MAEL MÒRDHA – Manannán

In what seems now rather apt circumstances I was first exposed to and impressed by Ireland’s Mael Mórdha supporting their Celtic cousins Primordial in London a few years back, for which following that gig was thoroughly thankful at having purchased the band’s 2007 album, "Gealtacht Mael Mórdha". Doomy, genuinely passionately Celtic and broadly epic in…

GRINNING SHADOWS – The New Curse

A band like Italian gothic/black metallers Grinning Shadows is one where reviewing credit must be given to the overall acceptable standard of songwriting, performance and production throughout third album "The New Curse", but when it comes to extracting any form of reaction or emotion from me, well I admit to being left totally dry. Mixing…