Looking at the CD one might be forgiven in thinking that this is an American band, and the song titles also makes one believe that to be the case, but just on opening the booklet and looking at the photo on the […]

The Moth Gatherer are back with their third full-length album, again centered around atmospheric doom, sludge and post metal. Formed in 2008 by Victor Wegeborn and Alex Stjernfeldt, as a form of therapy to help […]

Back with their fourth album, German melodic death metal act Nailed to Obscurity had a lot to live up to after the success of their last release, ‘King Delusion’, and I think it is safe to say they have som […]

I was undertaking some research on this band, and I discovered one reviewer who said that this Ottawa-based band are flying the flag for the New Wave of Canadian Death Metal. My initial reaction was to scoff at […]

This is the debut album from Indonesian death metal act Osmed, released at the end of last year. Musically they are interesting in that although they have the de rigeur death growls care of Rio Pambudi, they […]

The full title of this album is ‘Contrabajo: Works for Bass and String Quartet’ and that tells you pretty much what you need to know about the album. Double bass player Pablo Aslan has been joined by Cuarteto Pet […]

Vocalist/guitarist Gregorio Kochian has been leading this Argentinian death metal trio since their inception more than 20 years ago and he is showing no sign whatsoever of slowing down just yet. Walter Barrionuevo […]

It has been a little while since I came across an album so unashamedly rooted in the blues-based classic rock scene of the Seventies, which has also brought in more than a hint of grunge and stadium rock. I think […]

One of the issues with side projects is that other things can sometimes get in the way, and that is the case with Alliance formed many years ago by Robert Berry: All vocals, Bass and keyboards (solo artist, 3, and […]

This is the third album from Suffolk’s folk singer-songwriter, and I have been trying desperately hard to come up with the right words to describe it. So far I have delicious, seductive, compelling, beautiful, i […]

I’ve just been to the band’s Bandcamp page, https://whiskypriests.bandcamp.com/, and I am in total shock, as this is currently for sale for just £19.99!! That’s not for the digital download (although that is inc […]

I rarely review singles or EP’s these days, as I just don’t have the time, but I am always a sucker for great vocals and heartfelt performances, so here I am listening to the five-track EP from Belinda Gillett whi […]

Get the album and play it while reading the multiple pages of history on their website, and I can guarantee you will be transported back to another time and place. It is the mid/late Sixties again, and The […]

Berit Hagen, who also goes by the name of The Commander In Chief, has made quite a name for herself in more than one musical fields, and here is now tackling another. She is a trained opera singer, who has also […]

I have no idea where this 2017 album came from, but somehow it has made its way from Denver, Colorado all the way to Oxford, New Zealand. From what I have been able to discover, this is the only release to date, […]

‘Resonance’ is the recording debut as a leader of drummer Dave Rudolph, who is based in Tampa, Florida. Rudolph is a veteran of the local scene for the last 25 years and is also currently the Professor of Con […]

Death Tribe is the new project from Anthony Kaoteon, who has been guitarist and bassist for Lebanese-based metal act Kaoteon for the last twenty years. During that time, he has been through more challenges than […]

Some years ago I decided it was time to start exploring pre-war music, as my ears were always getting blasted either by the latest extreme metal bands or I had the misfortune to hear yet another auto-tuned […]

Double Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Ernie Watts is back with the latest album with his quartet, which has had the same line-up of Christof Saenger (piano), Rudi Engel (bass) and Heinrich Koebberling (drums) […]

Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country, but even though I have come across many jazz fusion outfits, I think this is the first time I have come across a brutal death metal band. Formed in 2010, t […]