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For some reason whilst listening to this a quote from the late, great Anthony Burgess came to mind “Great Music, it said, and Great Poetry would like quieten Modern Youth down and make Modern Youth more Civilized. Civilized my syphilised… Continue Reading →
My first association with Wolverine was an impressive and mood-filled track called “New Best Friends” on the album”Cold Light of Monday”. They’ve not been a particularly prolific band with five albums in a fifteen year period, but their music has… Continue Reading →
It’s been nearly 5 years since the last full length release from Creepsylvania’s splatterthrshing maniaxe, and I can say right off the bat it has been worth the wait. For those unfamiliar with Ghoul, they play thrash metal laced with… Continue Reading →
Berlin’s Earth Ship are a band that crosses genres. Depending on your state of mind when you press play, you’ll hear something different each and every time. Firing out two parts doom and one part southern metal, Earth Ship have… Continue Reading →
Although deriving back to the late 50’s, ‘Outsider Music’ is a term that seems all the more in use to describe a sound that simply refuses to be categorised. Kind of in-line with this, ThrOes an outfit from Tasmania have… Continue Reading →
Hammers Of Misfortune hail from San Francisco, California and have some serious praise behind them. Formed in 2000 with members from across the board, ranging from Amber Asylum, Gwar (live sessionist) and Death Angel, this six piece are ready to… Continue Reading →
Italian doomsters Caronte are a special bunch of musicians, not only can they hold a flame to the considered greats, but they manage time after time with each release (no matter how relatively short in duration) to kick out the… Continue Reading →
Flying the Norwegian flag for death metal Blood Red Throne have doggedly survived various genre insurgents since their formation and release of their debut album at the turn of the new millennium. Often overlooked even though the band has had… Continue Reading →
Right, hands up who’s heard of Demonbreed? No you haven’t, stop lying. This is soon to change as these Germans have delivered a superb mouldering, maggot-ridden slab of old school death metal meat with this, their debut album. It’s a… Continue Reading →
Formed in Detroit back in 2014, Nuke are a five piece speed metal band who have one aim – play hard, fast and loud. This self titled effort is their debut full length release and given the snippets they have… Continue Reading →
Numenorean is a post-black metal band from Canada. Reading that their music “embraces beauty, harshness, brutality, and melancholy in equal measure”, we are invited to draw comparison with Alcest and Deafheaven amongst others. Such description immediately made me think of… Continue Reading →
It wasn’t until 2007 album ‘Walking With Strangers’ that I got my first encounter with Canadian gothic synth-pop act The Birthday Massacre. Right back in time, before this they had started out no doubt inspired by a certain Clive Barker… Continue Reading →