THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED (BUT SHOULDN’T)

 Album Reviews  1 Response »
Jun 042025
 

(Andy Synn takes yet another look back at what May had to offer us)

For anyone keeping count… yes, this is the third edition of “Things You May Have Missed” that I’ve done in a week, which is a testament to just how much stuff I missed last month while I was busy shirking my blogging responsibilities.

Hell, the truth is there’s more than enough artists/albums left over on the proverbial cutting-room floor – Escarnium and Eschaton, Orphaned and Obsidian Tongue, Morgu and Mayon, etc – to make up at least one more of these articles too (if only I had the time).

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SEEN AND HEARD ON A SATURDAY: ALKALOID, CYSTIC, EUDAEMON, DYMNA LOTVA, TONGUES

 Exceptions to the Rule, Metal News, RANDOM FUCKING MUSIC  5 Responses »
Jun 172023
 

The plan as of yesterday was three round-ups in a row, and now I’m two-thirds of the way to success. The way things are looking now, I feel good about the odds of finishing a third one in tomorrow’s Shades of Black collection. Don’t place any bets, however, because there’s a party in my future tonight and possibly a hangover in my future tomorrow morning, but at least there’s no sign of my fucking day job bringing out the whip.

ALKALOID (Germany)

As a rule, news doesn’t get published here unless there’s music to go along with it. But like the rule in our site’s title, we do make occasional exceptions. This is one of those times.

Yes, I’m sorry we don’t yet have any new music from Alkaloid to share, just that album art you’ve been staring at up there — but hell, that’s worth an exception isn’t it? Continue reading »