Author Matt Mason
OK it’s time to regress. Acidbrain swim in the gore infested flooded basement of a thousand other serial killer obsessed death/grind acts. They splatter the 16 tracks here with subject matter and samples that were kinda shocking when Eaten Back to Life came out some 33 years ago… Continue Reading →
The cult of Stephen Patrick Morrissey and the Smiths looms large in the lore of Indie and guitar based pop. For what was a relatively brief existence (1982- 87) The Smiths have had a lasting effect on the music world. Love em or hate em their Rickenbacker jangle guitar lines… Continue Reading →
Full disclosure, the band I am in have been on a couple of bills with Goat Monsoon so I have met them and thought they were great guys but don’t really know them. With that in mind I highly recommend you go and see them live coz they… Continue Reading →
A conundrum in three parts. When something is described as “Avant-Garde” alarm bells ring. Are there going to be nose flutes and field recordings? Ancient Sumerian death rites mixed with Russian Drum and Bass. Ah who am I kidding I… Continue Reading →
Rana make the sort of glorious racket that slaps you in the face with a velvet gloved hand then caresses you sensually after the blow has fallen. The band ran the gamut of many subgenres of extreme music and take the best… Continue Reading →
Do you remember (I used to fuck ) People Like You Records? I think it is still going but back at the turn of the millennium there seemed to be a new punk ‘n’ roll album out every week from them. Y’ know the sorta dirty rawking affair that your… Continue Reading →
I’ve been sitting on this one a while. It came out at the end of Feb and it is now the end of March. Life got in the way and something as expansive and emotional as this album was just too much to… Continue Reading →
I have a strange and turbulent relationship with Prog. Well, I say turbulent but it is more of a Push- ME Pull- You llama of an affair. One half of me despises the over blown and indulgence of the genre whilst the less “angry… Continue Reading →
No Cillit Bang is gonna purify this utter filth! Meditations of Filth is the debut album by Stockholm Death Grinders CHILD. I am slightly worried by the PR blurb which purports these 17 tracks as the Black album of Grindcore. Hmmm – what… Continue Reading →
The word “Goth” conjures up certain images for the rock community. Mopey, white faced corner dwellers. Glow stick wielding tubular hair arm dancers or Hot Topic adorned emo kids. What happened to the tongue in cheek, chicken dancing, dusty dancefloor hoofers? We are still… Continue Reading →
MetalCore is not my usual sub of the day. I managed to swerve the avalanche of bands that hit 20 years ago with only a few registering on my radar. This may have been snobbery on my part or possibly a… Continue Reading →
I don’t know if it is the effect of cough mixture 3 years past it’s sell by date, the plague like cough that necessitates it or the surrealist nature of yuletide in 2022 but “Blood Red Lullabies” is hitting me In the right fever sweat spots…. Continue Reading →