Author Matt Mason
I have stated before in reviews on this estimable site that I believe music and the enjoyment of it is situational. In the same way the fact that you arrive home in your beaten up car at midnight after a… Continue Reading →
I seem to have a knack of picking up “controversial” bands for reviews recently. OK Schammasch have not got the same kinda traction as Escuela Grind when it comes to net gossip but I have read a fair few KVLT… Continue Reading →
Calgary Alberta. The home of the famous (infamous) Stampede and land of cowboys north of the border. It is also the home of Poltergeist – self proclaimed Death rockers extraordinaire. Frontman Kalen Baker was in trad metal band Whyte Diamond… Continue Reading →
Upstate New York’s Escuela Grind are one of those acts that seems to keep the metal gossip columns of the interweb in business. Not a week goes by that some “outrage” featuring EG doesn’t float up via the usual suspects… Continue Reading →
I often ponder the madness of subgenres and micro genres in music. I love to discuss and argue them with my son in law George who also writes for Ave Noctum. A blastbeat paired with a sub drop in a… Continue Reading →
New school old school death metal. Yes sir/madam this is the kinda stuff that has put the ocean under my motion in recent years. Whether it be Sanguissuggabog or 200 Stab Wounds I am down with the dirty riffs and… Continue Reading →
Earlier this year some hero – I forget who – recommended Noose Almighty by Swamp Coffin to me. I loved its filthy blend of sludgy riffs and spiky vocals – giving off as it does major Hang the Bastard and… Continue Reading →
“Glacial Tomb” conjures up dark, dankness partnered with slow moving vastness on a millennial scale. Now this is true of the Denver band on their second full length release. However, the ice mountain is not so lazy in its progress…. Continue Reading →
Wipe yourself down. Strap yourself in. I hope you have been to the bog coz Wolfbrigade are back to drag you by the short and curlies through all the dirt and filth 2024 have to offer. They have been kicking… Continue Reading →
OK gentle readers, strap yourself in. This is a marathon not a sprint. When I popped my head over the parapet and my hand up for this review I had no idea what was in store. 24 tracks! 24 fucking… Continue Reading →
Feels like this has been talked about for a loooooong time. I have been receiving singles and preview tracks for a few months which has made my mouth water and my ears cower in anticipation. Nails are a band that… Continue Reading →
Let me be honest here, when I received the list of albums available for review from He Who Must Be Obeyed (Pete) I was drawn to Atrae Bilis by the label who put this out rather than any description of… Continue Reading →