One shouldn’t judge an album by its cover, but the phenomenal art of Mirror Reaper is something to behold. The desolate painted landscape and the small reaper in the ottomleft may go unnoticed compared to the huge mirror and the … Continue reading
Here’s October SoN radio. Starting with a track from Danny Cavangh’s new solo album Monochrome which blows the latest Anathema out of the water, with Anneke Van Giersbergen lending guest vocals. Hallatar with Heike Langhans of Draconian bring the lyrics … Continue reading
New Zealand’s Vassafor have existed now for 20 years (barring a brief hiatus in the late 90s/early 00s) and after a slew of demos and EPs they unleashed their debut album Obsidian Codex upon the world in 2012. One of the … Continue reading
I first knew of Lisa Cuthbert as having been the stand-in singer for gothic/doom metal band Draconian on a number of occasions, but it wasn’t until seeing Hextapes as being re-released on Iron Bonehead Productions that I was aware of … Continue reading
Here’s September’s SON radio. Insane death/black metal in various forms opens it from Kthoniik Cerviik’s sprawling madness to Nyogthaeblisz’s lo-fi war metal monstrosity. Esoctrilihum play great black metal of an occult and atmospheric nature, before Monolord brighten up with great … Continue reading
One of my favourite albums in the gothic doom metal scene, the Russian group Amederia go for the usual gloomy beauty and the beast vocal style established by Theatre of Tragedy and Draconian on their debut, whilst delivering long tracks … Continue reading
Nox Aurea are one of my favourite gloomy doom metal bands, combining a funeral doom style with a gothic one on a great debut album Via Gnosis, with seventy minutes of somber dramatic atmospheres, great vocals and musicianship. There’s similarities … Continue reading
Here is June’s edition of Swirls of Noise radio, featuring a mix of great metal that’s been on rotation over the last month. Starting off with the new band from Anneke Van Giersbergen, with the first single from Vuurs upcoming … Continue reading
So this is the hyped up debut album from King Woman, the band fronted by Kristina Esfandiari after leaving Whirr. Bringing shoegaze and doom metal together they’ve been getting rave reviews across the board for this for the supposedly melancholic combination … Continue reading
After Stream of Passion sadly called it quits at the end of last year, several of the members have already moved onto other projects. Marcela Bovio has already released a brilliant solo album, and with bassist Johan Van Stratum is … Continue reading
