Tag UK
It seems perfect timing that a week or so after covering one bunch of English eccentrics Void that it is the turn of another, Code now. Both groups started out in similar fashion and indeed there was a crossover point… Continue Reading →
I didn’t pick this out for its title but it did make me laugh. All the nonsense about being allowed to hug people in a country where people don’t hug each other represents a normal level of absurdity. Sectlinefor will… Continue Reading →
Having blurred the lines between post-hardcore, punk and black metal for a decade as vocalist/guitarist in Svalbard, last year’s lockdown brought a bit of downtime for Serena Cherry to focus on a Skyrim themed album. For the uninitiated, Skyrim is… Continue Reading →
I am assuming that this EP by the UK deathrash act is a stop-gap before an impending full length which I am certainly looking forward to hearing, if one is in the pipeline. I absolutely loved this bands last album… Continue Reading →
London based outfit Void have been knocking around for two decades now and in their early years had strong ties with the Norwegian avant-weird scene. Czral of Ved Buens Ende, Aura Noir etc was a previous drummer Heimoth, Seth, Sinsaenum… Continue Reading →
I’ve been waiting a long time for this. Four, five years since I first experience their battering ram sound live at Warhorns. Others have been waiting longer, since 1998 in fact. But this is finally it after all that has… Continue Reading →
In the years that followed the release of Incantation’s ‘Primordial Domination’ there was an explosion of bands trying to replicate that murky, cavernous strain of death metal. Of the small cluster that popped up, only three surged in popularity and… Continue Reading →
It’s remarkable when you think of it but once you get to a certain age, let’s say 50 for the sake of convenience, there are not many musical artists who have been with you the whole crooked pathway through life,… Continue Reading →
Deathcore is perhaps the most up and down genre for me. I have loved it, I used to be a massive Whitechapel fan (I still like them, just not as much). I also love bands like Annotations Of An Autopsy,… Continue Reading →
Thankfully we are not going into this one completely blind. All paths lead to Reading resident Umair Chaudhry who has been musically involved in Xmas Lights, Abandon, Futureproof and Monday Morning Sun in the past. He set up Blindsight Records… Continue Reading →
One of the drawbacks of being a reviewer and general metal music geek is time. There are always going to be bands who have been on your list but you never fought your way through to them. On the plus… Continue Reading →
Back in 2014 I covered this UK technical death metal outfits sophomore release ‘Penthos’ for another outlet and was taken aback by the unmitigated power the band wielded on every song. Added to that a savage performance at Bloodstock the… Continue Reading →