Review: SATYRICON “Deep calleth upon Deep”
SATYRICON “Deep calleth upon Deep” Napalm Records Satyricon have been held in the highest regard for more than 25 years by all who worship at...
Paul Castles 115 articles
Living in the 'birthplace of metal' - Birmingham, UK - Paul Castles has been covering the extreme metal scene for many years.
Review: Lisa Cuthbert “Hextapes”
Lisa Cuthbert “Hextapes” Iron Bonehead productions It feels like we’re experiencing something approaching of a golden age of female vocalists, the likes of Darkher, Myrkur...
Review: DRUDKH / PAYSAGE D’HIVER “Somewhere Sadness Wanders / Schnee (IV)”
DRUDKH / PAYSAGE D’HIVER “Somewhere Sadness Wanders / Schnee (IV)” Season of Mist records – Underground Activists This three track EP features one artist I...
Review: MONARCH “Never Forever”
MONARCH “Never Forever” Profound Lore Records I was blown away by Monarch when I caught them live at Damnation Fest in Leeds a couple of...
Review: Overoth “The Forgotten Tome”
Overoth “The Forgotten Tome” Hostile Media The metal scene in Ireland is poker hot at present and among the leading lights is certainly Overoth, whose...
Review: Myrkur “Mareridt”
Myrkur “Mareridt” Relapse Records There is a scene early on in the intellectually gripping Scandi Noir drama Midnight Sun in which a woman sits across...
Review: Cardinals Folly “Deranged Pagan Sons”
Cardinals Folly “Deranged Pagan Sons” Nine Records The delightfully deviant and dysfunctional Cardinals Folly have been brewing their particularly potent and addictive brand of Finnish...
Review: DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT “Finisterre”
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT “Finisterre” Season of Mist records This is just a fleeting glimpse inside the bewitching black magic box of tricks known as...
Review: Kimi Kärki “Eye for an Eye”
Kimi Kärki “Eye for an Eye” Svart Records Eye for an Eye isn’t the usual kind of album readers would expect to encounter on a...
Review: Völur “Ancestors”
Völur “Ancestors” Prophecy Productions Völur’s debut album took inspiration from female figures from mythology. So it’s only right and proper that the Canadian trio’s follow-up...
Review: Canyon of the Skull “The Desert Winter”
Canyon of the Skull “The Desert Winter” Releasing an EP with just one track may seem a bit miserly at first glance. But then Canyon...
Review: Nordland ”European Paganism”
Nordland- European Paganism The very title of this release signals its intent right from the off as UK solo project Nordland pin their heart to the...
Review: KHOST “Governance”
KHOST “Governance” Cold Spring Records Khost create songs of such a punishingly bleak and disturbing nature that most people would probably not even acknowledge their...
The Crawling to play Metal Days
Northern Ireland’s doom/death deviants The Crawling are looking forward to joining a stellar line-up at Metal Days in Slovenia later this month, writes Paul Castles. Northern Ireland is currently...
Review: Persecutory “Towards the Ultimate Extinction”
Persecutory “Towards the Ultimate Extinction” Godz Ov War Productions There are very few corners of the planet not yet touched by the diseased hand of...
Review: MERRIMACK “Omegaphilia”
MERRIMACK “Omegaphilia” Season of Mist records Merrimack’s dark and distorted roots reach back in time to the mid 90s when they first starting building scorched...
Review: FOSCOR “Les Irreals Visions”
FOSCOR “Les Irreals Visions” Season of Mist records Foscor’s interpretation of Black Metal is lightyears away from the crusty corpsepaint clan but their melancholic approach...
Review: DØDSENGEL “Interequinox”
DØDSENGEL “Interequinox” Debemur Morti Productions You only have to take a walk through the forest in Norway it seems there’s every likelihood you’ll trip over...
Review: Antropofagus “Methods of Resurrection Through Evisceration”
Antropofagus “Methods of Resurrection Through Evisceration” (M.O.R.T.E.) Comatose Music Drummer Davide Billia dines out on the name ‘Brutal Dave’ and the title is well deserved...
Review: OHHMS “The Fool”
OHHMS “The Fool” Holy Roar Records Expect to see this obstreperous Ohhms offering feature in plenty of 2017 ‘best of’ lists. It will certainly feature...