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I don’t normally comment on band names as bands have to have some sort of tag, but Octanic suggests something energetic and high octane. That is what we get here from the Australian band. Listening to “Aeternus Imperium”, which opens… Continue Reading →
Greece of all places houses a band that cites influences such as The Atomic Bitchwax, Fu Manchu, Dozer, so that immediately got my attention when this came up to review. After listening to the release for a fair few times,… Continue Reading →
Since around 1985 Dean Jones has been at the helm of Extreme Noise Terror taking the band through thick and thin and a cast list of somewhere in the region of 25 ex members, including some that are well known… Continue Reading →
Hailing from North Carolina and forming in 2013, Abhorrent Deformity are the latest of a series of explosive sounding brutal death metal bands who are cropping up and making waves with their relentless and uncompromising approach. Consisting of members who… Continue Reading →
Those of us who have been eager for the return of beautiful, melancholic heaviness of grunge can officially rejoice, as French Trio Appollonia’s fourth full length release Dull Parade is set to satisfy every last miserable bone in your body…. Continue Reading →
The accompanying promotional information reads like a novel and basically tells us that this Chilean band play black metal of the bestial and occult variety as they see fit to purge our souls with blackened monstrosities in the form of… Continue Reading →
Blackened death with hints of post-metal, proto-punk, and occultism, London’s Shrines are nothing if not inventive. Their combination of emotion and rhythm paints a series of visceral sounds splattered with bright phrasing. Raw and uncompromising it reeks of their lust,… Continue Reading →
Here’s a question you don’t often find yourself being asked at the beginning of an album review…..do you like Dr. Who? I do / did. It all sort of fizzled out for me during Peter Davidson’s tenure…..oh Tegan….. you saucy… Continue Reading →
Sweden’s Ambush (from Växjö to be precise) are one of those bands you wait a long time to find. Since their demo days I have been in awe of their talent for writing stunning real metal tunes with some definitive… Continue Reading →
North Carolina seems to be a hotbed for Death Metal at the moment. Having recently covered Abhorrent Deformity who took their death metal stylings to a more brutal approach, Necrocosm take theirs to a more melodic approach. Forming in 2011… Continue Reading →
Originally released earlier in the year on cassette, comes five tracks of “total death”, courtesy of Sunderland’s Vacivus, a band whose members’ previous acts have included Wodensthrone and Plague Rider. Now given a CD release from Hellthrasher Productions, ‘Rite of… Continue Reading →
Let’s face it, 2015 has been a shit year for doom – sure, we’ve been inundated with boring stoner metal that dons a redneck trucker hat and follows the same cookie cutter formula of rip off, up tempo Sabbath and… Continue Reading →