Blackpool’s Enchantment were once a promising band with the early 90s death-doom scene waiting for them to open new vistas and carry on the good work of Paradise Lost, My…
Tag: gothic metal
German gothic metal lords, Crematory, are one of the longest running acts on the European festival circuit, but they remain unknown in the UK and USA. Three of the five…
Finnish symphonic metal miserablists, Depressed Mode, might have the most literal album title of the year. Their last outing was back in 2009, when Fleshgod Apocalypse were still in their…
Imagine living in the furthest reaches of Russia. You can’t, but Saphath hail from the Sakhalin Oblast, which is closer to Japan than Europe. Unlike Japanese artists, these Russians must…
Agathodaimon, like Mystic Circle, are the second German band to return after a long hiatus, this time reforming in 2020 and now ready to release their first album since 2013’s…
Russian duo, Inner Missing, are masters of the enchanting gothic metal synonymous with Britain and Europe in the 1990s, yet none of their predecessors dared to be as mournful as…
2021 produced some strange records, but Solar Cross might have the most unusual prog metal release of the year. Formed by the three Pikka brothers – two of whom used…
Russian quartet, Psilocybe Larvae, released their debut album in 2000 and show no signs of stagnation on their fifth full-length record, despite this being their first LP in nine years.…
This reviewer will always be grateful to Cradle of Filth for keeping extreme metal alive in the barren period of the late 1990s when nu metal polluted the earth. Though…