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Primal Code – Opaque Fixation (Relapse Records)

Since forming in 2021 this US death metal act has released a demo, split and EP in quick succession as this marks the band’s first, and hopefully not the last, full length. You rarely get to hear a straight up… Continue Reading →

Shadow Knell – Shadow Knell (Relapse Records)

Wow, Ave Noctum actually gets sent some dungeon synth at last! Aye I was right on this when it popped up. But there are a couple of curiosities here too. Firstly; Relapse? Dungeon synth? Ooookay. Strange home but there we… Continue Reading →

Candy – It’s Inside You (Relapse Records)

The world of Hardcore has raised its head over the stage barriers in the last couple of years. Mainstream attention has been drawn by the pop and hip hop like production of the sublime Glow On by Turnstile and in… Continue Reading →

Iron Monkey – Spleen and Goad (Relapse Records)

Just when you thought it was safe to listen to heavy music again, it’s the return of Iron Monkey. 2017’s rebirth album, “9-13” was a belter, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to wonder how a band with… Continue Reading →

Wolves in the Throne Room – Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge (Relapse Records)

Wolves in the Throne Room are a band I’ve had a long fascination with owing to them being the first atmospheric black metal act to pass my ears and were among the first left wing bands from the ever-expanding black… Continue Reading →

Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg For Death (Relapse Records)

A friend of mine once noted that the album titles by this pioneering death metal band sort of read like statements of intent, such as Dying Fetus Killing On Adrenaline or Dying Fetus Destroy The Opposition and so on and… Continue Reading →

Incantation – Unholy Deification (Relapse Records)

There are few acts with a discography as consistent as this pioneering US death metal band. Pick any release throughout the bands near 35 year history and you’ll listen to some of the finest death metal the genre has to… Continue Reading →

End Reign – The Way of All Flesh is Decay (Relapse Records)

The line-up of this band is interesting, comprising members with a mix of influences from other bands, including All Out War, Pig Destroyer, Misery Index and Exhumed. Described as a fusion of “apocalyptic hardcore with vicious metal”, the band members… Continue Reading →

Geld – Currency Castration (Relapse Records)

The brief snippets I heard of this Australian band were enough for me to want to review this latest release for the site, before which I did a proper swing through their discography to get a feel for how the… Continue Reading →

Razor – Cycle Of Contempt (Relapse Records)

It has been 25 years since Razor’s last full length, ‘Decibels’, and the thrash fraternity have been hungerly awaiting another sacrifice from the Canadian speed royalty every day since. Well wait no longer, ‘Cycle Of Contempt’ is upon us, so… Continue Reading →

Temple Of Void – Summoning The Slayer (Relapse Records)

Quite clearly US doom-death ghouls Temple Of Void are hellbent on plunging you, the unfortunate listener, into a miasmic cauldron of scathing riffs, hideous atmospherics and a sound as abyssal as anything you’re likely to hear in this genre. The… Continue Reading →

Cave In – Heavy Pendulum (Relapse Records)

There are times where reviewing certain bands constitutes more than just an item on a to do list, where it is less ephemeral than it may often be. There are some bands, that transcend our corporeal existence, and stick like… Continue Reading →

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