If one had to describe the sound of SATURNALIA TEMPLE, it would be like a blend of the songs Dopethrone, Sacrificial Suicide, The Dance Of Eternal Shadows,… Read more “Saturnalia Temple ‘Paradigm Call’ review”
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Matt of VOID talks new album JADJOW, distortion of reality, birthing alien musical forms, and how (Hair) Metal cut its Fringe.
New for 2024, with a lineup assembled of members and session players associated with the acts of the more artistic side of the original Norwegian BM scene… Read more “Matt of VOID talks new album JADJOW, distortion of reality, birthing alien musical forms, and how (Hair) Metal cut its Fringe.”
Farewell Geordie Walker of Killing Joke.
Very sad to hear that the big man with the big sound Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker has gone…my condolences to his family, friends and fellow artists. He was… Read more “Farewell Geordie Walker of Killing Joke.”
BRETWALDAS – ‘Summoning the Gatekeepers’ released May 2023.
BRETWALDAS ‘Summoning the Gatekeepers’ full-length available now on OldMansMettle records. 2023 brings seven more songs of doom, traditional heavy metal, post-punk, black metal and crust from this… Read more “BRETWALDAS – ‘Summoning the Gatekeepers’ released May 2023.”
Benjamin König of LUNAR AURORA and BALD ANDERS on the inspiration for his new art book from SPERBER ILLUSTRATIONEN.
What next, once you’ve an accomplished suite of forest-black-metal releases under your belt, resplendent with transcendental artwork, deeply atmospheric lush orchestration that embraces both the old-style music… Read more “Benjamin König of LUNAR AURORA and BALD ANDERS on the inspiration for his new art book from SPERBER ILLUSTRATIONEN.”
Jonny Maudling of KULL and BAL-SAGOTH on composing ‘Exile’, Epic Fantasy Metal escapism, long-standing fans, and new shows.
KULL, the present incarnation of Sheffield’s long-standing Epic Fantasy Metal outfit BAL-SAGOTH, released ‘Exile‘ just before the pandemic. With 2006’ ‘Chthonic Chronicles‘ being the last full length… Read more “Jonny Maudling of KULL and BAL-SAGOTH on composing ‘Exile’, Epic Fantasy Metal escapism, long-standing fans, and new shows.”
Timm Endstille-Tauthr talks learning the drums, favourite cymbals, touring, the follies of war, identity, and recording the new 2022 ENDSTILLE album.
It is our pleasure to catch up with Timm aka Mayhemic Destructor of the relentlessly pummelling black war-metal act ENDSTILLE, a band who everyone should see live… Read more “Timm Endstille-Tauthr talks learning the drums, favourite cymbals, touring, the follies of war, identity, and recording the new 2022 ENDSTILLE album.”
kariti on dark-folk release ‘Covered Mirrors’, words and music, the first person in lower case, Soviet composers, modern tragedies, and cats.
kariti released the dark-folk LP ‘Covered Mirrors’ a while back and we really liked it: nine tracks that are slow, deliberate – perhaps you could even say… Read more “kariti on dark-folk release ‘Covered Mirrors’, words and music, the first person in lower case, Soviet composers, modern tragedies, and cats.”
Tregor Russo of DIONISYAN on new album ‘The Last Millenium’, the Ars Antiqua, Sicilian villages, Italian Traditionalism, and what’s wrong with the modern world.
If you like your doom to be neoclassical, dark, romantic, yet with vocals like rumbling thunder, then Tregor Russo is your man. Releasing three ornate, multi-textured albums… Read more “Tregor Russo of DIONISYAN on new album ‘The Last Millenium’, the Ars Antiqua, Sicilian villages, Italian Traditionalism, and what’s wrong with the modern world.”
