all tracks into a conceptual, thematic and/or narrative whole has proven to be a surprisingly tricky thing … Continue reading From the Vaults #16: Tougher Than Leather
WHITERAT: Conglomerate Malaction
Year: 2025Label: Steinklang Industries Italian Whiterat don’t muck about on their newest tape release. From the very first second, the listener is bombarded with an unrelenting barrage of harsh, violent and extremely abrasive noise. And for the next 22 minutes, … Continue reading WHITERAT: Conglomerate Malaction
DEMOLYN: Slay The Godhead
Release year: 2025Label: self-released Wait, what, did I mistake this band for someone else? That was my first thought when putting on Swedish Demolyn’s new EP. See, in comparison with the debut release Tales Of Demolyn (reviewed here), Slay The … Continue reading DEMOLYN: Slay The Godhead
Only Death Is Real 