Tag Crust
We have touched upon this Australian based act a few times in the past with split releases and 7 inches and now they return with a full album of 14 tracks. Naturally due to the nature of the beast it… Continue Reading →
So, a few things made me want to review this album. The first was that the band were described as “proto-death metal”. Now me, I’m a sucker for primitive aggression, so that was enticing. The second thing was that Doldrey… Continue Reading →
Deep from the thriving darkest Indonesian underground or perhaps the depths of hell itself we have Masakre a noisy quartet with deathly crust at their heathen hearts. The group’s second EP Infernal Praise did as suggested in 2021 with 2… Continue Reading →
Does anyone else class local gigs as a sort of separate entity? Part of the gig goers experience is surely the travel, the train beers, missing the encore because the rail service sucks, you know the usual. Whilst that is… Continue Reading →
Crust punk from Aðalbjörn Tryggvason of Solstafir and more guests than you can shake a stick at? Oh ok go on then, I’m game. The cover though seems to be trying a little too hard; an 80s pastiche with regulation… Continue Reading →
Better late than never. An adage for buses and orgasms and also reviews. This fine slab of grind/crust /punk/noise dropped in January of this year, whereby I picked it up via Bandcamp. The main protagonist Arthur “Beardo” Malloy – guitars… Continue Reading →
Although both Sweden and Holland have a history of producing black metal bands of the highest order, they might not necessarily seem like a comfortable pairing at first glance. However, what we have here is exactly that and mighty fine… Continue Reading →
A release appeared in October 2020 and followed this Austrian band’s debut ‘Shareholder Of Shit’ released in February of 2020 both of which were pressed onto picture discs. The band defies categorisation on the five tracks here, something that was… Continue Reading →
I do it to myself. I only have myself to blame. I read a short excerpt from a PR or label and something pricks at my core. I thrust my hand up like a needy toddler and before I know it, I… Continue Reading →
A picture can paint a thousand words and this one, the cover of Ke has an incredibly striking one. A figure, possibly in lockdown looks out their window in screaming agony as what I assume is snow or maybe bird-shit… Continue Reading →
What a filthy way to start 2021. Dispyt released this album in December but I put back listening to it until now to allow it to kick the last dregs of sluggishness from my post yule being. This three piece burst forth from Pietersaari in Finland in… Continue Reading →
Black metal has certainly made a huge impact on me during 2020, which maybe an indication of my overall mood at how it has gone. Pandemic or not the genre has produced some truly staggering albums a handful of which… Continue Reading →