Tag Faith No More
A new band but some recognisable old hands here, turning over the soil and growing new things. Formed by Atheist vocalist Kelly Shaefer and including a couple of band members from the Floridian heavyweights along with players from acts such… Continue Reading →
On paper, Chicagoan avantgarde sludge/post metal quartet Yakuza, (who lest we forget are not some johnny come lately outfit having been around for several iterations of the noise scene they were at the fulcrum of creating way back in 1999)… Continue Reading →
Certain musical adventures, outputs, meanderings, experiments, trials, tribulations, and exercises in ego massaging are able, in certain circumstances, to fly under the radar and generally considered, reviewed, and appreciated from a musicality perspective rather than with any preconceived notions of… Continue Reading →
As Killing Joke stated whilst looking for ‘Sanity’ “So let the sunrise light up the distant shores and we’ll remember last days of Rome again.”. It seems to be these days of Emperor Constantine The Great that Polish band MRome… Continue Reading →
On the face of it, this album oozes eccentric humour and playfulness. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that this band is French and this country has a delightful record of eccentric bands: Akphaezya, Carnival in Coal, Edredo… Continue Reading →
Music, by its very nature, is the dictionary definition of ostentatious. Said band/musician writes a song and thinks ‘I have to share this, so others may gasp at my genius’. The very nature of an ‘artist’ lends itself to an… Continue Reading →
Throat sound like they should be some awful metalcore, sample driven, knuckleheaded cagoule wearing, tight jeans wearing blot on the heavy music horizon band, but luckily for me (and you) they’re not that at all. In fact, what these glorious… Continue Reading →
Pomposity and metal often go hand in hand. If we’re being honest with ourselves, there is a predilection for bands, media, and fans alike, to take the whole business of heavy metal very, very seriously indeed. To the point where… Continue Reading →
As previously documented on these cursed pages, I am somewhat of a Mike Patton fan, which is important to document certainly when you think it could impair your critical judgement. Patton’s influence has seeped into mainstream and popularist areas, including… Continue Reading →
The message is clear “not for black metal warriors.” Aborym left that building quite some time ago and the likes of ‘Kali Yuga Bizarre’ and the black industrial phase of the Italian band are fleeting memories, albeit very good ones…. Continue Reading →
When I was sent this album for review, I was promised something “interesting”, and I certainly was not disappointed on that score! As soon as I pressed play, I found myself contemplating the album title and considering how relevant it… Continue Reading →
Born from a realisation of a shared musical vision between Dave Davidson (Revocation) and Luke Roberts (Ayahuasca), Gargoyl, (not to be confused with the Japanese 80’s Thrash outfit Gargoyle) are a rather significant departure from the more well known musical… Continue Reading →