Tag Sludge
The underground metal scene has a lot of “faces”. You know – names that hold a status that elevates them above their peers. Often these are bands that the mainstream rock-world scarcely notice – maybe see the logo on a tour poster as… Continue Reading →
There is a pernicious palpable hostility about this US act, a scathing predatory calculation embedded into every track which oozes a prowling spiteful and ravaging malfeasance that you can feel throughout its duration as they unleash a cataclysmic second album… Continue Reading →
Well, 2021 is well and truly under way, with glimmers of hope in the form the removal Trump, assorted vaccines and a vague possibility of a return to normality and social interaction. However, the world ensures that there can be… Continue Reading →
You Can’t Go Back is the third full length from Toronto progressive post-everything metallers Sarin, taking them a step closer to achieving ‘beyond classification’ status. They have a sound which is difficult to define; containing elements of post-rock, post-metal, sludge,… Continue Reading →
A reading of Douglas Dunn’s ‘The Kaleidoscope’ opens ‘I’ve Seen All I Need to See’ and immediately sets the tone. A poem that explores the themes behind adjusting to loss and the process of grief could not be more apt… Continue Reading →
Looking back at our previous reviews of Alkerdeel we 1st covered them on second album Morinde where they made “a point of noting” that it came out “in the apocalyptical year of 2012.” Well, a quick fast forward to 2021… 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 →
Two years ago a collaboration between Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou would have seemed unthinkable; the soft, ethereal darkness of Emma’s gentle chords and clean singing the polar opposite of Thou’s brash, sludge-tinged brutality. However, at Roadburn 2019 this exact… Continue Reading →
If you were wondering what the exact term is for the dread you’re experiencing, the dread of an uncertain future, the dread caused by being constantly reminded of sickness and death – Ba’al from Sheffield can help you with that…. Continue Reading →
If you like horror movies, riffs, and think that all necks need a workout to some dirty rhythms, then there’s a fair chance you’ll get to like Possessor, already like Possessor, or for that matter, already be in Possessor! Sporting… Continue Reading →
Hands down, (musicality and personalities aside), Corby sludge metal lunatics, Raging Speedhorn, have the finest band name in Christendom and with their ‘Sniff Glue, Worship Satan’ merch design, they also take top honours in the best laugh out loud, piss… Continue Reading →
You might remember seeing a meme about a band announcing a world tour. The funny bit was that their “world tour” had dates mostly in the US and Western Europe, while the whole of the Asian continent, as well as… Continue Reading →