With an EP out in 2016, and an LP out just days ago, Spanish Traditional Heavy Metal band KRAMP have a clear artistic vision, and strong, catchy… Read more “Mina Walkure of KRAMP talks new album Gods of Death, reviving the truth of 80s heavy metal, Genghis Khan, and how some countries should just stop with all the kissing…”
YURY ARKADIN of CONVIVIAL HERMIT fanzine lets loose on obscure black metal, ambient, folk, nationalism, blasphemy, and what that bastard George Bush did to USPS.
Anyone who has dabbled in the more cerebral end of metal that borders the many other extreme genres will know of Yury and his long-running and widely-read… Read more “YURY ARKADIN of CONVIVIAL HERMIT fanzine lets loose on obscure black metal, ambient, folk, nationalism, blasphemy, and what that bastard George Bush did to USPS.”
LITURGY – Origin of the Alimonies
Sounding like a compositional cross between Philip Glass’ Koyaanisqatsi and Benjamin Britten’s Turn of the Screw, with Berio-like flute etudes, bits of Dodheimsgard, Oranssi Pazuzu, and black… Read more “LITURGY – Origin of the Alimonies”
Mark Sutcliffe of TRESPASS talks NWOBHM, Isolation in Sudbury, Tommy Vance, Maida Vale….and Esperanto.
TRESPASS are a NWOBHM band from way back in 1979 who knocked out the great single ‘One of These Days‘ the following year, before going on to… Read more “Mark Sutcliffe of TRESPASS talks NWOBHM, Isolation in Sudbury, Tommy Vance, Maida Vale….and Esperanto.”
DIVA SATANICA of NERVOSA talks the new line up, recording album PERPETUAL CHAOS, and why you should never challenge a Spaniard to an eating contest…
Well-respected all-female super hard-working thrash act NERVOSA have fought their corner, touring and staring down audiences for ten years, and as if 2020 wasn’t already a complete… Read more “DIVA SATANICA of NERVOSA talks the new line up, recording album PERPETUAL CHAOS, and why you should never challenge a Spaniard to an eating contest…”
Jimmy Petkoff of RAVEN BLACK NIGHT talks new album – ‘Run With The Raven’.
We last saw Jimmy Petkoff, the mastermind behind Aussie doomers RAVEN BLACK NIGHT in a 2019 interview at Old Mans Mettle here. Well, he said he had… Read more “Jimmy Petkoff of RAVEN BLACK NIGHT talks new album – ‘Run With The Raven’.”
TONY WAKEFORD of CRISIS and SOL INVICTUS sticks the boot into 2020.
Neofolk, the European musical genre of dark, romantic melancholic folk, has been around since the 80s, and Tony Wakeford is prolific across many of its interconnected bands… Read more “TONY WAKEFORD of CRISIS and SOL INVICTUS sticks the boot into 2020.”
NICK SALOMAN of BEVIS FROND talks lockdown, songwriting, QPR and Br*x*t
Cult psyche / spacerock / folk / acoustic songwriting genius Nick Saloman talks to lifelong fan Swag about his very English lockdown, some of his favourite bands,… Read more “NICK SALOMAN of BEVIS FROND talks lockdown, songwriting, QPR and Br*x*t”
New SEPTIC DEATH Live Video Emerges ( 1986)…..and the St Anger Snare Sound.
A very rare video popped up a couple of months ago – Septic Death playing live at the Farm in San Francisco, in 1986. Up until now,… Read more “New SEPTIC DEATH Live Video Emerges ( 1986)…..and the St Anger Snare Sound.”
ANTIGEN on the Central European crust punk scene, vocal melodies, and latest album ‘Dust and Ashes’.
Who doesn’t love a bit of d-beat? Boom cha, …ba cha! boom cha,….ba cha! German / Czech Republic act ANTIGEN have been going for nearly two decades,… Read more “ANTIGEN on the Central European crust punk scene, vocal melodies, and latest album ‘Dust and Ashes’.”
