Author Fraggle
An institution of Heavy Metal, one of the most influential bands to ever grace the stage, a band who blazed a trail of galloping basslines, iconic harmonies and powerful vocal performances and released arguably some of the greatest albums of… Continue Reading →
Swedish groove outfit Transport League are back in action once again after the madness of the pandemic has subsided to a degree and it looks like they are trying to get their momentum back to where it was before everything… Continue Reading →
Parrilla, hailing from the Southend on the Sea, UK, have been described as a rising force in the UK underground. Having cut their teeth round Essex, sharing the stage with the likes of Goat Monsoon and participating in Bloodstock’s Metal… Continue Reading →
Once again the musical colossus from the North West of England rears it’s head as it wakes from its lockdown induced slumber and sheds its skin to reveal something new underneath. From angular sludge in the vein of The Melvins… Continue Reading →
I last covered Australian Progressive metal four piece Teramaze back in 2015 when they released “Her Halo”, an impressive progressive metal album which managed to stand out alongside other notable progressive metal releases that year (Queensrÿche, Symphony X, The Great… Continue Reading →
Redimoni are a couple of things. They are a 4-piece thrash act from Barcelona, the heart of the Catalonian region of Spain, an area which is rife with unrest and simmering tensions, something which seems to help create a good… Continue Reading →
Sometimes, a quick blast of Technical Death Metal is all you need. Nothing too long or played at furious speeds, just a nice short EP with a handful of tracks on it to show off some nice, skilled playing and… Continue Reading →
The last time I covered Necronomicon, it was the tail end of 2015 and I opened up my piece on their album with a classic Army of Darkness reference. This time I thought about it but eventually decided against it,… Continue Reading →
Athenian 4-piece Rapture have been throwing riffs since 2012 and with two full length albums, two EP’s and a split with Toxic Carnage under their belts, the thrash-death outfit are back with album #3: Malevolent Demise Incarnation. With a sound… Continue Reading →
Albacete Thrash titans Angelus Apatrida are back. Having celebrated their 20th anniversary as a musical entity in the midst of a global pandemic and a spell of collective societal insanity, the four-piece have had plenty of material to act as… Continue Reading →
Avant-Garde style Progressive Metal outfit 3 DreAms neVer Dreamt hail from Milan, Italy and formed in 2007 as a result of the collaboration between Gianluigi Giradi providing vocal duties (Crown Of Autumn, Winter Mist, Event Horizon) and Andy Signorelli handling… Continue Reading →
Tromsø three piece Dreamslain have been active for the best part of 10 years and in that time they have released an EP and a handful of tracks have been earmarked as singles, but it is now in 2021 where… Continue Reading →