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Plymouth’s finest return with this their fourth album as well as having one of the finest band names in heavy metal, this album has come skidding into my inbox with a trunk full of hope and a tank full of… Continue Reading →
Hailing from the frozen tundra and icy rugby league pitches of Kingston Upon Hull, burst forth a melting pot of downturned, jagged riffs and flared jean flapping in the form of Battalions, who return with this their fourth album following… Continue Reading →
For no less than 32 years now Kirk Windstein has been leading Crowbar into battle, armed with a sonic arsenal of weaponised riffs that can crush concrete into dust. As such, when their impending twelfth album ‘Zero and Below’ arrived… Continue Reading →
If you care to rewind back to a time before Covid stretched its shit caked claws into society’s chest and ripped out all that is good, clean and holy, to a sunny August afternoon in 2019 when I was fortunate… Continue Reading →
In music, inheriting a legacy can be a both a blessing, and a potential curse. For example, it can mean there is already a fan base, but there is also the danger of not living up to what came before,… Continue Reading →
The underground metal scene has a lot of “faces”. You know – names that hold a status that elevates them above their peers. Often these are bands that the mainstream rock-world scarcely notice – maybe see the logo on a tour poster as… Continue Reading →
It’s fair to say the doom metal scene is a tad cramped, and it will take something special to shine brightly in the hazy fog that surrounds the genre. Could this second full length from Oslo garage stoner rockers, Golden… Continue Reading →
Ladies and gents, and any folks who do not identify with those labels, it is a simple fact that Mr Kirk Windstein (no relation to any #metoo misspelling fiddlers and diddlers) is rightfully afforded a near legendary status in the… Continue Reading →
Grasping Time is the third full length from Swedish stoner doom rockers Vokonis and undoubtedly proves they have an unparalleled grasp of times gone by. The album feels like a throwback to the 1970s, from the mystical hallucinatory hazed green… Continue Reading →
Firstly, what a fucking great name for a metal band…Skulldriver….fantastic stuff, up there with Parasitic Ejaculation, Anal Cunt and Cannibal Corpse in self determinism. Band names that evoke and accurately paint of picture as to what you’re likely to experience… Continue Reading →
Doom, pretty much where it all started. I’m not just talking about Black Sabbath I’m talking about a whole host of Proto-Metal bands, Blue Cheer, Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly these bands utilised the essence of mass distortion. This very facet… Continue Reading →
2018 is the summer of Thou; having released their last full length ‘Heathen’ back in 2014, their musical output over the last four years has been sporadic with only the occasional compilation or split to tide listeners over. The Baton… Continue Reading →