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Ingested – Ashes Lie Still (Metal Blade)

Manchester or Slamchester as it is known in slam death circles saw the arrival of Ingested in about 2006 and since then they have churned out a number of fine death metal albums and in some respects spearheaded the whole… Continue Reading →

Defleshed – Grind Over Matter (Metal Blade)

As clever as the title is by this veteran death metal act, there have been a number of other bands using it either as album titles or song titles as this release is the band’s first since 2005’s ‘Reclaim The… Continue Reading →

Revocation – Netherheaven (Metal Blade)

Few bands can evolve their sound album to album without any apparent effort involved to the extent which Revocation have managed. The sheer levels of refinement which have resulted in a high-intensity, progressive leaning, technical thrash metal behemoth are simply… Continue Reading →

Trial – Feed The Fire (Metal Blade)

Pigeon-holing metal bands into one of the vast array of subgenres has gone out somewhat of vogue of late. With every metal band on the scene wanting to appear as truly unique it seems that the harder they struggle, the… Continue Reading →

Nicolas Cage Fighter – The Bones that Grew from Pain (Metal Blade)

Anything could happen here. Metallic hardcore, late 90s metal and death metal influences form the stylistic backbone of this album. Reading the blurb, it seems to claim to be everything, and above all bigger and better than the Australians’ 2021… Continue Reading →

Mantar – Pain Is Forever and This Is the End (Metal Blade)

As with many of the bands that lay themselves bare on the operating table of criticism, many are completely unknown to me before I wield my blunted, dirty, rusty medical accoutrements in a botched operation of critical prose, that is… Continue Reading →

Master Boot Record: – Personal Computer (Metal Blade)

Computer code is something I do not understand. Programming, Algorithms, syntax, hacking… Hell, even technology itself! I know just about enough to run a few programs, emulate old 16bit era games and occasionally stream on Twitch! Master Boot Record therefore… Continue Reading →

Satan – Earth Infernal (Metal Blade)

As the world of gigs and tours slowly returns to something approaching normality after two years in suspended animation, where only the merest glimmer of life was to be seen via online shows from locked down studios, and so many… Continue Reading →

Midnight – Let There Be Witchery (Metal Blade)

Midnight is the dark offspring of one man – Athenar from Cleveland Ohio.  Over the last 19 years he has been combining speed metal, D-Beat and Black Metal into a hellish hybrid that has kept many a metal head and punk happy. Let There Be Witchery… Continue Reading →

Vio-Lence – Let the World Burn (Metal Blade)

‘Eternal Nightmare’ and ‘Frolic Through The Park’ were my first foray into Bay Area thrash and still easily in my favourite albums list. Perhaps owing to nostalgia, but also because I really enjoyed them. I could bore or regale you… Continue Reading →

Sanhedrin – Lights On (Metal Blade)

Nothing brings more satisfaction to a music nerd than following a band from their beginnings, perceiving their potential, and then seeing them rise and succeed. Sanhedrin is such a band for me. I came across them by pure chance, having… Continue Reading →

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