Given the unofficial, romantic pet name ‘Kurokunder’, this split release sees two of the brightest sparks in the UK underground doom/sludge scene unite under the power of the riff, with each band managing to push themselves into new terrain across one track each. Right from the off it is clear that this far from your…
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Review: Dirge – Lost Empyrean
Despite a 14-year career and a regular release schedule of well-received, long-form heaviness, Dirge still fly largely under the radar of your average post metal fan, which is deeply unfair given the prowess and creativity of this band. With their seventh album, Lost Empyrean, these Frenchmen pull out all of their crushing tonal muscle, nestling…
Review: Le Menhir – Aube
Sheffield’s own one-man monolith of post metal (literally, given that a menhir is an ancient standing stone), Le Menhir, has been steadily extending his reach, with a growing number of gigs and support slots across the burgeoning heavy music scene in the north and beyond. Following up debut single ‘Orage’, released earlier this year, Aube…
Review: Hundred Year Old Man – Rei EP
For anyone who has been paying any attention to the underground heavy music scene in the north of England recently, a new release from Hundred Year Old Man is an exciting prospect. Undeniably one of the most interesting bands doing the rounds on the live circuit, HYOM’s available recorded output up until now consists solely…
Review: Trees of Eternity – Hour of the Nightingale
Despite a well produced, hefty sound and a strong sense of gothic melody, it is inescapably clear that Hour of the Nightingale is a heavily frontloaded album; a lot of promise is shown at the start, but things level out to a plateau too early and never quite pick up again. Opening track ‘My Requiem’…
