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Bearing a cover with computer-generated comic book Nazis, I didn’t know quite what to expect from this sophomore album of Canadian band, Mortör. Naturally the themes of war and weaponry (as further evidenced in their song titles) hinted at thrash… Continue Reading →
Ah, hipster black metal from Minnesota. That’s what first came to mind when reading about Manetheren. Comprised of two guys, this post-black-whatever project has now released four albums, the newest one being Time, the subject of this review of course. … Continue Reading →
Now this is a South American curiosity to be sure. Abske Fides are Brazilian and what they play kinds of depends on which bits you pick up on. We have post hardcore, funeral doom and doom/death in the ebb and… Continue Reading →
Founded in 2009, Italian symphonic metal band Sinheresy have released “The Spiders and The Butterfly”, their debut EP. With a dual but predominantly female-fronted vocal attack, comparison has been drawn with Nightwish and Within Temptation. It’s true that there’s a… Continue Reading →
Do you like metalcore? Yes, then continue reading; No, then you may as well go elsewhere. Wikipedia has the definition of metalcore as a cross between extreme metal and hardcore punk… BOLLOCKS is my response to that as metalcore is… Continue Reading →
Emerging from the New York underground in 1986 Alice Donut originally chose the name Alice Donut Liver Henry Moore, a play on words of the Scorsese movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. On giving it to a gig promoter they… Continue Reading →
It’s good when a musician is fed up of what he’s listening to and does something about it, so hats off to Mr Simon Fuller a.k.a. Paresis. He describes his project as follows: “Paresis combines ‘industrial’ in the loosest possible… Continue Reading →
I’ve read a lot lately about this experimental post metal band from Norway. Most of it has been of a complimentary nature. This is their second album release, following “Monolith” (2008) which gives a good clue. “Bleak” would be an… Continue Reading →
Swedish death metal titans featuring none other than Rogga Johansson (a man who awakes each morning and writes a stunning death metal album – it appears that way anyway!) and are inspired by 80’s horror movies, you only need to… Continue Reading →
This band has Allen West on guitar, looking rather old from the images I’ve seen recently. You all know him, the guy who played in Obituary and Six feet Under for a while. I have absolutely no doubt that Allen… Continue Reading →
This Finnish band have been around since 2004 and released a self titled album around that time as well as to date quite a lot of EP’s and splits with the likes of Funerary Bell, Verge, and Cosmic Church. I… Continue Reading →
Welcome to The Nihilistic Front of Australia! Nope it is not some ominous end of the world cult but a misanthropic doom death band from the land of Disembowelment. This band from Melbourne consist of a duo who have served… Continue Reading →