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Album Review: Pantheist – Uncanny Times

Reviewed by Richard Oliver

It’s always refreshing to see a local band thrive and especially when a band is in a more niche genre within the metal world. Pantheïst were originally formed in Antwerp in 2000 by Kostas Panagiotou, who is the sole surviving member from the early days. The band are now based out of Cardiff and are very much at the forefront of a movement of dark and atmospheric bands within the South Wales area.

“Uncanny Times” is the seventh album from Pantheïst and is the first full length album to feature professional soprano Linda Dumitru who since collaborating with the band back in 2023 has given Pantheïst a new lease of life and added a whole new dimension to their sound. The music on “Uncanny Times” is rooted in funeral doom metal with slow, lumbering compositions but there are also elements of death doom metal and progressive metal mixed in with harsh vocals from Kostas mixed together with the soprano vocals of Linda.

It is the mix of harsh and bleak doom with the soaring soprano vocals which gives Pantheïst such a huge and distinctive sound and Linda’s voice is nothing short of spectacular with the album really showcasing her range. Her vocals especially on songs such as ‘The Final Journey’ and ‘Requiem For You World’ are guaranteed to have your jaw agape. Kostas also shows how brutal his harsh vocals can be especially on ‘Laughing Falcon’ which is one of the heaviest songs on the album. The musicianship on the album is also excellent from all involved though special mention to guitarist Atanas Kyurkchiev who dishes out some killer solos and punishing riffs (the guitar riffs have to be good when it comes to doom).

Pantheïst have a great album with “Uncanny Times”. If I were to to level any criticism it would be that the songs can be quite repetitive and some go on just that bit too long but doom metal and especially funeral doom metal is a genre where the songs do take their time and demand patience and attention. What is very prevalent in “Uncanny Times” is a bleak and melancholic atmosphere and the album itself is drenched in darkness and despair. If you like the bleaker side of doom or if you love soprano vocals in metal, there is plenty for you to enjoy on “Uncanny Times”. I look forward to seeing Pantheïst perform in the near future and to hear this new material in the live setting.

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Published by Cassell, Red Hot Chili Peppers: 25 Years Unseen on Tour collates more than 200 images of the band from Woolliscroft’s archive, the majority of which have never previously been published.

More than just stunning photography, it’s a collection of personal stories, candid moments, and never-before-heard anecdotes that reveal the band not only through Tony’s lens but through his eyes.

In this exclusive extract, Woolliscroft recalls being backstage – and onstage – with the Los Angeles band at the troubled Woodstock ’99 music festival.

“The Chili Peppers arrived at the festival site mid-afternoon,” Woolliscroft remembers, “and were immediately whisked away to do various interviews set up for them with magazines and MTV.

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“The band finished their set and were whisked away to beat the traffic and get to New York. Meanwhile, the crew and I witnessed a full-scale riot in progress at the festival, and we were unable to leave until well into the early hours of the morning when order was restored.

“Of course, the next day’s newspapers claimed that the Chili Peppers played Fire as the crowd rioted. Nothing could have been further from the truth, and most of the press were unaware why the band had really decided to perform the song.”

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