Once upon a time there was a bizarre Japanese band named Solar Anus, which mixed doom metal with kraut- and space rock. That was a really unique sound, but I fear that the band has long fallen into oblivion. I was all the more surprised when I noticed that ...
With this new EP, ANCESTORS have delved even deeper into the progressive rock world, although the term 'rock' is here - if at all - only true in a restricted sense. Progressive folk psych hits the mark best if one would like to describe the first two songs of ...
Some of you will remember guitarist/bassist Mark 'Griff' Griffiths from the days of early Cathedral because he was one of the co-founders, together with Lee Dorrian. After the release of the excellent 'Soul Sacrifice' 12", he left the band and opened a new musical chapter with Year Zero who ...
First of all I want to thank F.J. Dias of Blood & Iron Records for sending me a copy of this excellent 12", which contains two previously unreleased tracks from APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE and DAWNRIDER. I think that both bands are criminally underrated, but, hopefully, this release will ...
For me, ARGUS' self-titled debut album was definitely one of the musical highlights in 2009. They offer a great mix of classic heavy metal and doom metal, which is actually nothing groundbreaking. What is so special about ARGUS is that ...
The name ANIMA MORTE as well as the tastefully designed cover artwork brings to mind Giallo and Horror movies from the 1960s/1970s, and this is exactly the intention of this Swedish band. Their second album 'The Nightmare Becomes Reality' comes across like a soundtrack for a Horror film ...
A rock band stands and falls with the singer and there is nothing new about this. The music can be as good as you like, but all that is of no use if you could not make friends with the vocals. Exactly this is my problem with ALEX CAROLE ...
It is a stereotype to begin a Doom album with an intro that includes screaming women, isn’t it? But there is some singing of a group of people as well. Sounds like a sample from a horror movie. Another stereotype. But that is okay I’d say. We are talking ...
ALL TIME HIGH come from Seattle and despite the band name, their music is less psychedelic than expected. But that doesn't matter. Because what makes this album so enjoyable is that the music is a kind of 1977's punk rock, but also has a pop-sensibility with infectious hooks and ...
Undoubtedly, ALUNAH haven taken their time to mature. In the past, they only released a split 7" as well as the 'Fall To Earth' EP, which both showed clearly that the band ...
