REVIEWER – GRAEME WRIGHT The Power Metal field is a crowded one and it’s tough for bands to attract the attention they deserve at times. Shadowborne are a Swedish female fronted band and all the expected tropes are there – fantasy based lyrics, uplifting battle hymns, dark and moody interludes, huge riffs [more…]
Coronation of the Grotesque review
Castrator; Coronation of the Grotesque review By Lily O’Delia There is a specific kind of silence that exists only in the wake of a massacre. It’s heavy, copper-tasting, and thick with the ghosts of things that didn’t get to finish their sentences. That is the silence Castrator chooses to shatter with their latest (August 2025) release; Coronation of [more…]