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Tag: album reviews
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
Album Review: The Thule Grimoires – The Ruins of Beverast
Back in 2013 when Ván Records unveiled the lead single from The Ruins of Beverast’s fourth album “Blood Vaults – The Blazing Gospel of Heinrich
Album Review: Wretched Incarnate
I come here to you with a question. A simple one, but one that has much relevance to the subject matter at hand, that being
Album Review: Agnus Dei – Lingua Ignota
Having recently announced just the title of an upcoming album, it felt fitting to highlight this relatively newly released EP from experimental extraordinaire, Lingua Ignota.
