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REVIEWED: Batushka + Hate + Ghosts of Atlantis @ The Dome, London

From the brutally expansive, brimstone-scorched majesty of Hate to the lavishly ornate, blasphemous spectacle of Batushka, tonight’s...

MOVIE REVIEW: Hellraiser (2022)

Bar the extensive, chauvinistic backlash over the oh-so-shocking prospect of a female Pinhead, horror fans had plenty of reasons to be...

Anaal Nathrakh's Dave Hunt talks major line-up reshuffle and explosive return to the UK live circuit

From clashing egos and ‘creative differences’ to life-threatening casualties and personal tragedy, there’s no limit to the many and...

REVIEWED: Katatonia - 'Sky Void of Stars'

From the ghoulish, raggedly visceral throes of 1996 classic ‘Brave Murder Day’ and the crushingly expansive grooves of ‘The Great Cold...

REVIEWED: Anaal Nathrakh + Sigh @ the Scala, London

Despite purveying a sound lethal and crushingly expansive enough to level entire civilisations, Anaal Nathrakh have played some...

Portuguese black metal talents Gaerea talk darkly cathartic second album 'Mirage'

When musing on matters of creative artistry, there’s a tendency to talk in terms of everlasting legends and ageless legacies. Of...

MOVIE REVIEW: Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)

The passage of time and the human brain’s capacity to process it is a frequently problematic and, at times, frankly terrifying affair....

REVIEWED: Gaerea - 'Mirage'

With its endless procession of traumatic memories, anxious ruminations, regrets and other numerous, assorted neuroses, there are few...

REVIEWED: I Am Morbid + Belphegor + Hate @ The Underworld, London

From the pulverising, pitch-black contortions of Slavic metal titans Hate to Belphegor’s endlessly lacerating signature carnage,...

MOVIE REVIEW: The Inheritance (2021)

With its grand, oak-panelled chambers, shadowy recesses and elegant vaulted ceilings that ooze supernatural intrigue, you have to admit...

REVIEWED: Alien (1979)

T-minus 10 minutes... There is a lot to be said for superior cinema, and let’s go back to the late '70s when horror was in a transitional...

MOVIE REVIEW: Held (2020)

Think of someone held in a space they can’t leave; if they do they will be punished. A deep, electronically-altered voice tells them to...

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