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I listened to a sample of what was a three minute extract of “Lost Fulcrum”, the first track on this album. I was attracted to the deep and chunky six string bass sound and wanted to hear more. Human Beansauce… Continue Reading →
Here goes with Horizon Ablaze’s second album. Described as a “nihilistic apocalypse of molten extreme metal”, “Dødsverk” (Death Work) calls upon the violence you would associate with fellow Norwegians 1349 with a bit of our own Anaal Nathrakh thrown in… Continue Reading →
The history of Manes is such that it could fill a whole review. Suffice to say that this band from Trondheim in Norway has been around on and off since 1993, since when it has developed from black metal roots… Continue Reading →
A five-piece band came on stage and hypnotised me for 40 or so minutes with their hybrid but fluid fusion of hardcore, death and post metal, then disappeared as anonymously as they’d arrived. Research led me to the conclusion that… Continue Reading →
I once saw a review for some terrible computer game in which the writer observed that “On the way home, I briefly considered driving my car off a cliff so I wouldn’t have to play it any more”. I only… Continue Reading →
Hailing from Norway, a place more famous for its church burnings than Christian metal bands, the now reduced to a trio group have released four albums prior to this one. I’ll be the first to admit I’ve never crossed paths… Continue Reading →
Ah, there’s a familiar strain here. Is that the technical prog wizardry of the Tipton brothers, they of Zero Hour and Cynthesis? It certainly is. There’s no nonsense here. I don’t have to worry about lyrics complementing or contrasting with… Continue Reading →
Sci-Fi deathgrind, huh? Well I usually take deathgrind to mean industrial death metal with a speed issue. The sci-fi adds in ‘technical’ and probably a concept album. So there you are… Actually no, and besides Pulverised know waaaaay more about… Continue Reading →
Tesseract, or TesseracT if you prefer, are a respected Prog band who can lay claim in part to the foundation of the style known as “djent”. This album, their second full work, is split into four groupings: “Of Matter, Of… Continue Reading →
The time will probably come when I begin to regard the experimental re-cycling and fusion of musical form as mundane, but it hasn’t happened yet. It was therefore encouraging to read that “Hybrid was born in 2004 with the intention… Continue Reading →
It occurred to me that Seven Impale should really be called Six Impale on account of the number of band members but then I wondered if the number might be referring to the number of different styles they play. The… Continue Reading →
Russkaja, the Russian polka, trash metal, world jazz and Zappa-rockers (as said on their info pack) were founded by singer Georgij who was originally vocalist for Nuclear blast signed trash band ‘Stahlhammer’. The band have played such greats as Wacken… Continue Reading →