Several months ago, I began doing “Albums of Influence” interviews. That’s basically what this conversation with Eloi Nicod is about; four specific albums that influenced
Tag: France
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: 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
Exclusive Premiere: Celestial Existence – The Scalar Process
The Scalar Process (premiere) Technical Death Metal, like any sub-genre, enjoys a variety of essentials. Blast beats, guitar sweeps, bass acrobatics, and mathematically precise drumming
Album Review: The Mother of All Plagues – Mercyless
For the second review running Your Grouchy Friend finds himself reviewing an old player in the Death Metal sphere. As a band who have been
Album Review: Eternity Of Shaog – Esoctrilihum
Your initial thoughts, if you were crossing paths for the first time with the work of one man project Esoctrilihum, might be that this fifth
Album Review: Occultation – Dysylumn
The Oxford English Dictionary defines Dysylumn as discomfort, pain, or burning when urinating. Oh wait! That’s dysuria. Released in 2018, I’m baffled as to why
Album Review: Spirituality and Distortion – Igorrr
Since the beginning of time, human beings have been telling stories, creating artistic masterpieces, symphonies, and epic poetry in an attempt to help mortal eyes
Album Review: Split – Atavisma/Void Rot
Even a casual listener of Death Metal has a pretty good idea what music in Hell might sound like. The walls covered with nailed on
Album Review: Hallucinogen – Blut Aus Nord
If you want a diverse sound with a Black Metal leaning then French maestros Blut Aus Nord will always fill that remit, over their twenty-five
Album Review: Psychological Spasms Cacophony – Chaos Motion
If the first words out of your mouth when listening to this album aren’t “what the gosh darn bippity bop is this fucking shit?”, then
Album Review: I – Epitaphe
France’s Epitaphe have been kicking it old-school since 2009, but are only now releasing their debut album. Now, I thought my band was lazy, but
Album Review: Rotten EP – Rotten
Fun fact, there’s approximately 320 kilometres of tunnels that make up the Catacombs in Paris where about 6 million people came to their final resting
Album Review: Shot of Pain- Schultz
From Nice, France comes SCHULTZ, an industrial act consisting of Franz Schultz, GUITARFoX, and Sandy Dynamite. SCHULTZ tackles hard-hitting electronic music with amusingly forward declarations,
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