Tag UK
Bristol in the UK is the base for these fuzzed out stoner doom instrumentalists, this is their third release and totally instrumental. Hence, with this in mind, I first spun this disc laid out on the floor with a nice… Continue Reading →
I’ve long regarded progressive metal as the frowning older brother of the power metal fan. The po-faced real ale drinker who has long since decided that the power metal formula has been well and truly flogged to death and should… Continue Reading →
The keyboard player comes from Dragonforce and Powerquest, while this international UK-based collective, who have ratched up a healthy four albums in seven years, have opened up for Dream Theater. That gives some clues, but the key word here is… Continue Reading →
For the moment the obscure sounding Volgna-Gath come enshrouded in as much mystery as is lurking within the pea-soup fog billowing out of my window on this cold autumnal morning. They come armed with a devilish LaVeyan mission statement proclaiming… Continue Reading →
This British trio from Gloucestershire play thrash the way it’s meant to be played: with plenty of attitude and aggression. The attitude primarily being: if you don’t like it, don’t listen. And the aggression being required because that’s what thrash… Continue Reading →
Onslaught are one of the great success stories in the resurgence of British thrash. After the disappointing response to 1989’s ‘In Search Of Sanity’ they ended up on hiatus for 18 years before returning with a force that levelled everything… Continue Reading →
Nothing is ever going to stop this army marching on, no matter what is flung at them the charge is constant and despite at times it seems as though Bradford’s finest are cursed they have made it through all the… Continue Reading →
Nhor has arrived just in time. Summer is on the wane and there are some long, dark nights ahead of us on this Sceptred Isle. There will be few better accompaniments to the bleak midwinter than this. Within The Darkness…… Continue Reading →
The sound of ‘Heavy Machinery’ is coming and if you like a mix of technical thrash it’s a sound to embrace before it steamrollers over and flattens you. Although a band you may not have heard of the UK based… Continue Reading →
Forming in 2010, Hybris already have quite the pedigree in the UK metal scene. This is due to the fact their members consist of former members of sludge monsters Centurions Ghost, a former member from classic heavy metal crew Stuka… Continue Reading →
Hmm. Well I do like a bit of hard rock with my metal now and then, just to keep things spiced up, so I was happy to get this debut from London based rockers Hornet to round out a pretty… Continue Reading →
All fans of extreme metal over a certain age should be overjoyed at the final return of Carcass, legendary, groundbreaking and unique purveyors of gore-drenched yet witty and sharp, crushingly heavy death/gore/grind/metal… Call it what you will, Carcass made it… Continue Reading →