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Sonisphere France, Amnéville, 08+09/06/2013

After last year’s Sonisphere debacle, which destroyed the UK edition and greatly impacted on the dynamic of this French one too, I wouldn’t have been surprised if that had been the end of it for Amnéville. Thankfully I was wrong…. Continue Reading →

Kave – Dismal Radiance (Eibon Records)

Imagine that you are standing in total blackness. There are no people. It’s as if you are standing in a large, cylindrical hall of emptiness where the echoing sounds around you are endless. Haunting shapes whistle by quietly and ominously…. Continue Reading →

Bloodwork – Zero (Sound Guerilla)

This is the third full length studio album for German’s Bloodwork, a band who from my first listen are clearly indebted to the likes of modern day Soilwork. Hmm, modern melodic metal? Hmmmmm. Forming in 2007, these guys have done… Continue Reading →

Grim Reaper, Midnight Messiah & Widow – London Water Rats 8/6/13

This was a terrific line up on paper and opening band Widow got the evening started with a bang. Widow are from North Carolina and this was their first trip to these shores and what an impression they made. Opener ‘Take… Continue Reading →

The Black Dahlia Murder – Everblack (Metal Blade)

I have never quite understood why this band has been lambasted by hordes of so called death metal fans when TBDM’s music is some of the most brutally potent and technical extreme death metal around. Often tagged with core tendencies… Continue Reading →

Extol – Extol (Indie)

Hailing from Norway, a place more famous for its church burnings than Christian metal bands, the now reduced to a trio group have released four albums prior to this one. I’ll be the first to admit I’ve never crossed paths… Continue Reading →

Concrete Lung – Subtract Nerve (Armalyte)

If you have your lungs full of concrete and know this industrial wrecking crew you are not going to want to rest on your laurels if you fancy picking up this their fourth release. It is available only in the… Continue Reading →

Jex Thoth – Blood Moon Rise (I Hate)

Having been following these occult, mystical doomsayers since they appeared as Totem with their self-named EP in 2007 I grabbed claim on this album the second it arrived. Things have been pretty quiet with them since the release of last… Continue Reading →

Abnormal Thought Patterns – Manipulation under Anesthesia (Lifeforce)

Ah, there’s a familiar strain here. Is that the technical prog wizardry of the Tipton brothers, they of Zero Hour and Cynthesis? It certainly is. There’s no nonsense here. I don’t have to worry about lyrics complementing or contrasting with… Continue Reading →

September Murder – He Who Invokes Decadence (SR)

This up-and-coming German death metal quartet have been around since 2005; ‘He Who Invokes Decadence’ marking their second full-length effort. So far all of their recordings have been self-released, including this latest one. The stylish, luxuriant artwork here and the… Continue Reading →

Interview – Andy Pilkington Headbangers Balls

I guess that as a subculture, a family, whatever, that as metalheads we like to think we have guts. Balls. Regardless of gender. We constantly use it about the musical drug of choice we prefer, about friends, about the ones… Continue Reading →

The Vineyard – James Hong (Arrow)

We all have our horror stories involving wine right? I know I do. There was that time when…. yeah actually best not to share that one right here. How about horror films about wine though, that puts a whole new… Continue Reading →

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