Tag Punk
Utilising gruesome film sound bites, Canadian death thrashers Video Nasty have concocted a brutal blast of old school thrash metal that crosses over into hardcore punk and death metal ugliness. This self titled EP is the bands first outing and… Continue Reading →
The name (ne brand) Cavalera carries a certain amount of cachet in my mind, despite spreading himself as thin as the dreadlocks Max finally chopped off last year. With the brothers (Max and Igor senior) being founding members of probably… Continue Reading →
There are some bands that you just instantly fall in love with, such is the case for me and Impaled Nazarene. I heard their debut album Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz… pretty early on in my Extreme Metal journey. It… Continue Reading →
My first experience of the Nashville, Tennessee, noise mercenaries Yautja came at the tail end of 2019, back when it was relatively easy to travel, before the world turned into the stinking mess it is now. I found myself in… Continue Reading →
This delightfully named collective from Poland have their debut album upon us, following a trio of split releases and a debut EP. I must admit, I’ve been looking out for this one to be released. Yes, it is disgusting rock… Continue Reading →
A picture can paint a thousand words and this one, the cover of Ke has an incredibly striking one. A figure, possibly in lockdown looks out their window in screaming agony as what I assume is snow or maybe bird-shit… Continue Reading →
There’s something vivid about the concept of “insect politics”. Insects do give a certain impression. This fits in to the world of Deathblow, who deal on this punk-death metal album with various forms of decay and breakdown in the 21st… Continue Reading →
Imha Tarikat (Turkish for “Destruction Sect”) are a young Turkish-German black metal duo attempting something rather unusual – and succeeding. What do I mean by that? I’ll tell you in a bit. For starters I’d just like to say the… Continue Reading →
You have to hand it to Connecticut’s Hatebreed, that this new album, which represents their 8th full length release since their inception back in 1994 are still terrorising audiences around the world. In terms of pure longevity, you have to… Continue Reading →
Time is flying despite the world being stationary. It was only in May of this year that I was kicked in the gonads and conscience by “Fight War – not wars – Destroy Power, Not People by Utilitarian. Their mix… Continue Reading →
If you’re not familiar with this four piece from Oregon who sport the barest of hairy chests, most luxurious of moustaches, and apparently get their wardrobe cues from a ‘Big Bottom’ era Derek Smalls mixed with Rob Halford’s ideal man,… Continue Reading →
It’s difficult to imagine that Svalbard would be able to better a release as emotionally raw as 2018’s ‘It’s Hard to Have Hope’, however, the Bristolian hardcore punk band have had two years to sharpen up on both their song… Continue Reading →