Author Matt Mason
It’s been two years since the brilliantly self-deprecatingly titled “Anti Christian Douchebags” by Sweden’s Wan. This E.P is more of the same – dirty thrashy punky Black Metal. If you are a fan of the Japanese bands Sabbat and Abigail… Continue Reading →
This is old school Death Metal from Brittany. Old School in the sound – reminiscent of Immolation, Malevolent Creation, Cannibal Corpse and even Death in parts. It is also old school in that this album is a compilation of two… Continue Reading →
Five albums in five years? Whaaaat? This is the fifth one I have reviewed so I knew exactly what I was getting from these Aussies and that is ferocious blasting Death Metal with catchy riffs and a wry wit with… Continue Reading →
I had to have a word with myself whilst reviewing this album. The description of Crust Punk mixed with Sludge Metal in the list sent by the Ave Noctum Big Boss (ANBB) whet my appetite and got me all a… Continue Reading →
It’s been 3 years since Allsighr was released. I loved it at the time, praising its mix of 80’s metal with Sabbath and Purple grooves and scoring it 9 out of 10. I gotta admit though, I have not revisited… Continue Reading →
Machukha is Ukrainian for Stepmother and the band fuse together elements of Post Black Metal, Post Hardcore and Punk (which is from their blurb) to make a quite magnificent sound. I would add that there are elements of Neo Folk… Continue Reading →
The world of Hardcore has raised its head over the stage barriers in the last couple of years. Mainstream attention has been drawn by the pop and hip hop like production of the sublime Glow On by Turnstile and in… Continue Reading →
A CD! An actual CD with artwork and a booklet and everything! In a world of downloads once I picked the CD off my hallway floor I also picked myself up at the shock. The fact that this is brutal… Continue Reading →
Heavy as a heavy thing – that is the best way to describe Thou from Baton Rouge. They steamrollered into my ears during the cursed pandemic with their magnificent collaboration project “May Our Chambers Be Full”. The question I had at… Continue Reading →
These Czech Brutal Death Metallers have been around for nearly a quarter of a century though I have not heard of them making their record label name strangely accurate. This is the bands 6th album and the third in 6 years,… Continue Reading →
I absolutely bloody loved Priest’s last album ,2022’s Body Machine. It’s mix of cheesy 80’s synthwave and gothic noir was right up my neon lit alley. It featured in my top ten of the year and fuelled many a late… Continue Reading →
Paleobotany is Botanist’s 12th album yet I had not heard of them. It would appear that my knowledge of plant focussed avant-garde metal was lacking until very recently. Let’s not dwell on the past though eh? Actually, let’s do just… Continue Reading →