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Hammer Persuasion – a nasty mugging or Ingrid Pitt making coercive suggestions? Apparently this is neither, but rather the debut album from a Rockhampton Queensland quartet. The logo and accompanying booklet have a charming childlike quality – this s not… Continue Reading →
After last year’s Sonisphere debacle, which destroyed the UK edition and greatly impacted on the dynamic of this French one too, I wouldn’t have been surprised if that had been the end of it for Amnéville. Thankfully I was wrong…. Continue Reading →
I’d not heard of Harasai before. The strange thing was that when I listened to “PsychoticKingdom” it was as if I had. My initial impression of this band from Germany was of a fusion between Dark Tranquillity, In Flames and… Continue Reading →
Furiously paced melodic death metal is an oversubscribed club these days but when it’s done with such panache the door is always open. Influenced by a host of bands, which mostly ran out of steam a few years ago, these… Continue Reading →
During my first listen I was struck by how much this reminded me a little of early In Flames/Dark Tranquillity. They have all the energy and enthusiasm that you’d expect from a band riding high on their current success. This… Continue Reading →
Checking the duration of this album made me sigh heavily as even the best thrash albums bore me rigid after about 40 minutes. This one is over an hour and quite why they need to leave a ten minute gap… Continue Reading →
Do you like metalcore? Yes, then continue reading; No, then you may as well go elsewhere. Wikipedia has the definition of metalcore as a cross between extreme metal and hardcore punk… BOLLOCKS is my response to that as metalcore is… Continue Reading →
To much fanfare comes “God is an Automaton”. This is Sybreed’s fourth album. With influences such as Fear Factory, Meshuggah, In Flames and Depeche Mode, their brand of music is termed “death wave”, which amounts to a mix of extreme… Continue Reading →
Sweden and death metal are probably part of Swedish folklore by now as the two have been integrally linked together for well over 25 years now. So much so that I suspect any aspiring death metal band wanting to capture… Continue Reading →
This album is firmly entrenched in the tradition of melodic death metal from Sweden. The fast and aggressive constancy in the opening sections reminded me more than a hint of At the Gates, In Flames and through its persistence, Amon… Continue Reading →
Sangre Eterna sounds like the name of a Gothic band to me, but the reality is that the chosen musical vehicle for this Serbian band is melodic death metal. In fact their second album starts off in lively and breathless… Continue Reading →
Spain’s Darkness By Oath seems to be a well established band in their homeland with plenty of gigs proclaimed and well received comments about their first two albums the band also states. By my own admission this Spanish outfit is… Continue Reading →