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Cocksure – Corporate Sting (Metropolis)

Apparently the release date of this is a year to the day after debut Cocksure album TVAMSLV came out but in this time the industrialist duo have gone and sneaked out 2 more shorter releases via different labels one of… Continue Reading →

Rotting Christ – Lucifer Over Athens (Season of Mist)

It’s Rotting Christ……Live……In their hometown….. With an extensive setlist…..Of course it’s going to be good! The only question was how good, was it going to be? This Greek behemoth have been going since 1988, and over the course of 12… Continue Reading →

Bonehunter – Evil Triumphs Again (Hells Headbangers)

Not in fact the latest dating app, Bonehunter are a filthy sounding metal-punk & roll crew from Olou, Finland. They’ve been around since 2011 and this is their first full length amongst a history of splits & singles. So what’s… Continue Reading →

Deathblow – The Other Side Of Darkness (S/R)

There’s not much about regarding this promising sounding thrash outfit from Salt Lake City, but what is about there is the fact they play thrash metal and they do it really well. With one album already released, “The Other Side… Continue Reading →

Yellowtooth – Crushed By The Wheels Of Progress (Orchestrated Misery)

For their second stab at a long-player, Indiana’s Yellowtooth have decided to get heavy. With Year Of Desolation’s John Hehman twiddling the knobs, together they’ve produced an eminently raw-sounding recording and with it a whole world of pain. Yep, the… Continue Reading →

Hate Eternal – Infernus (Season of Mist)

It doesn’t feel all that long ago that Hate Eternal’s debut came out, although scarily it’s been sixteen years. Evolving into a technical, stream-lined and über brutal death metal unit along the way, there have been some ups and downs…. Continue Reading →

Adversarial – Death, Endless Nothing and the Black Knife of Nihilism (Dark Descent)

Someone clearly got out of bed on the wrong side this morning and that someone is three Canadian blokes from Toronto whose pure blast of nihilistic fury would even give veteran war metallers like Diocletian a chill. Adversarial bleeds dissonant… Continue Reading →

Vaee Solis – Adversarial Light (Signal Rex / Mordgrimm)

Initially released as a limited edition cassette, the debut album from Portuguese blackened-doom merchants Vaee Solis gets a CD release from co-conspirators Signal Rex and Mordgrimm, with a vinyl edition planned for 2016. ‘Adversarial Light’ is a vicious little fucker…. Continue Reading →

Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss (Sargent House)

It’s rare that an album portrays the artist’s intent perfectly. Issues with interpretation plague such an emotive genre; a lack of clarity, unrefined ideas, and sonic failings, render good ideas worthless in a world of 30-second previews. ‘Abyss’, the new… Continue Reading →

Either Way – Behind The Light (S/R)

Hailing from Northern France and playing a very Scandinavian brand of melodic death metal, the promising Either Way are all set to unleash their debut offering on the musical world via Great Dane Records. Being likened to Dark Tranquillity in… Continue Reading →

Hammerhead – The Sin Eater (High Roller)

This Cumbrian band were part of the original NWOBHM scene from the late 70’s but only released one single 7 inch record and a couple of demos. Ten years ago ‘Hedonizm’ was released, but did not favour well at the… Continue Reading →

Nomad / Wort – Split (Red Valley)

“The music scene is dying!” is a gripe that’s often heard from many a jaded music fan – you know the ones; they go to big arena concerts, organised by faceless promoters and don’t bat an eye at paying £6+… Continue Reading →

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