Review: Greet – Harmonium 2 (Full album, 2024) | Dark folk

Band info Band: Greet Album: Harmonium 2 Released: November 1st, 2024 Genre: folk, dark folk Location: UK Review Greet‘s new album ‘Harmonium 2‘ is a continuation of the previous album, the debut, “Harmonium 1”. This debut then attracted attention because Matthew Broadley known for Dawn Ray’d is the person behind this project, so we can […]

Review: Dawn Treader – Bloom & Decay (Full album, 2024) | Blackgaze

Band info Band: Dawn Treader  Album: Bloom & Decay Released: released August 23rd, 2024 Genre: blackgaze Location: UK Review Like a soothing mist, it comes from the alleys of London today to paint an image in our minds of what is probably one of the closing and more interesting releases of the year so far […]

Review: Clones Of Sirius – ‘Grandeur’ (EP, 2024) | Black metal, death metal

Band info Band: Clones Of Sirius  Album: Grandeur Released: October 22nd, 2024. Genre: black metal, death metal. Location: United Kingdom   Review After their very exciting EP debut last year, Clones of Sirius is back again with another EP, Grandeur. This time around, though, Clones of Sirius really lean hard into blackened death over blackened thrash compared […]

Review: 1648 – ‘Regicide of the Incorruptible Crown’ (EP, 2024) | Raw black metal

1648 is a one-person project from Liverpool and the year in which the Second Civil War broke out, ruled by the English elite Brittain. The war was, of course, part of a broader process of friction at the levels of government, between the monarchists and the power of Parliament. Add the issue of Catholicism and […]

Review: The Dirty Looks – “Second Guessing” demo & two live extracts| Proto-punk

  Manchester has recently welcomed a new proto-punk project devised by five femmes: The Dirty Looks. In May they released their most recent demo, and we have been meaning to introduce you all to them ever since. The day has come, and we thought to bring not only Second Guessing, the above-mentioned one-single demo, but […]

Review: Purgatorial – “Doomed To Repeat” (Single PREMIERE, 2024) | Blackened death metal

Again we are premiering a new song by Purgatorial, just what the doctor ordered to keep us on the hook until we wait for an album to come, you fucking tease! We jest, of course, take your time, as long as the album keeps the quality of this song you’ll have no complaints from us, […]

Review: Lowen – Najang Bah Divhayeh Mazandaran (Single, 2024) | Progressive

Time and time again Fortune shows itself to be a fickle and harsh mistress, but also a very sarcastic one. When we contacted the incredible Lowen a few weeks ago for permission to upload their amazing new single, “Najang Bah Divhayeh Mazandaran“, we never expected that the day of the upload would be precisely the […]

Purgatorial – Harvesting Nightmares (Single, 2023) | Blackened death metal

Today, Purgatorial presented their song “Harvesting Nightmares“. Described by the band as “an unsettling track about not knowing when your time to pass will come“, the song keeps a crushing atmosphere throughout that lives up to its title. The wonderfully existential lyrics add to the piece as we are reminded of our mortality, and the […]