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Blodig Alvor – Mørkets Frembrudd (Indie Recordings)

Since Kvelertak’s global success with their debut album, the Norwegian punk scene has become hot property and over the next couple of months we can expect to be inundated with everything from the groovy to the gritty to the downright… Continue Reading →

Jess And The Ancient Ones – Astral Sabbat (Svart)

Enchanted by magic once more, the Finnish rockers never miss a chance to surprise us. This EP is not so demonic as their self titled full-length CD, but it has a magical, ritualistic atmosphere straight from the 60’s. This is… Continue Reading →

Audrey Horne – Youngblood (Napalm Records)

Audrey Horne are an interesting band. With illustrious connections in the sphere of more extreme metal, this hard rock band from Bergen in Norway specialise in original and interesting songs. Thus was my experience of one live performance and the… Continue Reading →

Psychopunch – Smakk Valley (SPV / Steamhammer)

Psychopunch’s Smakk Valley may sound venemous and slightly seedy, but it’s actually all rolling punk with pop sensibilities. A set of driven tracks, coated in colour and bolstered with a strong sense of fun. An amalgamation of Green Day, The… Continue Reading →

Mammoth Mammoth – Hell’s Likely (Napalm Records)

It might be some massive Movember-related office in-joke that I’m not aware of, but I’ve been reviewing a lot of hairy bands recently. And I mean bands with hirsute monikers. I’ve had the frizz of All Hail The Yeti and… Continue Reading →

ESO – Nothing Left to Lose (Trak Records)

Looking into the credentials of this band, no secret is made of the fact that they come from the pop-rock sector. ESO is the offshoot of esOterica, whose music was on Radio 1 and Planet Rock amongst others. Apparently the… Continue Reading →

Graveyard – Lights Out (Nuclear Blast)

Typical eh? You wait years for a 70s, Led Zep influenced rock band and two come along at once. Well there are distinct similarities between Graveyard and Witchcraft, perhaps slight ones exaggerated by the similar accents off the vocalists, but… Continue Reading →

Rocking Corpses – Rock ‘N’ Rott (Abyss Records)

Mixing blues, rock and death metal really shouldn’t work at all, but on the whole it does on this debut from Finnish zombie rockers Rocking Corpses. Comprised of the duo Tony D.K. on vocals/guitar and Leper Laze on vocals/bass. Drums… Continue Reading →

Gypsyhawk – Revelry & Resilience (Metal Blade)

There is some confusion in all this recent hero worship of rock and metal eras past. It’s all fine and dandy if we are, like some of the haunting occult space rock bands, taking things on a step or two… Continue Reading →

Baroness – Yellow & Green (Relapse)

Woah, a Baroness double album. Is that the sound of music aficionados throughout the land having minor orgasms at the mere thought? Well, firstly if you really are a music aficionado then let’s not pretend you are in the right… Continue Reading →

Von Hertzen Brothers – The Best Of (Universal)

Everly, Jackson, Gibb, Allman, Gallagher, Cavalera; I could go on but you should have joined the dots by now. Adding to that list of Bros in bands we now have the Von Hertzen’s who we are informed are the ‘wild… Continue Reading →

Germ – Wish (Eisenwald)

Tim Yatras is the man behind Australian act Germ. You may not know him by that name but you should no doubt have heard of some of the versatile acts he has been involved in. Where to start? Well it’s… Continue Reading →

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