Year: 2026Label: Western Star Records There’s some very familiar faces behind this unfamiliar name. The Coal Dust Cowboys is a joint venture between Alan Wilson of psychobilly pioneers The Sharks (and owner of Western Star Records) and members of veteran … Continue reading THE COAL DUST COWBOYS: Beneath The Old Slag Heap
The late 70’s were a troubled time for heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, as we’ve established earlier in this series with our look at Technical Ecstasy (here). 1978’s Never Say Die was even more troubled. Ozzy Osbourne had already once … Continue reading From the Vaults #25: Never Say Die
I’ve no problem to admit that I’m a bit of a “noise tourist.” I don’t know a whole lot of people in the scene, I don’t rush out to buy every single new tape drop from hot labels (and no … Continue reading From the Vaults #21: What’s Left?
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum The previous album by The Stargazer’s Assistant we reviewed was 2023’s Fire Worshipper (here). Compared to the group’s new album, that was positively on the nose with its themes, though – as we wrote at the time … Continue reading THE STARGAZER’S ASSISTANT: Modular Fields
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum Ever active UK act Rapoon are at it again, this time with colleagues Pas Musique from the other side of the Atlantic. It’s the first time we cover a joint effort by them, but the two groups … Continue reading RAPOON & PAS MUSIQUE: Knowledge Has No Enemies But The Ignorant
Year: 2025Label: Zoharum This here’s a weird album. Apparently, Stephen Āh Burroughs of Tunnels Of Āh fame got his hands on some recordings by Polish Genetic Transmission and was so impressed by them, he decided to do his own reinterpretation … Continue reading FRAG: Frag Deconstructed Genetic Transmission
Year: 2025Label: Voodoo Canapé I quote UK act The Zipheads’ website for a description of their style: “The Zipheads play Rock’n’Roll infused with punk, taking influence from the founding fathers of the 1950s like Little Richard and Chuck Berry, via … Continue reading THE ZIPHEADS: Rock ‘n’ Roll Renaissance
Legendary heavy metal singer, front man and larger-than-life persona Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025) passed away yesterday at the age of 76. News of his passing came mere weeks after his final concert, the massive Back To The Beginning event in Birmingham, … Continue reading In memoriam: Ozzy Osbourne
Year: 2025Publisher: Abraxas PublishingOriginal title: Against the Light – A Nightside NarrativeAvailable in: English, Finnish and possibly other languages Kenneth Grant (1924-2011) might be the most influential occultist since Aleister Crowley. Grant also represented a significant link in the chain … Continue reading Grant, Kenneth: VALOA VASTEN – YÖPUOLEN KERTOMUS
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
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