London based Her Despair are back with their third release Exorcisms of Eroticism. They combine pagan and symphonic metal with guitar based Goth to create nuggets of melodramatic adventure. I found it easy to be immersed in the atmospheric sound of the six varied tracks, often with the music taking …
Read More »Rammstein – Rammstein.
Rammstein have most certainly divided opinion since their formation in Berlin 1994. Their latest self titled seventh studio album, released by Spinefarm/Universal has been a long time coming, 10 years to be precise but it’s well worth the wait! The cover is of an unstruck match which may be a …
Read More »The Webb – Truth Delay.
To say reviewing an electronica album is out of my comfort zone is a bit of an understatement but after seeing a gig by The Webb a few months ago at Percy’s in Whitchurch, I was kindly given a copy of their second album Truth Delay by them after passing …
Read More »Cadence Noir – Physical Copy
It’s a miracle! It’s a Christmas miracle! Our saviour is here! No no no, not that fictional story we were told at school but the debut album Physical Copy by the five wise members that make up Cadence Noir! The eight year wait has finally come to fruition with a …
Read More »The Devil In Faust – Come Apart EP
The Devil in Faust, Come Apart EP is eventually here and it has been a long wait. After being impressed with their video single for Dark Places back in December 2014 it has seemed like forever for this EP to appear. The two further singles released in 2015 (Forsaken and So Clever) only added to …
Read More »Fields Of The Nephilim Revisit ‘Elizium’ at the Summer Solstice Show
SUMMER SOLSTICE EXCLUSIVE ‘BACK TO ELIZIUM’ PROPHECY MMXVI O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN, LONDON 20th JUNE Legendary gothic-rock heroes Fields Of The Nephilim today reveal that their forthcoming Summer Solstice show in London will feature a very rare live performance of songs from their hugely acclaimed masterpiece Elizium. Released in 1990, …
Read More »The 69 Eyes – The Best Of Helsinki Vampires
The 69 Eyes are a dark gothic rock band from Finland, formed in 1989 in the bars of Helsinki they started out playing sleazy rock inspired by bands such as Hanoi Rocks and Motley Crue. Fairly early in their 25 year career the band allowed influences from gothic bands such …
Read More »Fields Of The Nephilim playing at Eurorock 2015
Fields Of The Nephilim playing at Eurorock 2015 Eurorock are pleased to announce that Fields of the Nephilim, the gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England in 1984, will be playing the festival in May. Since the band has been in the studio in 2014 to record new material, …
Read More »The 69 Eyes – X
The latest gothic rock band to emerge from the depths of Scandinavia, Finland to be precise, are The 69 Eyes, a band that adds another name to a long legacy of rock and metal bands from the snowy country. Their latest release, a full length studio album imaginatively entitled X …
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