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In a genre where everyone is trying to drastically out brutal everyone else, it’s very refreshing to see a death metal band instead focus on the technical and intricate aspects of the genre to create a furious and powerful knock… Continue Reading →
I had a primitive race once; kid at infant school tripped me over and broke my egg so I battered him round the head with my wooden spoon. The judge said as I was in my 20’s this was particularly… Continue Reading →
Isvind are one of those obscure names that are whispered reverentially on the lips of those who worship the more obscure releases from the Scandinavian black metal scene of the mid-Nineties. Thanks to their debut ‘Dark Waters Stir’ debut from… Continue Reading →
Back in their day, Pyogenesis were a big influential act in the German Metal scene, especially in introducing and popularising gothic metal in the Teutonic realm. Originally from Stuttgart and now based out of Hamburg, the melodic heavy metal outfit,… Continue Reading →
Now, who doesn’t appreciate a massive organ? Lychgate certainly do, as theirs takes centre stage for album number 2, ‘An Antidote for the Glass Pill’. While not wanting to sound dismissive and flippant, when a particular instrument plays such a… Continue Reading →
Melodic hard rock and metal five piece Jupiter Falls have had some high praise over the past year. Formed in 2013 in Leeds, the five piece with an eye for melody, killer grooves and tantalising guitar wizardry have gone from… Continue Reading →
Two years ago, two men and a drum machine emerged from ‘capitale des vins d’Alsace’, ready to burst eardrums and compact spines under the hefty weight of their gargantuan riffs and Neurosis worship. Since then, the duo have gone from… Continue Reading →
It’s been quite some time since I’ve listened to new Fear Factory material, roughly 10 years I guess. & while an ardent Gene Hoglan fan I neglected to get any FF while he was in the band. Guess I need… Continue Reading →
With members from South East Asia and Europe, Abyssal Vortex are essentially an international super-group, comprising current and historic representation from Absence of the Sacred, Impiety, Rudra, Soilwork, Scarve and Aborted. The European connection is drummer Dirk Verbeuren who as… Continue Reading →
This struck as being strange and an unexpected form of darkness than the straightforward black metal I had anticipated and it pretty much cast its spell over me on the very first listen. Nebiros are a Polish band with the… Continue Reading →
They’re manic, satanic and listening could put you in a panic. Yep everyone’s favourite Filipino Antichrist’s are back with their fourth full length album Into The Eye Of Satan. It’s been a few years since Satan Alpha Omega and the… Continue Reading →
‘Fail To Feel Safe’, the new effort from Ohio based hardcore/metal act Enabler is released through Century Media on August 7th. Written and performed entirely by front man Jeff Lohrber; the album is a succinct display of top quality musicianship… Continue Reading →