This is the fourth album from US post-rock band Shy, Low.
Existing somewhere between post-rock and post-metal, Shy, Low’s music is a thoroughly immersive affair. Purity Spiral spends 47 minutes engaged in comprehensive instrumental worldbuilding, to remarkable effect. Continue reading “Shy, Low – Purity Spiral (Review)”
This is the fifth album from Italian doom band Shores of Null.
Shores of Null do god work, as exemplified by 2020’s stellar Beyond the Shores (on Death and Dying) and 2023’s very enjoyable The Loss of Beauty. Homesick brings us 48 minutes of new material from the band, and it’s another worthy addition to the Shores of Null discography. Continue reading “Shores of Null – Homesick (Review)”
This is the third album from Iapetus, a progressive death metal band from the US.
Following on from 2019’s impressive The Body Cosmic, (which performed very respectably at the end of the year), Iapetus return with the mighty The Mother Void. It’s a long, involved, and meticulously crafted affair that deserves plenty of time and attention. Continue reading “Iapetus – The Mother Void (Review)”
This is the fifth album by Oscillotron, a solo drone/electronic band from Sweden.
Brought to us by the artist behind Kongh, Axiom delivers a 61-minute journey into expressive cinematic drone soundscapes. Oscillotron’s music blends dark ambient, drone, doom, prog, and atmospheric synths into a record that’s unreasonably immersive. Continue reading “Oscillotron – Axiom (Review)”
Veilburner are a black/death metal band from the US and this is their ninth album.
Veilburner; an enigma. A tantalising mystery with no obtainable answer. All That Glimmers Is Gloam; a 50-minute riddle, riven with metamorphic grace, yet ripe with transcendent promise. Continue reading “Veilburner – All That Glimmers Is Gloam (Review)”
This is the third album from US death/doom metal band Mother of Graves.
Mother of Graves have had an enviable run so far. Starting with their impressive debut EP In Sombre Dreams in 2021, they capitalised on this with their first full length the following year – Where the Shadows Adorn. However, it was 2024’s mighty The Periapt of Absence that really put them on the wider death/doom map. Which brings us gloomily to the 46-minute The Light That Keeps Us. Have Mother of Graves continued their ascent into the metallic heavens? Continue reading “Mother of Graves – The Light That Keeps Us (Review)”
This is the seventh album from Australian death metallers Werewolves.
Werewolves! Oh yeah! It’s hard to dislike a band like this. Reliably pumping out album after album of ferocious death metal ugliness…Werewolves are almost an institution at this point. Serving up 33 minutes of utter nastiness, You’re Weak and You Know You’re Weak is here to rend and destroy. Let’s get to it then. Continue reading “Werewolves – You’re Weak and You Know You’re Weak (Review)”
Tonight is a good night for sonic violence, and here are three bands very well-placed to dish it out. Within such a brutal niche as tonight’s show, Nails are big fish, (and that’s before you factor in the draw of the mighty Rotten Sound, as well as opener Invunche). Rebellion is therefore as busy as you’d expect it to be, and space is at a premium. If this show isn’t sold out, then it’s pretty damn close to it. Continue reading “Nails/Rotten Sound/Invunche – Rebellion, Manchester – 05/10/26 (Live Review)”
This is the fifteenth album from French one-man black metal band Esoctrilihum.
One never knows what the artist behind the prolific Esoctrilihum is going to gift unto the unworthy world, which makes every release both a surprise and a treat. For Annochiül Xar Sorthïlazur, he has bequeathed us a lavish 69 minutes of symphonic avant-garde black/death metal. While that description may get stuck in the mouth, Annochiül Xar Sorthïlazur itself goes down remarkably smoothly for something so idiosyncratic and barbed. But then, Esoctrilihum always seems to deliver the goods. Continue reading “Esoctrilihum – Annochiül Xar Sorthïlazur (Review)”
Thronehammer are an international doom metal band and this is their fourth album.
Thronehammer return! Glory! With the mighty Slay | Kill | Erase Thronehammer unleash yet another colossal slab of doom heaviness on the world, and it’s as massive as you’d want it to be. Prepare thyself for Thronehammer! Continue reading “Thronehammer – Slay | Kill | Erase (Review)”
