Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2018, Rowman & Littlefield Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Alice Cooper is back with a new album and by a nice coincidence I discovered a book about Alice Cooper I had not read yet so I bought it, read it and I figure this is as good…
2018
Various Artists – A Tribute to Burzum
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: November 2018, Antichrist Magazine Promotion by: Grand Sounds PR Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: James Swandale Ah Burzum, as much as I love the music, I can’t help feeling a twinge of self-loathing inside me whenever I crack on a song knowing who the man behind the band…
Comatose Vigil A.K. – Evangelium Nihil
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2018 – Non Serviam Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog Evangelium Nihil represents something of a triumph over adversity for Russian doom band, Comatose Vigil A.K. Recorded with the help of David Unsaved from Ennui and John Devos of Mesmur, this current version of the band has taken the…
Blood Feast – Chopped, Diced And Sliced
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2018 – Hells Headbangers Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog The press release accompanying Chopped, Sliced And Diced describes it as a four track mini album (six if you buy the CD or cassette release) intended to maintain the “fast and furious” momentum between Blood Feast‘s 2017 comeback record…
Old Man Lizard – True Misery
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2018 – Wasted State Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog Old Man Lizard have been belting out their particular brand of stoner and sludge since 2011. Inspired by the rural surroundings of their native Suffolk, the UK based power trio have certainly made their mark on the heavy…
Jon Schaffer’s Purgatory – Purgatory
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2018, Century Media Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes So, a quick intro for those who might require it: Purgatory was what Iced Earth was called before it was Iced Earth, in effect a prototype of the band (similar to Burn the Priest for Lamb of…
We Are the Catalyst – Ephemeral
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2019, Ferocity Records Rating: 1/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Swedish alternative metal act We Are The Catalyst describe themselves in their press release as being ‘a light in the dark for those who need it most.’ Well, if that light is one of pure annoyance and disgust, and…
Dimlight – Kingdom of Horrors
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2018, Self Released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis With bands like Fleshgod Apocalypse touring the world with their epic fusions of symphonic metal with the extreme putrefaction of death metal, it’s inevitable similar bands would spring up all over the world, and it’s now time for the…
Abigail Williams + The Infernal Sea + Martyrium @ Audio, Glasgow
Abigail Williams + The Infernal Sea + Martyrium @ Audio, Glasgow Monday, 10th December 2018 Review By: Pete Mutant
Nightwish & Beast in Black – Manchester Arena 11th December 2018
Nightwish & Beast in Black Manchester Arena 11th December 2018 Review by Gavin Lowrey
Brant Bjork – Mankind Woman
Reviewed: January 2019 Released: 2018, Heavy Psych Sounds Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Desert Rock and Stoner Metal are two of the heaviest and most progressive genres of the Metal canon because of the extensiveness of the songs and the other-worldly trances which led to such musicians creating music that drones…
Tremonti/The Raven Age/Disconnected – Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh, 6th December 2018
Tremonti/The Raven Age/Disconnected Liquid Rooms Edinburgh 6th December 2018 Review & Photography by Gavin Lowrey
Morag Tong + Oak + Brule @ The Black Heart, London
Morag Tong + Oak + Brule @ The Black Heart, London 9th December 2018 Review & Photography by Ryan Whitwell / Shotison
Marduk + Archgoat + Valkyrja + Attic @ The Underworld, London
Marduk + Archgoat + Valkyrja + Attic @ The Underworld, London 14th December 2018 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos & Videos by Jo Blackened Altercarnated Photography
Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, Hatebreed & Bloodbath @ The Roundhouse, London
Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, Hatebreed & Bloodbath The Roundhouse, London 16th December 2018 Review & Photography: Graham Hilling