Category Archives: Pure Metal/Album reviews

MY DYING BRIDE – “THE BARGHEST O’WHITBY” PEACEVILLE (2011) Yorkshire-based Doomsters My Dying Bride have never been the kind of band which shies away from experimentation. Clear evidence can be found in any of the band’s recordings including “Evinta” – … Continue reading →

Venom, now there is a name from the past. My earliest encounter with Cronos and co was way back on the early 80 ’s Channel 4 rock programme ‘ ECT’ playing ‘Too Loud For The Crowd’, happy days. The band … Continue reading →

THE DEVIL’S BLOOD – “THE THOUSANDFOLD EPICENTRE” VAN RECORDS (2011) Two years ago, during one of my numerous pilgrimages to beautiful Germany whilst visiting a very dear friend of mine, I was introduced to the sounds of an album entitled … Continue reading →

DIABOLOS DUST – “RUINS OF MANKIND” MASSACRE RECORDS (2011) The music industry has changed dramatically over the years when it comes to finding and supporting young talent. Back in the 80s, all a band had to do was to record … Continue reading →

DESCENDING – “NEW DEATH CELEBRITY” MASSACRE RECORDS (2011) Greece may indeed be a tiny country, especially when compared to places like Germany and UK, however both its contribution towards, and support of Metal music over the years has been undeniable. … Continue reading →

VALLENFYRE – “A FRAGILE KING” CENTURY MEDIA (2011) Human loss is dealt with in a personal way by anyone affected by it, but it has also been one of the topics that art, as a channel for conveying human emotion, … Continue reading →

WARBRINGER – “WORLDS TORN ASUNDER” CENTURY MEDIA (2011) The year 2004 is a seminal one for Thrash Metal as it witnessed the birth of a number of young acts who are directly responsible for what has been widely recognised as … Continue reading →

CRADLE OF FILTH – “EVERMORE DARKLY…” PEACEVILLE (2011) Fame and commercial success may be well be the main goals of every person that ever picked on an instrument, however, there are plentiful of examples where this has led to some … Continue reading →

BYFROST – “OF DEATH” AFM RECORDS (2011) Being a part-time music journalist is a time-consuming task. So, in answer to the question I have often heard: “Why write – why not just enjoy your own choice of music?”, my response … Continue reading →

AUTOPSY – “MACABRE ETERNAL” PEACEVILLE (2011) When Californian Death Metal legends Autopsy disbanded back in 1995, following the release of their fourth studio album entitled “Shitfun”, the Metal world lost one of the most honest and purely aggressive bands of … Continue reading →

ABSU – “ABZU” CANDLELIGHT RECORDS (2011) Rock music and the occult are separate concepts whose ‘paths’ first crossed in the late 50s and which have been intertwined ever since. The number of bands at the extreme end of this musical … Continue reading →

ARCH/MATHEOS – “SYMPATHETIC RESONANCE” METAL BLADE (2011) Progressive Metal is a genre that’s responsible for the release of some truly amazing pieces of work, none more impressive and influential than Fates Warning’s 1986 opus “Awaken The Guardian” – an eight … Continue reading →

GEHENNA – “WW” PEACEVILLE (2011) If you are a devout supporter of all things Black Metal and, most importantly all this Norwegian in extreme music, then the name Gehenna ought to be quite familiar to you. Gehenna were first formed … Continue reading →

BRAINSTORM – “ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT” AFM RECORDS (2011) I quite recently had a conversation with a group of musically like-minded people, during which the topic of modern Power Metal was raised. One of the main conclusions of … Continue reading →

SOLITUDE AETURNUS – “IN TIMES OF SOLITUDE” MASSACRE (2011) Twenty three years ago, following the demise of the Thrash Metal outfit Rotting Corpse, guitarist John Perez decided to invest all his love and passion for Candlemass influenced Doom Metal in … Continue reading →

HUNTED – “WELCOME THE END” MASSACRE (2011) Having been to more gigs that I can possibly remember or even be able to put down in paper these last few years on British soil, I thought that I was fairly up … Continue reading →

DC4 – “ELECTRIC MINISTRY” METAL BLADE (2011) DC4 is a name that I was not at all acquainted to prior to be granted access to their latest full length “Electric Ministry”, but reading through the bio provided by the band’s … Continue reading →

ARKONA – “SLOVO” NAPALM RECORDS (2011) Russia is a country which has constantly flirted with art, ever since the time that the first Varangian merchants begun to take full advantage of the country’s interconnected waterways in their attempt to reach … Continue reading →

SALTATIO MORTIS – “STURM AUFS PARADIES” NAPALM RECORDS (2011) Medieval culture has been going through a revival these last few years throughout Europe, but if you are to name the one place where this historical period is mostly celebrated then … Continue reading →

SINNER – “ONE BULLET LEFT” AFM RECORDS (2011) Mat Sinner is a very busy man! Not only does is he heavily involved in the music industry, holding an important position in a well known record company for a number of … Continue reading →