Kat Gillham – Page 5 – Iron Fist Magazine

I once got called a Poundshop Fenriz by someone soon after I stumbled into music journalism. When I am not writing about music I am either reading about it, listening to it or being a bandwhore and playing it in one of my three current bands

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Review

INSTIGATOR – BAD FUTURE

Posted December 22, 2015 by Kat Gillham

From the crudely drawn cover art to the spiky logo this band just screams ’80s heavy metal at you! Musically these Swedes are firmly rooted in the heavy/speed side of things, with plenty of up-tempo energetic riffing and galloping drums and bass throughout the four songs on this 7″ release.

With The Dead – With The Dead

Posted December 3, 2015 by Kat Gillham

The debut studio offering from With The Dead is undoubtedly one of the most highly-anticipated albums of 2015, especially amongst doom fans who are rejoicing because ex-Cathedral frontman Lee Dorrian has joined forces with two former members of Electric Wizard (namely Mark Greening and Tim Bagshaw). But does this album … Read More

Review

Decomposed – Hope Finally Died

Posted December 1, 2015 by Kat Gillham

‘Hope Finally Died’, the sole album by deceased ’90s London based doom/death dealers Decomposed has finally been given a long overdue reissue by Candlelight Records. Originally recorded in 1993 and released in 1994, ‘Hope Finally Died’ is a masterclass in morbidity, from the slow crawling doomed passages of ‘Procession … Read More

Review

Iron Void – Doomsday

Posted November 24, 2015 by Kat Gillham

Yorkshire-based disciples of doom Iron Void have wasted no time in delivering the follow-up to their debut self-titled album with only a year separating the two releases. The veteran underground doom dealers stick to the same formula and 'Doomsday' contains traditional doom metal in it's most undiluted form, clearly worshipping at the altar of Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Ozzy-era Sabbath, and Reverend Bizarre.