This is the debut album by Deth Crux, (who feature in their ranks members of US doom legends Buried at Sea and black/death heathens Lighting Swords of Death). They are described as channelling bands such as Bauhaus, Fields of the Nephilim, and Sisters of Mercy, with...

UK composer and musician Matt FINUCANE have been an active recording and performing musician for around a decade, with a good handful of EPs and singles as well as three albums to his name so far. "Vanishing Island" is his most recent full length album, and is set for...

Can it really be 20 years since these guys started to make a name for themselves by playing anywhere and everywhere, either at their own gigs or supporting others (I seem to recall one tour when one aim was to amend their name on the dressing room at every gig,...

This is the debut by US/Canadian black metal duo Wald Krypta, and the press release states that this is “an album that stands in stark contrast to the indulgent misadventures of “modern” black metal bands. Rooted deeply in anti-religion and worship of the power of...

On December 13th, 2017, Warrel Dane passed away in São Paulo while recording the follow-up to 2008’s ‘Praises To The War Machine’. ‘Shadow Work’ was supposed to be an 80 minutes long opus and while all instruments had been recorded, Warrel passed away before...

Okay, so let’s be brutally frank and honest about this album right from the beginning. There will be some fans who feel Accept just haven’t been the same since the release of their iconic ‘Balls To The Wall’ album in 1983, and it has all been downhill since then,...

Formed in Huntington, New York in 2004 Buckshot Facelift have state they have dedicated themselves to setting the horror of the human condition to the sound of the most extreme and eclectic grindcore imaginable. ‘Ulcer Island’, was the band's fourth full length...

US band PRIMAL STATIC has been around for a good 15 years at this point from what I can understand, although how long it has been in it's current shape as a duo I do not know. Nor have I managed to track down how much material that have been released under this...

US composer and musician SCOTT GRAY is a fairly recent addition to the recording artists found stateside from what I can understand. He established a digital presence back in 2016, and in the spring of 2018 he launched his debut EP "Raincoats & Other Short...

Burning Witches are an all-female quintet from Switzerland, and I do wonder if they would have managed to get signed to label as powerful as the mighty Nuclear Blast if their gender hadn’t been a factor. Girlschool were/are a mighty metallic force to be reckoned with,...