Exhuming The Grave Of Yeshua - Meads of Asphodel

Whilst not quite as much of an avid fan of the album as the person who reviewed the review that I read which lead me to check them out, I have to say that their very existence brought a smile to my face as it seems to be another talented band to grace the UK metal scene in recent years. I was starting to worry that the numerous screamo and emo bands had begun taking the place of real metal in the UK especially as Scandanavian, Eastern European and US metal evolved and all the UK were churning out was power metal bands that looked poor compared to their 80s counterparts. The last 5 years or so has seen a slight change in that with bands like ...  Read the complete review

Crusader-themed black metal played by a bunch of English blokes that like to pose on their album covers stood in front of ruined castles dressed up in medieval armour and waving swords around... sounds well and truly cringeworthy doesn't it? Fortunately, The Meads of Asphodel are a hugely talented and entertaining band with a strong sense of humour, and their second full length, "Exhuming the Grave of Yeshua" is a pleasure to listen to from start to finish. In keeping with the band's image, "Exhuming..." deals with the outbreak of psychological and ideological epidemy that was the crusades, and the brutal violence they ...  Read the complete review