MOVIE REVIEW: Stalker (2020)
Formerly known as Blinders, this neat little film feels like a Netflix special. It started with the dreaded ‘found footage’ style, but...
A choice selection of the latest albums and EPs currently blowing the DM office speakers
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- May 17
French black metal masters Seth discuss making of epic sixth album ‘La Morsure du Christ’
Whether shielding child sex offenders, seizing control of women’s reproductive rights or being used to legitimise a host of bloodthirsty...
- May 7
REVIEWED: Seth - 'La Morsure du Christ'
There’s something about the sight of a burning church that’s always guaranteed to leave us black metal fanatics feeling all warm and...
- May 4
REVIEWED: CROWN - 'The End Of All Things'
Sometimes, underground music, for all its rejection of the mainstream and outcast mojo, can be quite conservative. We might sneer at the...
- Apr 28
PROFITS OF DOOM: Anaal Nathrakh's Dave Hunt reflects on darkly prophetic 11th album 'Endarkenment'
As far as inspiring dark and thoroughly disquieting feats of artistic brilliance goes, suffice it to say that the year 2020 has done a...
- Apr 24
MOVIE REVIEW: Threshold (2020)
Mumblecore, a genre all unto itself. It is the marmite of film: you either go along for the ride or, you don't. Strapping yourself in for...
- Apr 16
REVIEWED: Asphyx - 'Necroceros'
Mention the name Asphyx and you’ll earn a nod of respect from any hardened metal-head. The Dutch band, though never quite topping the...
- Apr 15
REVIEWED: Cannibal Corpse - 'Violence Unimagined'
It’s near impossible to talk about the history of death metal without mentioning Cannibal Corpse. The American behemoth of brutality are...
- Apr 14
REVIEWED: Hideous Divinity - ‘LV-426’
The mere mention of a death metal band in the same breath as groove-laden genre kings Aborted is enough to get us salivating with...
- Apr 13
REVIEWED: Tomahawk - 'Tonic Immobility'
Sometimes, the clue’s in the name. Tomahawks are a symbol of American culture, emblematic of the Native Americans who first used them,...
- Apr 6
Anthems From the Abyss #7
While the better part of the Western world has barely just emerged - in almost Christ-like fashion - from a four-day long bender of...
- Apr 5
MOVIE REVIEW: The Void
A good horror film can put shivers up your spine, occasionally even make your skin crawl, but what you don’t normally expect is a warm,...
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