Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, The Sign Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter There’s somewhat of an expectation with modern progressive metal music that it needs to sound somewhat introspective. Whether that is in harder, heavier subgenres such as death metal, or lighter examples, there’s a certain level of brood that…
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Age of Woe – Envenom
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, Lifeforce Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Age of Woe, hailing from Sweden’s death metal capital, Gothenburg, have released their third full-length album, Envenom. This, along with their previous ventures into the worlds of doom, sludge, and crust punk, has made the band stand out…
Insomnium + Conjurer @ Islington Assembly Hall, London
Insomnium + Conjurer @ Islington Assembly Hall, London 19th January 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Dovaldė Gaidelionytė
Ether Coven – Everything Is Temporary Except Suffering
Ether Coven – Everything is Temporary Except Suffering Reviewed: January 2020 Released: 2020, Century Media Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz I’m admittedly pretty stoked about this record. Ether Coven (formerly “Ether”) are one of the best bands to come out of the South Florida metal scene in ages, embracing a…
Dawn Ray’d + Burning Vow + Wound @ The Black Heart, London
Dawn Ray’d + Burning Vow + Wound @ The Black Heart, London 23 October 2019 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Paweł Dziepak
MNRVA – Black Sky
Reviewed: October 2019 Released: 2019 – Self Released Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog Black Sky is a tricky record to review. If you’re into the sort of sludge encrusted doom that owes its weight to the likes of Electric Wizard, then there is actually very little to dislike about MNVRA‘s debut.…
Fister – Decade of Depression
Fister – Decade of Depression Reviewed: October, 2019 Released: 2019, Listenable Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz To celebrate 10 years of codeine induced musical hallucinations, St. Louis doom merchants Fister have released the appropriately titled DECADE OF DEPRESSION, a collection of unlikely cover tunes that somehow work beautifully within…
Cazador – Failure To Thrive
Cazador – Failure To Thrive September 2019 Released: July 12th, 2019 / Self-Release Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Hailing from the New England region here in the U.S., Cazador has been crushing audiences in the Boston underground scene since 2015. FAILURE TO THRIVE is the band’s debut studio…
Weedeater + ASG + Trippy Wicked and The Comsic Children Of The Night @ The Dome
Weedeater + ASG + Trippy Wicked and The Cosmic Children Of The Night @ The Dome, London 22nd July 2019 Review by Ambra Chilenwa Photography by Ryan Whitwell (Shotison Media)
Wardehns – Now Cometh the Foul
Reviewed: April 2019 Released: 2019, self-released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes The cover of Wardehns’ new album depicts a pair of trolls/giants (with art based on Games Workshop’s Giant model, nice!) charging out from their foetid lair. Combine with the album’s title, “Now Cometh the Foul”, and you have an…
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…
Woven Man – Revelry (In Our Arms)
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2019, Undergroove Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Woven Man are a fresh new UK band (Wales specifically), and present their debut album in Revelry (In Our Arms). Their stated focus is Welsh culture and landscape, though this is done a bit more subtly than you might…
Pallbearer + Tuskar @ The Underworld
Pallbearer + Tuskar @ The Underworld 16th July 2018 Review & Photography by Thomas James Henry Saunders
Nomad – Feral
Reviewed: May 2018 Released: 2018, APF Records Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Vocals can make or break music. Here I’m sorry to say, it’s very much the latter. Instrumentally, I was into Nomad right from the get-go. Opening track “Curse of the Sun” begins with some rumbling atmospherics, adds…
Mantar – Hanno
INTERVIEW WITH HANNO FROM MANTAR Mantar being a-two-man-outfit hailing from Germany has gained the ultimate following during the past few years. Mantar’s debut album Death By Burning got the excellent feedback and responds. The band’s newest opus Ode To The Flame is another piece of great slap from Mantar…