• Mausoleum Monday

    Today we take an enchanting trip with Arcysion – Evergreen

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  • New Music Friday

    Today we find tradition in differing and still fresh places. Epic metal of many types are fused in an alloy of Bronze Hall – Honor And Steel and we get some refreshing and superb doom from US band Psalm – In Darkness…. Have Mercy

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  • Way Back Wednesday

    In the spirit of METAL! today we have a twin blast from the past. Firstly, with Visigoth offshoot Blood Star – First Sighting (Shadow Kingdom 2023) Then we turn back to 2014 and a band who truly walk their own path, Slough Feg -Digital Resistance (Metal Blade 2014) and an interview conducted at the same…

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  • Mausloeum Monday

    Today we observe the entrance of darkness with Blades of Folmär – Magic & War

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  • New Music Friday

    Today we look at two very different, but fascinating and excellent, approaches to raw black metal Daedric Chamber – Enslaved Unto The Chasm Wald Krypta – Disenchantment

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  • Way Back Wednesday

    Today we crank up the trebuchet, raise a sword and gird our loins to sing anthem after anthem with the Merchant Of Menace themselves. Sellsword – Unto The Breach (self released 2019)

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  • Mausoleum Monday

    Today we prepare to witness the ending of a feud Ancient Kingdom – Ancient Feud

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  • New gallery from award winning photographer Andy Pountney (Shot In The Dark Photography) Fortress Festival 2025 – Day 2 Sunday 1 June

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  • New gallery from award winning photographer Andy Pountney (Shot In The Dark Photography) Fortress Festival 2025 – Day 1 Saturday 31st May

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  • New Music Friday

    Today we take an in-depth look at the absolutely stunning return of Coltsblood Coltsblood – Obscured Into Nebulous Dusk

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