Author Fraggle
Obsidian is the project and brainchild of German musician Sascha Pratnekar from Nürnberg. Originally beginning as a side project whilst he made his name in the Teutonic Death Metal scene, Sascha kept starting and stopping the project until he hit… Continue Reading →
German psychedelic rock n roll three piece from Freising, The Path Of Samsara like to keep their cards close to their chest. With a very helpful presser which simply read “Black Magic Rock and Roll from Germany”, the band can… Continue Reading →
With brutal death metal and slam, there are two major schools of thought. That which revolves around making it as brutally heavy and serious as possible, and there is the other which involves making it brutally heavy but having a… Continue Reading →
This phrase has been uttered so many times on here that you could invent a drinking game to it, but every now and then you do get a gem of an album which really shines compared to the usual stuff… Continue Reading →
Female fronted Canadian five piece Diemonds are a hard rocking band from Toronto. The band, fronted by Priya Panda have released two albums with a real catchy and infectious hard rock sound and combined with some great live performances including… Continue Reading →
Aussie noisemaking duo Jackson Firebird have a real unique spin on the two piece band which was rather popular round the turn of the 2000’s. Using the age old guitarist and drummer with both handling vocal duty formula, they mix… Continue Reading →
Before we crack on with this, here’s an author’s note/disclaimer: I’ve never done a sit down, face to face interview for a website before, so putting it bluntly, I was shitting myself all day. From waking up until the… Continue Reading →
”Bliksem” is the Dutch word for lightning and once you hear this band, you can see why they are named this. The Belgian thrash outfit with a very gratuitous helping of classic 80’s heavy metal 5 piece have played with… Continue Reading →
Audiotopsy may be a new name, but in it there are two former members of Mudvayne (one who was also in Hellyeah) and one member of Skrape. Initially this piqued my interest given that I thought it might contain Ryan… Continue Reading →
Nervosa are a band on the rise. After being virtually unknown outside of Brazil for their early years until Into Moshpit went viral on YouTube and helped garner the attention of Napalm Records, the Brazilian all female thrash power trio… Continue Reading →
Butcher Babies are a five piece hailing from Los Angeles and currently ready to unleash their second album. Forming in 2010, the two girls who handle vocals and three guys bring a brand of nu metal meets groove meets djent… Continue Reading →
SUNDAY 9 August: My Sunday could be described as a lazy one. Looking back at it, I only had six bands to see, and the best bit was, I didn’t have to even get into the arena until the early… Continue Reading →