So much has been written on The Wanderlust about the Perth (Australia) metal scene in recent times. Admittedly Your Grouchy Friend has been the deliverer
Tag: album reviews
Album Review: Suspended Over the Immanent – Forever Falling
Bringing together two fine exponents of dark US and Italian metal: vocals by John Suffering from Chalice of Suffering and Solemn Echoes, and musical contributions
Album Review: SInner Get Ready- Lingua Ignota
The golden fields of summer burn brightly as ethereal frightener Lingua Ignota makes her rounds in glorious, sweeping motion. Chilling in a way unlike her
Album Review: Consolamentum – Year of No Light
Every once in a while, I stumble across music that makes me smile. Year of No Light’s “Consolamentum” popped up in my Facebook feed when
Album Review: Dead End Destiny – Hidden Intent
Hey SIRI, play me something Australian… Hidden Intent out of Adelaide, South Australia bring the absolute thunder (from Down Under – sorry, Your Grouchy Friend
Album Review: Incantation Rites – Thronehammer
The Progressive Cave Ogier and Obsolete Dreadnought both love to talk about Metal. In fact, these two old hairy armed and eared buggers have been
Album Review: Eternal Hails…… – Darkthrone
So, obviously Darkthrone have a new album out, and as is usual with any of their releases since the time “Transilvanian Hunger” ended a trilogy
Album Review: Exitivm – Pestilence
Pestilence, to simplify matters greatly, has had two eras. 1) The early Martin van Drunen-dominated era from ’84 to ’94, (with Patrick Mameli stepping up
Album Review: La Morsure Du Christ – Seth
The French melodic Black Metal band Seth are back with “La Morsure du Christ“ (The Bite of Christ). This new effort is both a return
Album Review: Future Usurper – Crypt Crawler
The breadth and depth of the Metal scene in Perth, Western Australia is something Your Grouchy Friend has written about significantly over the last year.
Album Review: The Witch of the North – Burning Witches
In the world of Power Metal, what makes or breaks the success of a band is effective use of the mandatory cheese factor. If you’re
Album Review: Angelus Apatrida – Angelus Apatrida
Thrash Metal has seemingly always led the way when the world seems to be going to hell and back. Anger, conviction, frustration and pure rebellion
Joint Album Review: The Atonality of Flesh – Reaper
REAPER – THE ATONALITY OF FLESH The Metal Wanderlust headquarters (c.) is a bizarre place. Connected by tunnels, towers and half-buried by the emptied tin
