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It’s a pretty common thing I guess but do you ever have those bands that you just don’t like? You can’t put your finger on it, everything musically falls into place but you just don’t get it. For the longest… Continue Reading →
Far from being a new kid on the block, Insidious Disease are quite the supergroup. Amongst others, this line-up boasts Shane Embury on bass, Silenoz from Dimmu Borgir on guitar, and journeyman drummer Tony Laureno. A whole decade has passed… Continue Reading →
Considering the resounding success of 2017’s ‘Heartless’ and its soaring explorations of more progressive territory, upon first listen, ‘Forgotten Days’ seems like a huge step backwards and doesn’t quite make the impact you’d expect it to. 2020 has been far… Continue Reading →
I think that the UK Death Metal scene is oddly underrated, yeah sure we’ve got Napalm Death and Bolt Thrower but behind all that there is so much more. What about Gorerotted, Cancer, and Desecrator. More recently we’ve seen bands… Continue Reading →
It seems hard to believe that it’s still not even 10 years since Amaranthe launched that debut album which laid the path for their own unique blend of genre-melding Metal with triple vocal assault. Such has been their impact on… Continue Reading →
Do you remember when an album release was a big deal, an event, something to look forward to, something that would have you queueing outside your local record shop waiting for it to open? Perhaps I’m showing my age, but… Continue Reading →
I’m fairly lucky to have seen one of Blues Pills first UK shows, if not their very first, when in 2013 they played the Dingwalls in Camden third on the bill behind Scorpion Child and headliners Orchid (what a line-up… Continue Reading →
For 22 years Primal Fear have been one of the driving forces in Euro Power Metal, standing alongside fellow countrymen Rage, Accept, Helloween, Blind Guardian etc… Basically, they’re one of a long list of bands who know how to blend… Continue Reading →
With many of us struggling with the current live music famine at the moment, due to obvious reasons, we get a slight glimmer of relief with Schmier et al launching their latest live opus, ‘Born To Thrash’, and it is… Continue Reading →
Now that the naming rights have been sorted out, Harley Flanagan and Rocky George (many should know these names!) come at you with a new release which features the tracks from their two recent EP’s, namely ‘Don’t Give In’ and… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I have to wonder why I do it to myself, review Deathcore that is. By no means do I hate the genre but I guess you could say I mostly dislike it. There are a few gems in there… Continue Reading →
Sixteen albums… That amounts to an album released every other year of Paradise Lost’s 32-year career. Granted there are some longer breaks than a year, but that’s because they released 7 in in the 1990s. Not only prolific, but damned… Continue Reading →