High Spirits – Interview with Chris Black Interview by Jack Merry 29th June 2020 www.hrrecords.de/high_roller/start.html highspiritsmetal.bandcamp.com/ business.facebook.com/highenergyrock/ Heavy metal and hard rock outfit High Spirits are set to release their fourth full-length studio album Hard To Stop on the 31st July 2020 and we got to talk with the man…
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Pale Horseman – For Dust Thou Art
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Independent Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Chicago, Illinois has been a breeding ground for sludgy doom metal in recent years with the emergence of bands such as The Atlas Moth, Bongripper, Indian and Ledge, yet there’s another lesser-known yet equally deserving name who have been…
Re-Armed – Ignis Aeternum
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Black Lion Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Finnish melodic death metal band RE-ARMED strike again with their fourth full length album, ‘Ignis Aeternum’. Together since 2001, the band has undergone several lineup changes and released three previous albums in their two-decade long journey.…
The Acacia Strain – It Comes In Waves
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 27th December 2019, Closed Casket Activities Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Andrew Shirley The Acacia Strain are not your average heavy band: their sound has progressed through releases, getting heavier, grittier and just downright filthy since their inception in 2001. Since then they’ve gone several line up…
Diabolical Mental State – Diabolical World
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019 – Self Released Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog Formed in 2012, Diabolical Mental State’s debut album has been a long time coming. That’s not to suggest the band haven’t been busy. By all accounts there is a healthy underground metal scene in Lisbon which the band…
Stortregn – Evocation Of Light
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019, Non Serviam Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog It’s been almost ten years since Stortregn released their debut album, Devoured By Oblivion. In the years that followed, the Swiss black metal band have maintained a steady course of live shows and regular album releases – one…
Lik – Mass Funeral Evocation
Reviewed: May, 2019 Released: 2019, Metal Blade Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Courtney Solloway This album is heavy. Seriously heavy. However, this kind of lets it down in ways I don’t see very often. Now, if you know me and what I’ve reviewed in the past, you’ll know that I absolutely love…
The Three Tremors – The Three Tremors
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2019, Steel Cartel Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog “Three times louder than a sonic boom. Three fingers on the hand of doom!” This is the description used on the press release to describe the brand new collaboration from three of heavy metal’s more formidable vocalists: Tim “Ripper”…
Cauldron & Primitai @ The Black Heart, Camden
Cauldron & Primitai @ The Black Heart, Camden 20th September 2018 Review By Beandog Photography By Jo Blackened Perhaps more than any other London borough, Camden is the metalhead pub-crawlers wet dream. While nearly every town will have a rock-friendly pub somewhere on their streets – Perhaps a barman who doesn’t…
Grave Upheaval – Untitled
Reviewed: March 2018 Released: 2018, www.nwnprod.com/ Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Owen Thompson Australia is most definitely a fervent hotbed of superlative extreme metal at the moment. Along with the likes of Destroyer 666 and Aquilus, you can now add Grave Upheaval to the list. A truly crushing and brutal example of…
NIGHTMARE WORLD INTERVIEW
NIGHTMARE WORLD INTERVIEW Interview by Jo Blackened Band Members Sam Shuttlewood: Guitar Pete Morten: Vocals Joe Cleary: Guitar Billy Jeffs: Drums Nick Clarke: Keys David Moorcroft: Bass www.facebook.com/nightmareworld/timeline www.puresteel-shop.com/NIGHTMARE-WORLD-In-The-Fullness-Of-Time_1 Please follow and like us: