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Author Fraggle

Born in Liverpool and brought up on a healthy dose of classic rock, glam rock and hair metal, I could sing "The Jack" by AC/DC word for word as a 5 year old much to everyone's amusement.
Fast-forward a few years to age 14 and I've re-connected with my rock roots after a few questionable friends and influences. I got into metal via Nu-Metal at the end of the 90's and the turning point was getting a copy of "Reign in Blood" for my 16th birthday. Since then it's been metal all the way with a steady course of beer and Jack Daniels to compliment it.
Thrash is the go to genre for me, but I also have an appreciation of prog metal, classic rock, hard rock, power metal, death metal and stoner rock. Anything which has a great guitar sound or a groove you just have to bang your head to goes down well for me too. I play guitar and bass, mostly for the enjoyment of hassling the neighbours but I'd much rather be in the pit than on stage playing to it. As much as I love playing, listening to music is my passion as is expanding my ever growing music library.
At a gig I will no doubt be the one trying to down the pint in my hand whilst palming all my things onto my better half so I can run headfirst into the pit.

Teramaze – Flight Of The Wounded (Wells Music)

Australian Progressive Metal four piece Teramaze return once again to continue their impressive work rate of four studio releases in the past two years. With their impressive musicianship, the band have rightly received high praise for their recent efforts and… Continue Reading →

Behind Your Fear – Anthropocene (S/R)

Formed from the union of members from Crimson Moon, My Own Ghost and former members of Flowing Tears and originally Melechesh, Behind Your Fears are a five piece whose sound is primarily focused on the vocal style and delivery of… Continue Reading →

Hussar – All Consuming Hunger (I, voidhanger)

Hussar are a three piece death metal band who pack some added doomy atmospheric sounds to give their music a fierce edge. Hailing from Toronto, Canada, the trio have been a unit since 2018 and already have a live album… Continue Reading →

Revocation – Netherheaven (Metal Blade)

Few bands can evolve their sound album to album without any apparent effort involved to the extent which Revocation have managed. The sheer levels of refinement which have resulted in a high-intensity, progressive leaning, technical thrash metal behemoth are simply… Continue Reading →

Awaken The Misogynist – Descended from vast dimensions (Comatose)

International coslamboration ATM consists of members based across three continents and with a huge host of musical experience between them, the majority being in the slam/death/grind scene. Representing the UK, USA, Switzerland and Hong Kong, this 5 piece have certainly… Continue Reading →

Psycroptic – Divine Council (Prosthetic Records)

When it comes to technical death metal, there are few who match the Tasmanian devils Psycroptic. Hobart natives Dave Hayley and Joe Hayley founded the band in 1999 and from there, the four piece have put out stunning works of… Continue Reading →

Voluntary Mortification – Suffer To Rise (Rottweiler Records)

Slam inspired brutal death metal newcomers Voluntary Mortification hail from Lansing, Michigan and seek to deliver some hope for the hopeless through their gargantuan sized riffs. Whilst people might associate slam with silliness and people walking round in circles, swinging… Continue Reading →

Ernia – How To Deal With Life And Fail (Transcending Obscurity)

Spanish Grindcore outfit Ernia are a five piece who are trying to do things their own way instead of sticking to the usual stylings in how to write grindcore, a genre which is pretty much known for being intense, fast… Continue Reading →

Tyrannos – Spears of the Aten (S/R)

Tyrannos are at their core, a three piece death metal unit who are built upon a foundation of arcane secrets, lore and mysteries with exotic and haunting compositions bringing forth some intensely atmospheric and immersive death metal. Thematically, you can… Continue Reading →

DFC – Decadent Perversity (Transcending Obscurity)

Australia has a reputation of sorts of being brutal, be it the fact everything on the continent is trying to actively kill you in some way and its people have a rather blunt sense of humour which pulls no punches…. Continue Reading →

Black Label Society & Tuskar – Liverpool Academy 9/6/22

It’s been what feels like an eternity since my last write up of a gig (thank you pandemic) and since the return of live music I’ve only managed to make a handful of gigs to boot (thank you cost of… Continue Reading →

Besvärjelsen – Atlas (Magnetic Eye)

Besvärjelsen hail from Stockholm, Sweden, a country which has a rich musical history and a knack for churning out some high-quality bands across many genres of music. Typically touted as a stoner/doom/occult rock style band, the five piece has their… Continue Reading →

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