Kjetil Mannheim talks his time in 80s Black Metal band MAYHEM, avant-garde composing, new ORDER release ‘The Gospel’, and how everything turns out alright in the end…
Kjetil ‘Mannheim’ was the original drummer of MAYHEM during the phase that culminated in the legendary Deathcrush EP of 1987. Now, that release was a real beast… Read more “Kjetil Mannheim talks his time in 80s Black Metal band MAYHEM, avant-garde composing, new ORDER release ‘The Gospel’, and how everything turns out alright in the end…”
Lars Emil Måløy of DODHEIMSGARD and IF NOTHING IS talks new music, boutique bass pedals, attention to detail, and tourbus ground rules.
Lars Emil Måløy is a talented composer living in Norway and is involved as bass player in the avant-garde-for-want-of-a-better-word-for-it extreme music scene that evolved from the more… Read more “Lars Emil Måløy of DODHEIMSGARD and IF NOTHING IS talks new music, boutique bass pedals, attention to detail, and tourbus ground rules.”
Midgaars of LUGUBRUM TRIO on home-brew carrot beer, maintaining artistic naivety, outsider-ism, clawhammer banjo, monumental toilet rituals, and recording new album ‘BRUYNE KROON’.
If you like the work of artists who have either a healthy disdain for their instruments, or wade into them in the same way as would an… Read more “Midgaars of LUGUBRUM TRIO on home-brew carrot beer, maintaining artistic naivety, outsider-ism, clawhammer banjo, monumental toilet rituals, and recording new album ‘BRUYNE KROON’.”
VOID ( The Unsearchable ) on their new dystopian album THE HOLLOW MAN, sampling Marlon Brando, the broken social contract between man and God, and how six heads are better than one…
VOID features guitarist Matt Jarman, who played with Dødheimsgard at their London show in December 2020, that OMM reviewed here. Now, if you’re going to be a… Read more “VOID ( The Unsearchable ) on their new dystopian album THE HOLLOW MAN, sampling Marlon Brando, the broken social contract between man and God, and how six heads are better than one…”
ALKERDEEL on new release SLONK, Trappist ales, classic Volvos, taking care of your vinyl, and the dark Belgian psyche…
Alkerdeel have just released ‘Slonk’; dark, earthy black metal with mid-paced doomy passages and faster sections that just don’t want to stop – it might remind you… Read more “ALKERDEEL on new release SLONK, Trappist ales, classic Volvos, taking care of your vinyl, and the dark Belgian psyche…”
Jürgen Bartsch of BETHLEHEM on the re-release of 1998’s classic S.U.i.Z.i.D, new songwriting secrets, healthy living…and his favourite CHARGED G.B.H song.
Are you feeling depressed during lockdown 2021? Missing human interaction at all? Wait….no? Maybe you are even starting to enjoy it? And perhaps even hoping it lasts… Read more “Jürgen Bartsch of BETHLEHEM on the re-release of 1998’s classic S.U.i.Z.i.D, new songwriting secrets, healthy living…and his favourite CHARGED G.B.H song.”
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”
‘BLACK STRING’ of VAMPIRE talks recording new album REX, collecting obscure Eastern Bloc heavy metal, and how much you really earn being in a band…
If you dipped the first two Entombed albums in liquid nitrogen, smashed the resulting lump with a hammer whilst listening to Somberlain by Dissection, the third and… Read more “‘BLACK STRING’ of VAMPIRE talks recording new album REX, collecting obscure Eastern Bloc heavy metal, and how much you really earn being in a band…”
Hord of OCCVLTA – interview.
Güray from Istanbul chats about music and the state of the world today with frontman Hord of horrible old school black-and-roll terror-mongers OCCVLTA. INTERVIEW BY GÜRAY TOPAÇ… Read more “Hord of OCCVLTA – interview.”
DARKENED NOCTURN SLAUGHTERCULT live at Nambucca, London 14.3.20
Despite being one of the least hygienic gigs you could attend at the start of a pandemic, London’s Nambucca was none-the-less still packed out for the return… Read more “DARKENED NOCTURN SLAUGHTERCULT live at Nambucca, London 14.3.20”
TULUS ‘Old Old Death’ review.
After SARKE’s excellent Gastwerso album release of last winter, multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bergli, who we interviewed here, spoke then of a return to the studio with his old… Read more “TULUS ‘Old Old Death’ review.”