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Nothing brings more satisfaction to a music nerd than following a band from their beginnings, perceiving their potential, and then seeing them rise and succeed. Sanhedrin is such a band for me. I came across them by pure chance, having… Continue Reading →
For no less than 32 years now Kirk Windstein has been leading Crowbar into battle, armed with a sonic arsenal of weaponised riffs that can crush concrete into dust. As such, when their impending twelfth album ‘Zero and Below’ arrived… Continue Reading →
Three years since the release of ‘Apoptosis’ and their 6th album, the band from Colorado state that this is the first time they have written everything as a band, rather than individually bringing songs for the others to play, and… Continue Reading →
We face a musical crisis in this world, and that crisis is atmospheric music, whether it be the ambient works of Brian Eno or the Post-Rock mastery of Godspeed You! Black Emperor it’s something which is a massive part of… Continue Reading →
I see there is yet another upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre film imminent. Talk about getting as much blood out of a franchise as possible. Here (and there is a tenuous link), we move from the killing fields of rural Texas… Continue Reading →
‘Acts Of God’ starts with a brief intro track, ‘Abandoned’, which is delivered with a sultry, moody doodle before more six strings join the fray and almost tango in unison with the established musical score, creating a foreboding and atmospheric… Continue Reading →
My love for Tech Death has certainly dwindled in the last year or so, I still love the genre but I don’t care about it like I once did. I’m basically far more critical of the genre now. However, this… Continue Reading →
There’s a lot to unpick here when dissecting this, the third album from Bunuel, a supergroup of sorts from the malcontent, the ostracised, the damaged, the put upon, the depressed, the outliers, the three percent, the curious, the avant-garde and… Continue Reading →
This is the third album by the LA-based quintet and while I’ve seen the video clips that accompanied the first two, this is the first album I’ve had the pleasure of listening to. Formed 8 years ago with guitarist Logan… Continue Reading →
This US band are relatively fresh of the blocks from Texas, their traditional metal approach has been well received of late, and I personally sport a lot of their merchandise. So with this, their debut, it’s quite a thrill to… Continue Reading →
A debut release from this (I think) duo and it’s a concept album mixing the idea of F.W. Murnau, director of classic 1922 film Nosferatu, going to Hollywood and getting mixed up with actual vampires in 1928 (which I guess… Continue Reading →
Blimey! Has it really been four whole years since I last reviewed some new Earthless? A quick click or two (see Ave Noctum passim) confirms that this is sadly the case, specifically their rather excellent ‘Black Heaven’. Now, what the… Continue Reading →