Tag Brujeria
Time for another trip to Catalonia where these bruisers apparently hide out somewhere in the mountains. Active since around 2008 they have three previous albums but this time it would seem they have dipped back into the past and re-recorded… Continue Reading →
By full way of confession, this is the first Pentagram (Chile) album that I’ve heard. I know that they’ve been active since 1985, and have a horde of fans. It’s also clear that they’ve been a real influence on other… Continue Reading →
When people share those memes and jokes about being broke and wanting to become a drug-dealer so their money troubles will magically vanish, we all chuckle and share in that sentiment to a slight degree, after all, who wouldn’t want… Continue Reading →
Last time Lock Up released an album (2017) it was one of my highly rated and recommended releases of that year. A devastatingly intense delivery of high quality grindcore which had everything required to guarantee chaos and carnage in any… Continue Reading →
Chilean Thrash/Death titans Criminal are back once again with their ninth studio album and first release since 2016’s ‘Fear Itself’. Seemingly continuing to head back to their roots, incorporating more of the Latin and South American musical traits and styles… Continue Reading →
The word Borstal will conjure up bleak and terrible images for those of a certain age. Visons of sexual assault in a potting shed and bloody violence coupled with a young Ray Winstone proclaiming himself “the Daddy” are etched in the minds of… Continue Reading →
As per usual, much of the next nine hundred or so words will unfortunately contain very little of what you would consider critiquing but more of a meandering rummage through the dusty caves of what remains of my memory, reminiscing… Continue Reading →
When is a supergroup not a supergroup? I say it transcends that epithet when they have released their fourth killer album of grind infused hardcore punk! For the uninitiated Venomous Concept is the brainchild of Shane Embury and Kevin Sharp… Continue Reading →
Although the label is based in India head honcho Kunal seems to spend no short amount of time trawling the globe and looking for the best of death and doom to release to a wider audience. Medium from Argentina are… Continue Reading →
Uivo Bastardo are a brand-new band from Lisbon with members of Kronos And Concealment in their ranks. Clepsydra is an ancient time-measuring device worked by a flow of water. Put them together and what have you got? Well the answer… Continue Reading →
The grindcore supergroup of intense proportions is back once again and they aren’t fucking around with this release. This of course is perfect considering their current touring schedule which includes Napalm Death, Power Trip and Brujeria!!! With Shane Embury and… Continue Reading →
Hailing out of Dallas, Texas, Power Trip are a pretty intense thrash metal group. With a very prominent early 80’s thrash sound mixed with some crossover thrash influences and some touches of grindcore and powerviolence in terms of the rhythmic… Continue Reading →