Hipoxia was born in Madrid in 2009 when JK, E and K pooled together their interests in extreme doom and black metal and started to play and drink beer together as a vehicle of Khaos! What is conjured up within the first few passages are definitely drone effect Avant guard and doom. The vocals follow in much later and sound like E may have taken...

01/02/2017

Formed in 2012, Gohrgone defends a heavy, powerful and effective music, in support of texts inspired by Greco-Roman mythologies. The quintet imposes their presence through their well-forged personalities and stage experience! I absolutely love the spelling of Gohrgone. It sums up a really grisly experience which you certainly get once it is in t...

03/12/2016

As the intensity of this opening track ‘Cold Analysis’ begins you can feel the adrenalin pumping as a vocal barrage suddenly rips from the speakers. It has emerged fighting and aggressive in nature with a vocal that sounds eerily familiar – is that Till Lindemann? No it’s Fred Buschenrieder! The musical content of this one track alone has reached p...

13/09/2016

Citipati (Sanskrit: चितिपति) is a protector deity or supernatural being in Tibetan Buddhism ... The Citipati is a protector of graveyards and is known as Lord of the Cemetery or Lord of the Crematorium. As the first doomed riffs emerge from this deathly album, it haunts with a sinister edge that gnaws at your ears despite the beauty of the uplif...

13/09/2016

Nothing fills me with more adrenalin than seeing the words “Brutal Death Metal” so being sent this CD made me smile somewhat! The opening track ‘In Belief, into nothingness’ offers an ambling ‘into nothingness’ but within its stride comes a fierce integral metal slither that pricks the skin. ‘Sadistic Deviance’ really gets down to business and host...

13/09/2016

The name Carcariass comes from Carcharodon Carcharias, the Latin name of the great white shark, which gives you some idea of what is contained on this CD. The first track ‘Watery Grave’ takes the audial by storm with a run of magical notes that explode into a metal chug, gouging deeply and then burrowing feverishly, accompanied by a harsh throat...

13/09/2016

Kimura have had this current line-up for two years now constantly playing gigs and writing new material. This latest single release marks the start of Kimura getting into the studio and putting everything that has been written out there for people to listen to and hopefully enjoy! Having seen Callum (vocals) and Alex (drums) play in their earlie...

23/08/2016

Every time I hear the words black metal I naturally assume that the music will be just typically black with no outline and each time I have been proved wrong. Timor Et Tremor a very strange sounding name indeed have produced an amazing set of tracks that lavish attention on the ears so much so they cannot be ignored. From start to finish it enga...

10/08/2016

Spewing out metal since 1999 Lectern have now released their newest album "Fracticidal Concelebration" adding to their previous 4 full length albums from 2010, 2014 respectively! Fratricidal Concelebration – There’s no mistaking the barrage of blast beats that hit the ears as the track opens and this is no exception to the golden rule! It molest...

10/08/2016

Founded in 2013, 7th Abyss have now released their debut album ‘Unvoiced’ on Trollzorn Records. <b>Into The Abyss – </b>begins with rain drops and haunting melodic strings that fluctuate to a gradual build-up of atmospheric grandeur, and really whet’s the appetite for what is about to unfold. <b>Lost Eternity – </b>as expected this track rage...

10/08/2016

Demonic quintet Grond formed in 2002 and hail from Moscow. ‘Worship the Kraken’ is the bands second full length album. <b>Invocation –</b> awakens from its slumbers to a thunderous rapture of intensity and intrigue. The storm already brewing for what is about to happen…. The strenuous riffs are deep and dark with an even darker vocal gruffness t...

10/08/2016

Starting out in 2012 and from France, Kaliyuga scream along to the themes of suicide and life in a grind core fashion, and slightly more unusual have a female lead vocalist called Emilie at their helm. <b>Intro –</b> at one minute thirty five seconds this is just the right amount of time to see what is on offer. No sign of any female vocals at t...

10/08/2016