It must have been 25 years ago to the month that I first heard US death/doom icons Winter for the first time. I remember it clearly: spring was already turning warm, the end of school was just a few weeks … Continue reading From the Vaults #10: Into Darkness/Eternal Frost
Release year: 2017/2024Label: Iron Bonehead Productions/Misantropia Records Whilst certainly not unheard of, all-female and female solo black metal projects are still a relative scarcity. Everyone who’s been involved in black metal since the 90’s will probably remember Greek Astarte, and … Continue reading IESCHURE: The Shadow
Release year: 2024Label: Misantropia Records Put together, the two acts on this split have (according to Discogs) a total of 63 releases since 2012. That’s pretty prolific – but scarcely balanced, considering Somber Winds is responsible for two of these, … Continue reading KALMANKANTAJA/SOMBER WINDS: Split
Back in the late 90’s, when I started getting into extreme metal, a significant method to discover new acts was to peruse through the catalogues and ads in various magazines. Metal Hammer was essentially worth fuck all and our local … Continue reading From the Vaults #7: Apokalypse & Origo Regium 1993-1994
LUNAR SPELLS: Sacraments Of Necromantical Empires Release year: 2024Label: Northern Silence Productions Some two years ago, we reviewed Greek Lunar Spell’s second album Demise Of Heaven (here). Now the Greek black metal act are back with their third album, and … Continue reading Lunar spells of necromantical empires
DIAMOND FALCON: Gates Of Hell Release year: 2024Label: Self-released What is the coolest heavy metal band of all time? If you ask Austrian Diamond Falcon, the answer might be Iron Maiden. At least their newest, third full-length album Gates Of … Continue reading Falcons at the gates of Hell
IGNIS MORTIS: Hæresis Maleficarum Release year: 2024Label: Hammer Of Hate Records Formed from the ashes of a previous group called Evil Might, Finnish Ignis Mortis may be newcomers but they’re certainly no greenhorns: the trio’s collective CV within black metal … Continue reading The fires of death burn
ANDRACCA: To Bare The Weight Of Death Release year: 2024Label: Vendetta Records Would you be surprised to hear the UK act Andracca’s second album has a tricky title? The digital promo had the name tagged as To Bear The Weight … Continue reading Regarding the weight of death
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
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
Only Death Is Real 