When it comes to art, very little is new. Yes, occasionally a new bit of technology comes along to allow a brief semblance of uniqueness, but then everyone jumps on the bandwagon and what was fresh and sparkling quickly becomes… Continue Reading →
Despite the near absence from popular media, the realm of Metal is a vast sonic landscape, stretching across many countries, and many sounds and styles. Under the umbrella of the title are found everything from the most guttural of Nordic… Continue Reading →
First review of the year for me, and well, I think 2024 is going to have to work impossibly hard to produce enough albums to force this belter out of my best of the year list. Why is that, I… Continue Reading →
You know, when writing reviews, sometimes the words just flow and the whole thing can be composed, typed up, cleaned up, and submitted in the time it takes to listen to an album a mere two or three times. Other… Continue Reading →
Pete Woods (Editor) 2020 – annus pandemicus. You don’t really need it pointing out that this year has been a bit of a shit one and that’s putting in mildly. From when it emerged with an air of normality about… Continue Reading →
Have you ever heard of “Lucifer”? No folks, I don’t mean the medieval Judaeo-Christian bogey man of old worshipped by Ghost, I mean the Scandewegian occult tinged hard rock band! “No”? Well, let me just say, you are wrong on… Continue Reading →
A few years back, Swedish Death ‘n’ Rollers Jesus Chrüsler Supercar unleashed ‘35 Supersonic’. A gnarly, fuzzed-up adrenaline shot of good time, doomy, rock and roll. You’ll be pleased to know that their infernal follow up album ‘Lücifer’ continues this… Continue Reading →
Johanna Sadonis might best be described as dynamic. After abruptly leaving her former band, The Oath in 2014 she quickly moved towards creating Lucifer. No time or efforts were wasted as ex-Cathedral riff master Gaz Jennings came on board to… Continue Reading →
Last year saw Beastmaker release Lusus Naturae on Rise Above – an album full of blue smoke and Black Sabbath riffs. A year on and the Fresno freaks are at it again. Flares, patchouli oil and lava lamps at the… Continue Reading →
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