Downcross: White Tower (2024)

Downcross: White Tower (2024)

I get offered multiple albums every day, and the vast number of emails just get filed away, but for some reason I took a second look at this one. I had never heard of this Belarus-based black metal duo prior to the email, but there was something about this which made...
Darkthrone: It Beckons Us All (2024)

Darkthrone: It Beckons Us All (2024)

There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Darkthrone are one of the most important bands to ever come out of the black metal scene, and their early albums are triumphs from beginning to end. Fenriz and Nocturno Culto have followed their own path for many years now,...
Carl Clements: A Different Light (2024)

Carl Clements: A Different Light (2024)

I have reviewed many albums released by Greydisc over the years but am sure this is the first one I have ever been asked to write about which does not involve Kevin Kastning. Mind you, I have previously reviewed some of Carl’s collaborations with him but this time...
Anette Olzon: Rapture (2024)

Anette Olzon: Rapture (2024)

In some ways I have always felt a little sorry for Olzon, as she was the filler in the sandwich between Tarja Turunen and Floor Jansen, and people tend to forget that her two albums with Nightwish, ‘Dark Passion Play’ and ‘Imaginaerum’, are very fine indeed. But since...
Stray: About Time (2023)

Stray: About Time (2023)

I was more than a little surprised when I came across this release, as I remember Stray from years ago and had not realised they were still going. I did wonder if Del Bromham was still at the helm given he originally formed the band all the way back in 1966, but he is...