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The “Misery Index” was an economic term coined by Arthur Okun, which compares inflation and unemployment in a nation’s economy. Christ knows what the UK’s current misery index is, (though I suspect it’s pretty high), but I do know that… Continue Reading →
As death metal goes, this is about as brutal and uncompromising as it gets. “Iconoclasm” is the second album from this Swedish band and comes, to quote the lead singer, “with a nosebleed guarantee”. Yet in spite of the all-conquering… Continue Reading →
Crikey, it doesn’t seem two minutes since I reviewed Hate’s last record, Erebos. That album was a solid enough slice of atmospheric Polish death metal, with all the hallmarks of their countrymen. Technically proficient, with a flawless presentation, though to… Continue Reading →
We shalt not speak of Unspoken! Well actually I guess we best otherwise this would be a pretty crap review wouldn’t it? This is the second full length from this Oslo based band and my first encounter with them. Reading… Continue Reading →
It is easy to understand when hearing this album why Gloria Morti should have shared the stage with the likes of Behemoth and Zyklon. The music on “Lateral Constraint”, their fourth album, bears similarities to these bands. Not noteworthy for… Continue Reading →
My immediate reaction on hearing this album, the second by Hell United, is that it is the essence of Polish blackened death metal. It has all the qualities – all-enveloping, heavy, dark, relentless and technical. No quarter is given. “Red… Continue Reading →
The way the bands were set up today was going to involve a lot of running backwards and forwards between stages to see the bands we wanted to. I also had fun shooting from the main arena rather than having… Continue Reading →
A few years back, Nuclear Blast’s catalogue was proudly displaying their affiliation with the Roman-themed band Ex Deo, whose members basically consisted of the Canadian death metal band Kataklysm. Adorning various promotional photos was front man, Maurizio Iacono, bearing a… Continue Reading →
Twas the year 1997 and two Polish gents decided to make a band… fast forward to 1999 and they record their first demo ‘Mirrormaze’. In 2001 the second demo ‘Die in Torment 666’. Then in 2002 a split CD called… Continue Reading →
Back in 2007 I managed to hear this band through their debut, “Infamy and The Breed”, and was staggered at what this young lot, at the time, had to offer. Some two years after and “The Cancer Empire” was let… Continue Reading →
Stage Times Announced FRIDAY 10TH AUGUST RONNIE JAMES DIO STAGE Start End Band Name 11.00 11.30 MALEFICE 11.50 12.30 FREEDOM CALL 12.55 13.35 GRAND MAGUS 14.00 14.45 MOONSORROW 15.15 16.15 ICED EARTH 16.45 17.30 SEPULTURA 18.00 19.00 DIO DISCIPLES 19.35… Continue Reading →
Antropofagus. (Try saying that after a few!) Are Italian brutal death metallers who were first around in 1999 when they released their debut album ‘No Waste of Flesh’. Then two years later their EP ‘Alive is Good… Dead is Better’… Continue Reading →