Posted on October 17, 2012 |
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With their origins way back in 1975, Pagan Altar actually predate the NWOBHM movement, but are nonetheless one of many bands to benefit from a renewed interest in that particular era of heavy metal. Having only released one full-length first time around, the band originally...
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Posted on October 14, 2012 |
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Having recently released their first album for Nuclear Blast (entitled “Legend”), Swedish doomsters Witchcraft see their first three albums being reissued (originally released on Rise Above). First off we have the gem that is their 2004 eponymous debut – recorded in a basement for next...
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Posted on October 12, 2012 |
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As British as fish & chips and just as delicious – musically speaking, of course – Magnum have always been one of the more understated guardians of the UK hard rock scene. Not that they haven’t played their part on the world stage but there’s...
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Posted on September 27, 2012 |
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ThisIsNotAScene‘s own Chris Ward got the chance to catch up with Ilkka Vekka of the psychedelic Finnish band Seremonia. They talked about the eponymous album, singing in Finnish, influences and much more… Fantastic album, guys. Was there ever a point where you contemplated singing in...
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Posted on September 23, 2012 |
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I cannot tell a lie, I am a fan of The Sword. I saw them live numerous times when they opened for Metallica. I love their sound and think they are the nicest and most polite young men I’ve ever met. So I was over...
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Posted on September 23, 2012 |
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Few titles could be as apt for a Doom Metal record as Sons of Otis’s “Seismic”. The long, slow and hard approach that characterises both the genre and the science of plate tectonics is reflected in the history of the Toronto-based outfit who have been...
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Posted on September 15, 2012 |
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Down is a metal supergroup consisting of (former) members of Crowbar, Eyehategod, Pantera and Corrosion Of Conformity. Their “Nola” and “Over The Under” albums are key albums within the whole sludge/doom metal genre. Now Phil Anselmo and his musical partners in crime are back with...
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Posted on September 12, 2012 |
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Primate are the Atlanta based supergroup consisting of Kevin Sharp of Brutal Truth on vocals, Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher and Mike Brennan on guitars joined by Brennan’s former bandmates from The Despised, bassist Dave Whitworth and drummer Shayne Huff. The debut ‘Draw Back A Stump’ sees...
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Posted on August 17, 2012 |
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Iced Earth drummer Brent Smedley took a few minutes of his hectic day of press at Bloodstock Festival 2012 to talk to ThisIsNotAScene‘s Greg about the rigours of touring, getting the most out of your dressing room, choosing setlists and much, much more… OK Brent,...
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Posted on August 16, 2012 |
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Patrick Backlund of the Swedish doom metal band Mortalicum takes time to talk with ThisIsNotAScene‘s Curt about their latest release “The Endtime Prophecy,” the band’s history, illegal downloading and much more… First of all congrats on your new album “The Endtime Prophecy” which I loved....
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Posted on August 7, 2012 |
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Witchcraft have set out to capture the spirit of classic rock. They’re on a quest to hunt down the sound that defined a genre which subsequently spawned a movement that so many of us continue to love 30 or 40 years later. In many ways...
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Posted on August 5, 2012 |
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Co-authored by Simon Crampton The Headliner Machine Head Saturday sees the arrival of Machine Head to the Bloodstock grounds, bringing with them a wealth of hits as well as their reputation for being one of the finest live bands around. Not only is this the...
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Posted on August 5, 2012 |
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Any of you out there with a love of the kind of fuzzed-up, psychedelic hard rock that sounds like the musicians have never left the late 1960’s are in for a treat with this self-titled release from Seremonia. The only element that may prove a...
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Posted on July 23, 2012 |
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Samothrace are clearly not a band in a hurry to go anywhere. Not only is their music of choice a stately post-metal style doom, but also because this is only their second release since debut “Life’s Trade” in 2008. Then there’s the fact that the...
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Posted on July 15, 2012 |
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Thick, bilious clouds of bass move so heavily they barely register while Sabbath-nod lead lines evoke whiskey stained bars somewhere in the wrong part of nowhere-town. The aptly named Nether Regions unveil the soundtrack to every bar-fight you ever had, shot glasses trampled under feet...
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Posted on July 13, 2012 |
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On their first full-length album “Bacchanale Premiere,” Finland’s Vinum Sabbatum strip their doom-flavoured hard rock right down to achieve a sonically sparse yet atmospheric 70s feel, reminiscent of Black Sabbath and early Judas Priest. This kind of retro-sounding production, currently also favoured by Swedish rising...
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Posted on July 7, 2012 |
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One look at the title will tell you if you need this album. If based on music alone this album would get full marks and that would be that, but most Black Sabbath junkies will have all of the songs on here already. The only...
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Posted on July 3, 2012 |
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OK, I admit that I requested this due to the name, and upon hearing this five track EP I have to say I wasn’t disappointed. Filth encrusted, primitive blackened sludge from “the backwoods of deepest Georgia”, Dead Southern Bishop have served up a treat that references...
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Posted on July 3, 2012 |
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Hailing from Hampshire in southern England, Witchsorrow have been painted as the latest in a long line of great British purveyors of the dark art of doom metal since the release of their self-titled debut album in 2010. Deeply oppressive and unrelentingly bleak, the record...
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Posted on July 1, 2012 |
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Black Sabbath – Jim Marshall Stage (Main Stage) – Sunday 21:00 – 22:45 Black Sabbath. Donington Park. Read those words again. Yes, you read that right, the band that created metal and the spiritual home of it, together once again, and I was there to...
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