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
ARDITI: Insignia Of The Sun Release year: 2020/2023Label: Blooddawn Productions Martial industrial stalwarts Arditi have been active on the release front this year: this is already their second release in 2023. However, unlike Emblem Of Victory (reviewed here), Insignia Of … Continue reading Arditi’s solar symbolism
YRITYS: Delusion(s) Release year: 2023Label: Misantropia Records The name Yritys has caused chuckles among Finnish audiences – and for good reason, too. You see, the Swedish band were, I assume, trying to convey depressed, nihilistic and misanthropic images with a … Continue reading A last attempt
VOODOO DOLLS: Poison In Your Drink 1983-1986 Release year: 2023Label: Crazy Love Records 1983. That’s some early, early history as far as psychobilly goes. The Meteors released their second album Wreckin’ Crew, Guana Batz their first 7″, The Sharks their … Continue reading Voodoo poisoned drinks
THE COFFINSHAKERS: Graves, Release Your Dead Release year: 2023Label: Svart Records It’s been a long, long wait. Swedish horror country legends The Coffinshakers released their previous album all the way back in 2007. Since then, apart from the occasional gig, … Continue reading The dead, released once more
ARDITI: Emblem Of Victory Release year: 2023Label: Blooddawn Productions Few are names are regarded as highly in the martial industrial scene as Swedish Arditi, who have been in existence for over 25 years and whose debut album Marching On To … Continue reading Emblems of Arditi’s victory
It’s been a while since we did one of these. In fact, looks like in all of Only Death Is Real’s history, we’ve only done one year round-up. High time for a second one, don’t you think? So, here are … Continue reading A year in summation: 2022
MOURN: Mastema Release year: 2022Label: Steinklang Industries/999 Cuts The back cover of this CD proclaims that “Mourn is Destruktionsanstalt, Kadaver and Ideal Father“ – in other words, a collaboration between three established names in the industrial noise underground. Therefore, it … Continue reading Mourn and angels of all evil
V/A: Unio Solidarium Release year: 2022Label: Old Captain This year it will be nine years since terrorist state Russia attacked Ukraine without any provocation or justification, and occupied parts of the Eastern European nation. Soon it will be a year … Continue reading Slava Ukraini!
THE COFFINSHAKERS: The Curse Of The Coffinshakers 1996-2016 Release year: 2022Label: Svart Records Back when I was a teenager and was starting to seriously get into underground metal, one name I would come across ever so often was The Coffinshakers. … Continue reading Accursed coffinshakers
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