Author Matt Mason
In the world of stoner, sludge, doom and psych I thought I had seen every form of Cannabis worship integrated into band names. Step forward Poland’s Weedpecker to tap (or is that peck) me on the shoulder. This Warsaw quartet have been in existence… Continue Reading →
Goats! Goats! Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaats! Bloody everywhere these days. Memes, gifs, movies, tiktok and of course heavy metal. So, it is with an extra packet of animal feed in my pocket I approach Goatcraft. (Have you ever been in a petting zoo with goats? Chaos!). After a listen and some research I… Continue Reading →
It’s Christmas time. There’s no need to be afraid. Well, I wouldn’t go that far, especially as a fella with more than a passing resemblance to Saint Nick. “Oh thanks for the Father Christmas shout random stranger – original!”. However one thing that… Continue Reading →
20 Buck Spin have seen me right this last couple of years. Hulder, Blood Incantation and one of my albums of the year (still cogitating and deliberating as I type) Worm with ForeverGlade. Due to this, expectation is high with Dream Unending’s debut release. Add to those hopes… Continue Reading →
There is a track that Brian Posehn released last year called “Grandpa Metal” that pokes fun at his mate Scott Ian of Anthrax and S.O.D. fame (as if I felt I needed to into Scott “Not” Ian). If there is one genre that… Continue Reading →
Nature loving Black Metal from Germany for fans of Wolves in the Throne Room and Fen. Well I love nature (the satanic thing is tiresome after a while \m/ ) and I also like to give the aforementioned bands a spin every now and… Continue Reading →
First off, this album has arrived in an old school cardboard promo sleeve. Yessssss! Secondly there is no printing on the disc itself so it takes a couple of attempts to put it in the player the right way. OK Boomer! Like a fucking USB… Continue Reading →
If God is Seven! I am mildly surprised that Sarke have reached their seventh full length release – it seems like just the other day that I listened to Vorunah for the first time. Turns out that debut was released in 2009! Waaaaaahhhhh! This time… Continue Reading →
“Crikey Ails! What we putting in the beer down the surf club. It’s all coming up post rock down under,” is exactly what Ray Meagher’s character Alf would have said if he was sent as many post rock albums by Birds Robe as I am. Well this time… Continue Reading →
It is hard not to talk about Ghost Bath without mentioning a couple of things that gave them some low level “notoriety”. First off, the China hoax – when the band released their debut “Funeral” on Chinese label Pest Productions in 2014 there was… Continue Reading →
I feel like I have gone from being clueless about what constituted “Post Rock” a decade ago to becoming the Ave Noctum specialist. In fact, to drill down even further I seem to be the go to guy for Australian instrumental post rock on Birds Robe records. My… Continue Reading →
Better late than never. An adage for buses and orgasms and also reviews. This fine slab of grind/crust /punk/noise dropped in January of this year, whereby I picked it up via Bandcamp. The main protagonist Arthur “Beardo” Malloy – guitars… Continue Reading →