Review: Draconian – Sovran

Review: Draconian – Sovran

Oct 26

Swedish purveyors of melodic doom metal, Draconian, have a solid new collection of music with Sovran. Newcomer Heike Langhans makes a great fit and the band sounds as heavy and melancholic as ever.

Review: Year of the Goat – The Unspeakable

Review: Year of the Goat – The Unspeakable

Aug 09

Psychedelia and retro doom metal make for great bedfellows on Year of the Goat’s new release, ‘The Unspeakable’. These Swedes have a good thing going with their emotive and memorable brand of cult-rock.

Review: Abyssion – Luonnon Harmonia Ja Vihreä Liekki

Review: Abyssion – Luonnon Harmonia Ja Vihreä Liekki

Jul 19

Spacey crust punk from the forests of Finland, courtesy of Abyssion and their debut album, ‘Luonnon harmonia ja vihreä liekki’. Is it psychedelic black metal, or blackened psychedelic?

Review: My Sleeping Karma – My Sleeping Karma

Review: My Sleeping Karma – My Sleeping Karma

Jun 08

German world music inspired instrumentalists My Sleeping Karma’s newest album ‘Moksha’ is, how the kid’s say, chill as fuck and is generally perfect music for the common metalhead to relax to.

Review: Sigh – Graveward

Review: Sigh – Graveward

May 18

Japan’s oddball maniacs Sigh are back with a new platter of crazy, and we couldn’t be luckier. A little more to the point as their albums go, but has all the brutal quirks we’ve come to love.