Nick Hudson

Somalgia – Inverted World

Black Metal. What do those words conjure in your mind? Even though I know and like some black metal that does not fit this stereotype, as soon as I see or hear a band described as black meatal I think…

Involute – Hindsight

Once upon a time there was a prog metal band named Blind Spectrum. I really enjoyed their music, but could never get on with the vocals of Sean Butler. I always felt that they would be better as an instrumental…

A Different Aspect #74

Featured artists: Various Artists (VA) | Badieh | Various Artists (VA) | David Hush & Hamed Sadeghi | Gabriel Akhmad Marin ||: In this ADA update we feature albums released by the Australia based Worlds Within Worlds record label. •…

Dante – November Red

Around 18:00 on Tuesday 4th January 2022, the German band Dante posted on Facebook to mark the ninth anniversary of the death of co-founder, Markus Berger. As Markus Maichel points out in that post, probably all who have followed the…

Violet Cold – Empire of Love

Music fans can be an incredibly snobby lot, who can marginalise and denigrate great swathes of music with the rigidity and narrowness of their opinions. One such argument I’ve often encountered, and that has always riled me, is that “real”…

A Different Aspect #72

Featured artists: Drott | Grorr | Alex Ward | Seven Nines and Tens | Fair Wind Pleases ||: In this final ADA (shorter reviews) update for 2021 Nick Hudson takes a look at recent releases from… • Drott – Orcus…

Nodo Gordiano – H.E.X.

In my review for Nodo Gordiano’s fifth album, Sonnar, I mentioned in my introductory paragraph that it had been six years since we’d last heard from the band. I ended with the thoughts that “between [Natalia Surovina’s] vocals, Brilli’s stunning…

The Tea Party – Blood Moon Rising

A small disclaimer: I have been a huge fan of The Tea Party since hearing The River from their major label debut, Splendor Solis. That great album was followed by the even greater The Edges of Twilight, which remains a…

Various Artists – The Beyond – Music Inspired by the Lucio Fulci Death Trilogy

Hot on the tail of Eighth Tower Publication’s first anthology of short stories to accompany a compilation on Eighth Tower Records, comes a second. I noted in my review of The Black Stone that “Lovecraftian works provide their horror in…

Various Artists – The Black Stone – Music For Lovecraftian Summonings

Thanks to Facebook, I am able to see that on 17th January 2021 I had been listening to the Eighth Tower Records compilation The Black Stone – Music for Lovecraftian Summonings for about a week, and had already declared the…

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Author: Nick Hudson