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I have been looking forward to this it should be said. I’m a fan of the band, love their intense live performances and they are interesting people to boot. Consisting of Shayan (vocals, guitar and also a fascinating esoteric podcast… Continue Reading →
Nomen est omen with Sang Froid from Nantes. Making good use of the infectious winter of 2019, these cold-blooded Frenchmen, composed of two members of Regard les hommes tomber and one member of The Veil, have created a decidedly un-sanguine… Continue Reading →
Even Flow is a progressive metal band of some pedigree, having been formed in the late 1990s, with a couple of albums and other material to their name and an extensive touring history, plus collaborations with members of Fates Warning,… Continue Reading →
Well, we’re in brutal death/borderline grind territory here with this debut EP. The pro-wrestling fans might also guess the subject of the title track too being about the fucking tragic murder of the family of Chris Benoit by Benoit and… Continue Reading →
I’m just going to come out the gate with this, it’s bad. This eponymous EP is a big fat failure from new black metal band Pyra. There is extremely little background information about this band, the most I could really… Continue Reading →
UK’s Dark Forest, as those who read these pages will know, I am a big fan of this group. This five track EP encounters lyrical themes based on nature and landscape. The artwork was handled by Christian Horton himself (founding… Continue Reading →
This nu-apocalyptic metal crew has, as they put it, come a long way since the Axe and Cleaver in Boston, Lincolnshire over 10 years ago. Doing time in pubs and clubs is character-building and helps to develop all bands, so… Continue Reading →
This is a debut EP from Miasmes who promise a bit of raw and dirty old school black metal. The fact that the lyrics are in French is immaterial as it’s a language that lends itself to black metal, not… Continue Reading →
Perhaps you’ve got too much to be cheery about? You know, the economy in freefall, the planet on fire, our government being steered by a succession of people seemingly completely incapable of not acting in venal self-interest. Maybe, just maybe,… Continue Reading →
I do like an E.P. Which is pretty lucky as there seems to be loads of them flying about at the moment – hey Ed you need to start letting us put them in our fave lists of the year [err nope Ed]. What used to… Continue Reading →
Ambrius are a relatively new British Metal band, featuring former Tempestora/Oakhaart members Sam Shiers (vocals) and Jason Deakins (guitar). Although Ambrius display enough of Oakhaart’s Technical Death Metal style to keep former fans interested, the addition of Michael Perks (bass)… Continue Reading →
Seventeen minutes of deathgrind. I did think of trying to keep this review to seventeen lines or writing it in seventeen minutes to show the same level of discipline but, alas I’m old and slow. The title track opens it… Continue Reading →