Review: Ensiferum “Two Paths”
Ensiferum “Two Paths” Metal Blade records Ensiferum are one of my favourite bands from one of my favourite metal countries, Finland. I’ve been lucky enough...
Sam Thomas 16 articles
Metalhead, mother, mathematician and slave to two of the world’s most adored cats. Has been around metal for longer than might seem feasible, but it’s never long enough!
Review: Enslaved ”E”
Enslaved – ”E” (Nuclear Blast records) Two things surprised me about E: it’s Enslaved’s fourteenth release (it must be, it says so on their facebook...
Review: Sepulchral Whore ”Everlasting Morbid Delights”
Sepulchral Whore – ”Everlasting Morbid Delights” (Metal Ways Records) I might be a bit peculiar, but I like to listen to a release first, before...
Review: Threshold “Legends of the Shires”
Threshold “Legends of the Shires” Nuclear Blast records Threshold maintain their relationship with Nuclear Blast, and vocalist Glynn Morgan is with them for this album....
Review: Anguis Dei “Ad Portas Serpentium”
Anguis Dei “Ad Portas Serpentium” Svart Records Now I always thought that I reviewed music. But clearly I’ve been getting it wrong for a while...
Review: WINTERSUN “The Forest Seasons”
WINTERSUN “The Forest Seasons” Nuclear Blast records Sometimes, when you’re given an album to review, you get a picture in your head of how it...
Review: Alter Bridge “World Inferno” (Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities)
Alter Bridge “World Inferno” (Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities) Napalm Records It’s amazing the information that you can cull from the Internet these...
Review: Entrails “World Inferno”
Entrails “World Inferno” Metal Blade records Swedish death metal from Entrails. Those five words give you a massive clue about the rest of the review. ...
Review: Scargod “Stay in Track!”
Scargod “Stay in Track!” 7Hard Austrian extreme melodic metallers Scargod have been on the scene since 2013 and produced three full-length albums to date, with...
Review: Mordatorium “Obsessed with Death”
Mordatorium “Obsessed with Death” Mordatorium hail from Chicago, but you probably wouldn’t guess that from listening to “Obsessed With Death”, which is their third release...
Review: WEDNESDAY 13 “Condolences”
WEDNESDAY 13 “Condolences” NUCLEAR BLAST records Condolences is the sixth studio album from Wednesday 13, and his first for Nuclear Blast. It further interprets his...
Review: IMPURE WILHELMINA “Radiation”
IMPURE WILHELMINA “Radiation” Season of Mist records Surprisingly, I hadn’t come across Geneva based Impure Wilhelmina before I had this album to review. They tick...
Review: DESULTORY “Through Aching Aeons”
DESULTORY “Through Aching Aeons” Pulverised Records All good things come to an end. This album is the final studio album from Stockholm death metallers Desultory. ...
Review: ALESTORM “No Grave But The Sea”
ALESTORM “No Grave But The Sea” Napalm Records Alestorm single-handedly invented the concept of “pirate metal”: an enthusiastic blend of power and folk metal, all...
Review: Cult Of Luna “YEARS IN A DAY”
Cult of Luna “Years in a Day” Live from La Gaité Lyrique, Paris Indie Recordings This video release was filmed at La Gaité Lyrique in...
Review: ROGGA JOHANSSON “Garpedans”
ROGGA JOHANSSON “Garpedans” Chaos records Rogga Johannson’s latest release, Garpedans, has a bit of history behind it. It started out as the follow up to...