ALBUM REVIEW: Spirituality and Distortion – Igorrr
Eccentric, eclectic and experimental: for well over a decade IGORRR, the monstrous brainchild of French multi-instrumentalist Gautier Serre, has been
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ALBUM REVIEW: Spectres From The Old World – Dark Fortress
After six years on campaign elsewhere, the DARK FORTRESS garrison have once again coalesced to deliver the band’s follow-up to
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Amorphis: Tales From A Thousand Tours
AMORPHIS have remained, for thirty years, a constant fixture of the European metal scene. Their second full-length release, Tales From
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LIVE REVIEW: Dimmu Borgir & Amorphis @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
Co-headlining tours can be a tricky business. Of course, there are lots of benefits for fans and bands alike: fans
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ALBUM REVIEW: Vision Beyond Horizon – Big Scenic Nowhere
BIG SCENIC NOWHERE is a collaborative project which emerged from the Taco-fuelled friendship of FU MANCHU’s Bob Balch and YAWNING
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LIVE REVIEW: Cannabis Corpse @ The Black Heart, London
It would have been easy, fourteen years ago – when CANNABIS CORPSE first spawned as a side-project of MUNICIPAL WASTE
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Imperial Triumphant: Gilded Cacophony
The black and blackened metal world has been enjoying something of a renaissance within the last fifteen years, due in
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Dark Fortress: When 1000 Crypts Reawaken – Fifteen Years of Stab Wounds
In their 25 year tenure, DARK FORTRESS have made themselves synonymous with the melodic black metal style. Their debut album
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Satyricon: Twenty Years of Rebellious Extravagance
As the new millennium approached, the Norwegian black metal scene was undergoing something of a renaissance. The old certainties, which
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LIVE REVIEW: MONO: Beyond The Past Anniversary Shows
Ten bands, playing across three venues, over two days. There was every indication ahead of time that Beyond The Past
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