Tag Metal
Rebirth may well be the title of this new three track EP from London / Brighton act Junkie Kut but don’t worry about them having wimped out or changed direction, there are still lashings of aggroggressive, electronic, sonic beats behind… Continue Reading →
What in the name of the patron saint of meth tweekers do we have here? Well I was expecting insanity when I cast my eyes over the band name and the Eastern religious iconography and font used on the garish… Continue Reading →
Dinner Music for the Gods. The very name conjures up images of Dionysian excess on Mount Olympus. Zeus and Poseidon hand out the olives whilst Apollo snogs a satyr behind the laurel wreath rack. Never mind what the fox would… Continue Reading →
The fourth release from this London Thrash 4 piece is a meaty affair, helped in no small part to the production of Scott Atkins at Grindstone studios. When I say meaty I am talking full on Brazilian barbecue gut buster… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed the last album ‘All Blood Is Red’ from Tribazik but understandably had all but forgotten about them seeing as it came out in 2009 and I haven’t really heard anything else about them since then. They are… Continue Reading →
A by product of going to a posh school many years ago where Latin and Ancient Greek were mandatory up to O level standard was that without resorting to online searches, or watching Clash of the Titans, I knew immediately… Continue Reading →
An amusing aside: The Metal Archives don’t think Nashville Pussy are metal enough for inclusion but Sonata Arctica are. But there again they keep blacklisting From The Bogs Of Aughiska, too so maybe just another ‘file under clique bullshit ‘…… Continue Reading →
Not to be confused with various other ‘almost humans’ this lot are the Swiss version who simply class themselves as a metal band. Obviously there is a bit more to it than that as this nicely packaged card EP designed… Continue Reading →
The debut album from new band Down Among The Dead Men was a real revelation when Ave Noctum got our hands on a review copy; a real gnarled piece of crusty punk/metal with real songs and a cracking atmosphere to… Continue Reading →
For no-holds barred riffing, the go-to genre these days has got to be that metal hinterland sludge. From High on Fire to Mastodon and Baroness, and all those more progressive and regressive bands in between, the art of the melodic… Continue Reading →
In the current grand resurrection of Scandinavian heavy metal, this 7 inch vinyl 2 tracker is very simple but very catchy hard rock/metal. If you like bands like Bullet (Swe) and Vanderbuyst; you will be in good company. This is… Continue Reading →
“No bullshit metal and hard rock served with a slice of punkrock energy” is the way this band from Sweden is depicted. There’s a strong sense of past meeting present about “The Poet and the Parrot”. At first I thought… Continue Reading →