Tag The Ocean
This well established Swiss act is a new proposition for me, and with the internet offering easy access to hear previous material I was tempted to do so but reading through the promotional literature accompanying the release I decided not… Continue Reading →
As a lady reads out a graphic description of a degenerating world, there’s a quiet build-up of post rock. It’s a familiar sound but the guitar ring has a sweetness in its echo. It’s gentle, and supported by delicate splatterings… Continue Reading →
So it is done, another year and another round up about what has really made its mark with the music we love in 2013. This is everyone’s most difficult task of the year and it seems that this one… Continue Reading →
Part 2 Sunday 6 October Sunday came, and the first band to perform was Malicious Dream from the host country. Every year the organisers pull impressive local bands out of the bag. This, unfortunately, wasn’t one of them. The music… Continue Reading →
I always approach these band names that comprise of several words condensed down to one with great caution. They quite often have an ‘x’ bordering each side of the moniker but this one did not, it just had an angry,… Continue Reading →
Written to be consumed and performed as one singular piece of music, Pelagial is a fascinating concept album that tells a tale of life in the big blue. Songwriter Robin Staps’ plan, to begin at the surface of the ocean… Continue Reading →
Tomas Liljedahl may or may not be familiar to some of you here but if not he was the former vocalist for legendary post hardcore act Breach but has been away from the live scene dealing with some demons, something… Continue Reading →
There is a tendency for us Europeans and shall we also say Stateside extreme metal aficionados to think that music arriving from South America, Oceania and Asia to view it as merely copying said established Euro and US counterparts which… Continue Reading →
Ever since our head honcho sent me the Coilguns split with Kunz in 2011 I have been hooked on this band whose unique approach to song writing and playing are testament to what can be achieved in extreme music without… Continue Reading →
I have not had the pleasure of hearing Detrimentum’s debut on Grindethic but by all accounts it appears the band has slimmed down to a trio recruiting Anaal Nathrakh’s live drummer Steve Powell to pound the shit out of you…. Continue Reading →
I first became aware of Russia’s Fading Waves when I heard their impressive contribution to Slowburn Records’ split-EP with Starchitect. With the band’s brainchild, Alexey Maximuk, working his magic, both behind the production desk and in front of it, it… Continue Reading →
Artist: Coilguns Title: Stadia Rods Type: EP Label: Dead Dead Dead Music Having reviewed this bands split with Kunz during the middle of 2011 and being suitably impressed by their post hardcore and experimental music style this EP is… Continue Reading →