Xisuma's Musical Journey

In search of a slice of the nineties? Absolutely! Having somehow evaded my radar, Machines Of Loving Grace embrace the lighter side of Metal...

  In a pleasant surprise, it seems this assembly of musicians was no fluke. Evolving from MCMXCa.D. , the group lean further into the Worldb...

     The blemishes of Burzum 's growing pains fade as Varg's sophomore effort plays concise, sharp, effortlessly flowing through the...

To my ears, Aske is where things take off. Consisting of three solid songs, refined aesthetics compliment their musical vision. Gnarly guita...

  After a stunning stretch of remarkable records, the Australian duo ventured on-wards one last time before parting ways. Fortunately they w...

  Weird, wacky... wonderful? This is a zany descent into dystopian depravity. Cold, sterile, emotionless, Disease plays shrouded by bleak, m...

  Moving on from the soaring heights of Violator , the English quartet Depeche Mode make a daring bold stride into a resonant religiosity t...

  Casting a shadow over their debut effort, Type O Negative return to encapsulate the early 90s alternative vibes under their eclectic Goth...

Memory is a thickle thing. Essential, yet always fading, it shapes our reality in many ways. Fortunately this was harmless, a little shock t...

Fancying another foray into the works of Steve Roach , a musician with too many records to count, I couldn't help but notice its popular...

 Released between two of my personal tens, the musky symphonic gloom of Always... and the warm, youthful ascension of Mandylion , you'...

  I think I've developed a mildly amusing "love hate relationship" with Pop Will Eat Itself ! I'm undoubtedly leaning on t...

  Arriving at their sophomore album, Cranes show signs of maturing songwriting. The blunter lunges into shadows are scarce as brighter acou...

Writing has been a lot of fun recently but more so has the listening! Discovering the foggy gloom and doom of My Angel and reliving the uni...

  A recent revival of Hibernaculum and The Bees Made Honey had me curious about their pre-reformation works that had been heaped with prai...

With a recent dive into House Of Pain , I found myself poking around into the production history of DJ Lethal and DJ Muggs, leading me to t...

I may just close the book on this particular musical avenue. A staleness is setting in from a band in steady decline. Their sparkling d...

Still in the phase of getting to grips with a bands sound, Undertow, the debut full length record of American Rock band Tool , has reve...

Stripping back on some of its Avant-Guarde songwriting and non-metal instrumentation, bar sparing acoustic guitars, Swedish outfit At T...

After a string of five records, Australian duo Dead Can Dance take a little longer to get their next effort out with a compilation rel...