Another week scored by a wonderful and eclectic soundtrack to put under the pen. Hopefully, you will find something new to fall in love with or familiar to celebrate. As always, please support these artists in any way you can, listen, explore, buy, whatever you can manage. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2PGDPAvBnVLsBjJAbL5biF?si=vKHLSKvWTQ-iq1dfcY-0cg
Barren King – Manntra (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
Ahead of a full-album next month, tantalisingly titled Monster Mind Consuming, Barren King offers a wonderful taste of the musical and mystical world that Manntra calls home. Blending sea-shanty sonics with searing metal licks, industrial grind with folk grandeur, traditional sounds with otherworldly, gothic vibes, Barren King is a fantastic flight of fancy. It is... Continue Reading →
Guns Don’t Cry – Storm Seeker (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
As a rule, sub-genres are pretty meaningless. Sub-genres of metal seem to be the most meaningless, especially when you get right down into the realm of post-this or that-core. But as soon as I saw, those three words… Nautical. Folk. Metal… all strung together, I knew that this was for me. And as a label... Continue Reading →
That Was The Musical Week That Was – 230121
A busy old week here at Dancing Towers and here are just a few of the musical highlights and sublime sounds that we have been lucky enough to work with. As always, check it out, explore some of the artists back catalogues and if you have some spare pennies perhaps buy something from their virtual... Continue Reading →
Deathwatch Beetle Party – Storm Seeker (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
If metal, rock and all its sonic progeny and sub-genre offspring tend to have a bit of a reputation for being a bit too po-faced, earnest and humourless then Storm Seeker are exactly the band to change that perception. Although built on a solid wall of rock riffage, it is what other sounds they invite... Continue Reading →