Album Review: Imperial Triumphant – Goldstar (Century Media)
Infamous avant-garde metal trio Imperial Triumphant are back with a brand-new album called ‘Goldstar’. It will be released on March 21st, 2025, via Century Media Records.
Avant Garde Metal
Album Review: Lord Agheros – Anhedonia (My Kingdom Music)
Lord Agheros, one of the leading forces in atmospheric & avant-garde black metal, returns with ‘Anhedonia’. A musical journey that all can experience on January 3rd, 2024, via My Kingdom Music.
Album Review: Goblin Hovel – Gobischkevrot (Self Released)
A concept album in the truest sense, Genre-defiers Goblin Hovel are readying the release of ‘Gobischkevrot’, which blends intense folk-inspired metal with spoken-word narration from the Goblin RaidBoss known as Skraptif. The album recounts the story of a beleaguered clan of goblins seeking mystical power in a desperate struggle for survival in a human-dominated world. It will be released on November 22nd, 2024.
Live Review: Zeal and Ardor with Zetra at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (22/09/2024)
A sunny Sunday turns into a misty night as Zeal and Ardor arrive in London accompanied by the mysterious Zetra as part of their latest European tour.
Album Review: Pijn – From Low Beams Of Hope (Floodlit Recordings)
Post-rock collective Pijn return with their brand-new album, ‘From Low Beams Of Hope’. To be released on June 28th, 2024, via Floodlit Recordings.
Album Review: Shaam Larein – Sticka En Kniv I Världen (Svart Records)
Swedish goth-tinged doom and avant-garde metal band, Shaam Larein will release their album ‘Sticka En Kniv I Världen’ (lit. stick a knife into the world), on the 9th of December via Svart Records.
Album Review: Vitam Aeternam – Revelations of the Mother Harlot (Crime Records/We Låve Rock Music)
The experimental musical project known as Vitam Aeternam returns on May 13th, 2022 (digitally with the physical CD to be released on June 1st, 2022) with Revelations of the Mother Harlot.
Album Review: Feral Lord – Vires In Absoluto (wilt-shine/Geistraum Records)
The duo known as Feral Lord return with a new album of avant-garde blackened metal. Called ‘Vires in Absoluto’, this new tome will be released on May 6th, 2022 through wilt-shine and Geistraum Records.