When you consider the modern Folk Music movement, we can be quite sure of one thing: Wardruna are on the very top of that tree.
Month: January 2021
Exclusive Premiere: Ectoplasmic Violation – Marasmus
Marasmus are a five-piece Death Metal band from Kansas City, Missouri. Their first two LP’s, “Mountains of Dead,” (2012) and “Conjuring Enormity,” (2015) are brilliantly
Interview: Revulsion
Revulsion are an enigma. They may be pure Arctic Circle Death Metal from northernmost Finland, but instead of jumping full-on onto the Finnish Death Metal
Top 20 of 2020: Mr Swine
2020, nothing gives me greater pleasure than to stand triumphantly over your wretched, disease-ridden, rotting corpse. But I suppose there is something I should thank
Interview: Bruce Moore – Brutally Delicious Productions
Black Metal is relatively new to me. Given my interest in all things heavy, it is a genre I have been exploring with great enthusiasm.
Review/Interview: Orcrypt
Orcrypt was a new name to me in 2020, but with an album called “Balrog & Roll,” the band did not remain a mystery for
YOUR GROUCHY FRIEND’S TOP 10 OF 2020
In what was obviously a tumultuous and unprecedented year for many including Your Grouchy Friend, so many of our taken-for-granted lifestyles, institutions and general modes
Interview: Sushant Rawat – Raat
Every now and then an album just comes out of nowhere and tattoos itself on your psyche. This is never particularly easy to explain, especially
Schultzie’s Top Ten Albums of 2020
1. Folterkammer – “Die Lederpredigt” Die Lederpredigt was an unexpected, but ever satisfying find. The soaring, fluttery operatic vocals that stand in stark contrast from
Twenty Twenty Twenty Favourites: Vuk (The Magnificent)
2020 was a shit show, no doubt. But it was a shit show with an awesome soundtrack. Yes, it was a real Saturday Night Fever
The Metal Wanderlust: Top 50 of 2020
Alright folks! Here is our TOP-50, according to the staff at The Metal Wanderlust. 20 odd of us took part in poll after poll, so
Interview: All Consumed
Earlier on in the year The Great Mackintosh got in touch with Dave Kenyon, drummer for the Mighty UK based Death/Thrash machine All Consumed about
