Winterfylleth + Fen + Dread Sovereign @ The Boston Music Rooms, London 23rd October 2021 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Dovalde Gaidelionyte www.instagram.com/dova_photography/
Post-metal
Bossk – Migration
Reviewed: [July 2021] Released [2021 Deathwish Inc.] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson If you’re looking for some light, good-time party anthems to rock out to this summer after being stuck in relative isolation for the last fucking year, you should probably steer clear of the second full length from English…
Cult Of Luna – The Raging River
Reviewed: [March 2021] Released [2021 Red Creek Recordings] Rating [4.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Though categorized as an EP, the latest outing from Swedish post-metal/doom/prog sextet Cult Of Luna – and first for their own Red Creek Recordings – delivers a full album’s worth of material by most bands’ standards. With…
Quick Jabs for December 2020
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Salem’s Childe – The Sin That Saves You…
Mountaineer – Bloodletting
Reviewed: [June 2020] Released [2020 Lifeforce Records] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson San Francisco sextet Mountaineer sound about the opposite of what one has come to expect of Bay Area metal – and the beefy thrash of vintage Metallica, Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, etc., that endures to this day. While…
Insomnium + Conjurer @ Islington Assembly Hall, London
Insomnium + Conjurer @ Islington Assembly Hall, London 19th January 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Dovaldė Gaidelionytė
Anselmi, J.J. – Doomed To Fail (Book Review)
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019, Publisher: Rare Bird Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP It’s about damned/doomed time someone wrote a good book about doom! That man, is JJ. Anselmi, BMX biker kid from Wyoming, transplant to California, drummer in a bunch of bands and a big fan of music that goes…
Freighter – The Den
September 2019 Released: July 12th, 2019 / Self-Release Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine THE DEN is the second installment by San Francisco’s own Freighter. Freighter consists of founding and lifelong friends Travis Andrews and Jason Braatz, along with Matt Guggemos to form what they dub themselves as…
Possessor Sign To APF Records – New Album Due In 2019
South London, horror obsessed – sludge thrashers, Possessor have signed a brand new record deal with APF Records. Preparations for their fourth full-length album are well underway. UK, Salford-based, independent label APF – who’s roster also includes, Ba’al, Barbarian Hermit, Battalions, Blind Haze, BongCauldron, Desert Storm, Diesel King, Mastiff, Nomad,…
Russian Circles at the Scala Preview
Over the past decade, Russian Circles have rapidly established themselves as one of the brightest bands on the post-metal scene. The Chicago based trio has already racked up some serious touring notches with appearances at both Roadburn and Arctangent, alongside recent tours with Deafhaven and Chelsea Wolfe. Returning to London…