Review: Necroart “Caino” [The Goatmancer records]
It is quite hard to put a genre label on Necroart. While their black metal influences are quite clearly palpable with their atmosphere and tortured...
Rakib Khan 9 articles
I have been listenting to all kinds of metal and rock music for more than 14 years now. Besides music I am also interested in fantasy & sci-fi books, comics, mangas, rpgs and fighting games. I have been writing about these for almost four years on my blog now. In my other life I work as a physician for the government in Bangladesh and am quite grumpy.
Review: Athrox “Through the Mirror” [Revalve records]
Thrash is a genre that is rather tricky. It is rather rigid with its structure, and it is quite hard to do unique things with...
Review: Walls of Babylon “A Portrait of Memories” [Revalve records]
Sticking to a formula can be a bit tricky at times, and more so when your emphasis on following the formula makes you forget to...
Review: Altar of Perversion “Intra Naos” [The Ajna Offensive / Norma Evangelium Diaboli]
Altar of Perversion has been around for more than 20 years as a band. Their first one came out in 2001, which got a few...
Review: Lords Of Black “Icons Of The New Days” [Frontiers Music s.r.l.]
For me the most powerful aspect of any album is its replay value. And any album which I come back to even after three months...
Review: Novareign “Legends” [M-Theory Audio]
I may be among the minority when I say that I wasn’t overly impressed by Legends from Novareign. While the musicianship isn’t particularly lacking anything,...
Review: GRAVESHADOW – Ambition’s Price
GRAVESHADOW Ambition’s Price M-Theory Audio To label Graveshadow‘s music just as Symphonic Metal is indeed a grave injustice to the band. Graveshadow has various bits...
Review: SELF-HATRED “Hlubiny”
SELF-HATRED Hlubiny Solitude productions To be honest, I haven’t really listened to much ‘Death/doom’ despite being a fan of early Katatonia. My interest in the...
Review: Ritual Necromancy “Disinterred Horror”
Ritual Necromancy Disinterred Horror Dark Descent Records Well, metal has always had some mixed results while sticking to the traditional mold. Often there are records...