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NAUT Run The Goth Gamut On Equally Gloomy And Glowing Hunt

23 February 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Cover artwork Artist: Gavin Laubscher & Jack Welch

We’re suckers for Goth Rawk, okay? If we press “play” on a given record and we’re instantly transported to our favorite local club nights where the minimum dress code is “all black everything” then we’re in. And Bristol’s NAUT do that on their debut full-length Hunt so again, we’re in. Simple as that.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Andi Effe, Gavin Laubscher, Hunt, Jack Welch, Laura Taylor, Naut, Rock And Roll Fables, Season Of Mist, Sofie Lee Johansson, Stig Miller

The Lion’s Daughter Traverse Different Facets Of Heavy on Weird And Wonderful Skin Show

31 March 2021 By jesse Leave a Comment

The Lion’s Daughter is releasing an album in 2021 that has got to be one of the easy stand out’s as of late. It’s kind of Hardcore and kind of Black Metal (Think Satyricon). It’s also a lot ’80’s and a lot synth-heavy. It’s actually a lot of all around Heavy in general. Skin Show, the third album from the St. Louis-based trio, is weird and wonderful with a melding of sounds that shouldn’t work but emphatically do in a grand and mesmerizing fashion on an album that creates an atmosphere…scratch that, a whole new world…that’s a huge heaping helping of cerebral Metal.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Erik Ramsier, Rick Giordano, Rock And Roll Fables, Scott Fogelbach, Season Of Mist, Skin Show, The Lion's Daughter

Tombs Deliver Destructive Yet Dynamic Metal On Under Sullen Skies

17 November 2020 By jesse Leave a Comment

I might’ve said this before but Tombs is a hit or miss band for me. I get what they do, I respect what they do, but it doesn’t always grab me the way Winter Hours and “Gossamer” in particular first did when I discovered the band back in 2009/2010. That said, Under Sullen Skies grabs me. Their most concise and precise record to date, Under Sullen Skies is the one that finally captures Tombs’ more dynamic and experimental moments (The All Empires Fall EP especially comes to mind) and expertly fuses it to their original take on Black Metal.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Drew Murphy, Justin Spaeth, Matt Medeiros, Mike Hill, Rock And Roll Fables, Season Of Mist, Tombs, Under Sullen Skies

Tombs Delivers Satisfyingly Sinister Sonic Tour-De-Force With Monarchy Of Shadows

25 February 2020 By jesse Leave a Comment

Tombs is an odd duck and an outfit that’s often overlooked and not nearly praised enough for constantly pushing the boundaries of their sonic palette. One moment you get straight up Post-something Metal from them then the next they’re merging Joy Division and Satyricon in interesting ways. Regardless, whatever Tombs puts out is guaranteed to be an interesting listen.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Drew Murphy, Justin Spaeth, Matt Medeiros, Mike Hill, Monarchy Of Shadows, Rock And Roll Fables, Season Of Mist, Tombs

Voyager Progress Prog On Epic Colours in the Sun

30 October 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

Voyager has this timeless quality about them. With these anthems that come at listeners like sonic battering rams, Perth’s Voyager tread an uncharted area where Prog and Math Metal live in harmony with New Wave. Yep, you read that right. Think Simon LeBon fronting Meshuggah.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Alex Canion, Ashley Doodkorte, Colours in the Sun, Danny Estrin, Rock And Roll Fables, Scott Kay, Season Of Mist, Simone Dow, Voyager

Enthroned Craft A Densely Bleak Metal Universe Within Cold Black Suns

3 June 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

This page is quickly becoming an “Oops! I did it again” of metal bands I never followed when they initially made their mark, innit? For the record, I listen to a lot, okay? Just not everything. And apparently not enough Enthroned who has crafted this dense opus of vicious beauty with Cold Black Suns which is the Belgium Black metallers’ first in almost five years.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Cold Black Suns, Enthroned, Menthor, Neraath, Norgaath, Nornagest, Rock And Roll Fables, Season Of Mist, Shagal

Rotting Christ Celebrate 30 Years Of Metal Excellence With New Masterpiece The Heretics

14 February 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

There is no greater satisfaction than hearing a highly anticipated album for the first time and being reassured that your faith was rightly placed as said album is better than great, maybe better than the best the band has put out and, quite possibly, best of the year. And it’s only February.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: George Emmanuel, Rock And Roll Fables, Rotting Christ, Sakis Tolis, Season Of Mist, The Heretics, Themis Tolis, Vagelis Karzis

Emptiness Enlist Twiggy Ramirez To Produce, Get Even More Bleak On Not for Music

17 January 2017 By jesse Leave a Comment

Produced by Geordie White AKA Twiggy Ramirez, Emptiness’ latest sounds exactly like you’d think with Marilyn Manson’s right hand man behind the consoles. Not for Music is dark and menacing but still filled with lush sounds that will surround listeners with its inviting malevolence. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Emptiness, emptiness band, Geordie White, Jeremie Bezier, Jonas Sanders, Not For Music, Olve Lomer- Wilbers, Peter Verwimp, Rock And Roll Fables, Season Of Mist, Twiggy Ramirez

Untitled Metal Column: Volume 14 (Rotting Christ, Rituals)

1 March 2016 By jesse Leave a Comment

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Rotting Christ, where have you been all my life??? Apparently in Greece concocting the most glorious black metal and crafting album after album of awesomeness, that’s where. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Danai Katsameni, George Emmanuel, Nick Holmes, Paradise Lost, Rituals, Rock And Roll Fables, Rotting Christ, Sakis Tolis, Season Of Mist, Themis Tolis, Van Ace

Untitled Metal Column: Volume 13 (Destroyer 666, Wildfire)

25 February 2016 By jesse Leave a Comment

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Hearkening back to the days when Tom Araya sounded like a veritable madman on every recording paired with the more vicious Testament albums of the late ’90’s (Think The Gathering in particular), Destroyer 666 manage to create a modern thrash classic on Wildfire without rehashing or sounding dated. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Destroyer 666, Felipe, KK, Rock And Roll Fables, Season Of Mist, Vox Perra, Vox Ro, Wildfire

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