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“Ooooh, that rumble” were the very words uttered from my mouth upon laying the threatening looking disc into the CD track and hitting play. This self-released debut from Wisconsin’s Ara is certainly one to grab the attention from the off,… Continue Reading →
There are 2 bands from the U.S. called ‘Fashion Week’, one plays lame indie bollox, and the other one sounds like they may want to kill you. …Thankfully, it’s the latter band that concerns us here. I say thankfully, to… Continue Reading →
Professor Black aka Chris Black of High Spirits and Dawnbringer fame is becoming something of a musical project whore just like a certain Swedish gent we know and love, which is great by the way. With each endeavour, there is… Continue Reading →
Released independently in 2012, ‘The Third and the Noble’ is actually a re-recording of Wende’s first demo (which precedes the album ‘Vorspiel Einer Philosophie Der Zukunft’). Here, it gets its first official outing via Moribund records. It is the lone… Continue Reading →
For me, 1984’s ‘Metal Without Mercy’ EP was something special, so it is with a little apprehension and excitement that a new release by the reformed Ruthless should come my way. The opening gambit ‘Defender’ leaves me with no doubts… Continue Reading →
Minotauro records have developed a reputation for being the champions of forgotten bands and the latest of these to get the Minotauro treatment is 80’s Boston prog rockers Seth. A quick search of the internet for Seth and the imprint… Continue Reading →
Visigoth are a cool epic metal band from Salt Lake City in the States, roll forward a few years since they first caught my attention and we have a major label signing, a new logo and new music…but not in… Continue Reading →
So we are more in Pitchfork than Iron Fist or Terrorizer territory here but we like to mix things up a bit and Disappears sound is certainly one that I am au fait with. I have fleeting memories of their… Continue Reading →
Well this album has made 2015 begin with an unexpectedly strong start! Volahn hail from California, and belong to the shadowy Black Twilight Circle – arguably USBM’s very own version of Les Légions Noires. Musically you can hear the French… Continue Reading →
There’s something immediately American about Zero Down. The instantly familiar style of the artwork (done by Ed Repka of Death/Megadeth etc fame) aside, the band’s look, style and sound really does seem very Stateside. And Zero Down ARE American (luckily… Continue Reading →
The label says it all, really. HPGD. Horror, Pain, Gore, Death. Inferion should know about this as they’ve been doing it since 1995, now releasing album number three. An all-out assault is the greeting. With shades of Behemoth in the… Continue Reading →
As some will be aware, Morbosidad is a cult black metal band which has been in existence since the early ‘90s. Despite this fact, and although I have had numerous opportunities to purchase their stuff from mail orders, this ‘Tortura’… Continue Reading →