Tag Southern
2014 is turning into a bit of a good year for veteran acts to produce work that is both true to their classic sound, and relevant to today; check out crushing new releases from the likes of Crowbar, Prong or… Continue Reading →
Woah, New Orleans, you really are spoiling us this year – Down, Crowbar and Eyehategod have each put out their respective releases following varying hiatuses and the world might just implode under the weight of all those riffs. Most surprising… Continue Reading →
NOLA supergroup “Down” have returned with the second in a series of E.P’s that make up “Down IV”. Its been a rocky few years for Down, personal issues and tragedies aside, the first instalment of Down IV was the… Continue Reading →
An amusing aside: The Metal Archives don’t think Nashville Pussy are metal enough for inclusion but Sonata Arctica are. But there again they keep blacklisting From The Bogs Of Aughiska, too so maybe just another ‘file under clique bullshit ‘…… Continue Reading →
For starters, if you do not know who Victor Griffin is, I expect you right now to hang your head in shame and ritually shed your denim cut off. Since 1980, along with founder member and resident madman Bobby Liebling,… Continue Reading →
Emerging from the muddy shores of the Po River in Piacenza, Italy, Tombstone Highway are here to prove that the dirty southern stoner sound is no longer solely dominated by whiskey swilling Americans. Tombstone Highway is a project of Herr… Continue Reading →
Featuring musicians who have been a part of bands like Skullview, Nocturnal Torment, Chronic Disorder and Invasion, this is a rather different musical operation. The style is a hybrid of stoner/sludge/doom and classic Southern rock based on their older influences… Continue Reading →
Way back in the late 90s the metal and hardcore scene was rather lively at the time with plenty of gigs being put on at the famous Bradford Rios and other venues of course. April 1997 saw my first live… Continue Reading →
Not so sure about not giving this album a self title I would have plumped for ‘Bastard.’ Unmothered – Bastard would be a perfect combo. So what exactly have we got here then? Well this is the first release from… Continue Reading →
Anyone who has looked up the personnel involved in this group would probably be expecting something like a Venom record. Well, you would duly be mistaken, whilst the group is Jeff Mantas, Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan and drummer Antton, musically… Continue Reading →
Artist: Corrosion of Conformity Title: Corrosion of Conformity Type: Album Label: Candlelight Records Righto, put any doubt from your mind, I’m an old bastard. Yep, I’m 42. Too old to review and too old for metal some may cry. Well,… Continue Reading →