While John B knows Final Coil have previous albums, this is the first time he’s getting around to listening to them. No matter what it was going to be a surprise the only question was if the surprise was going to be a good one or not…
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‘In the Lugubrious Silence of Eternal Night’ represents the second full length album from Golden Ashes. A project drawn from the prolific well that is the creative mind of Maurice de Jong, largely connected to Gnaw Their Tongues but also associated with an array of other black metal projects. The sound of Golden Ashes initially appears to be straight up atmospheric black metal. Yet, since their first EP release and previous album there has been extra dimensions to the style on offer to those willing to deeper. This second album is no different.
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Please forgive our man JB: he is relatively new to doom metal. He tends to not spend too much time with doom metal because he usually leans towards higher energy genres and with the few doom bands he has looked at so far he found it a little too sombre for him. In all honesty, he reckons he probably has not given it the chance it deserves. So, he thinks that ‘…of Deceit and Utter Madness’ might have just changed all that for me though. This has made him question the expectations he had for doom metal and quite honestly has made him reconsider his position on the genre…
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This year’s Bloodstock festival has been cancelled, in the wake of the continuing uncertainty around the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. This morning’s announcement was not unexpected, but it certainly is a massive disappointment for many, many metal fans, especially as this year marks Bloodstock’s 20th anniversary. However, the disappointment may well be tempered by the additional announcement Bloodstock 2021 will be the biggest yet, with the festival taking place over five days.
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For the past decade or so, Shrapnel have been one of the bands at the vanguard of the new wave of British thrash metal. While they may not have earned the international recognition or acclaim enjoyed by some of their contemporaries, they have continued to fly the flag for the genre in this particular corner of the Überverse, guaranteeing one thing along the way: anytime you put a Shrapnel album on your deathdeck, or go to see them live, your neck muscles will end up resembling the band’s name… ‘Palace For The Insane’ marks something of a new beginning of the East Anglian lads, as it is the first album since they stripped down to a four-piece, with the newly recruited Aarran Tucker taking over both the bass and vocal duties…
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