Tag USA
Oh, Mr. Crowley Did you talk to the dead? Well possibly, in between a musical career that took him through Acheron to beyond it, dabbling with their Satanic majesties and all that. Vincent Crowley shouldn’t really need much in the… Continue Reading →
Among my favourite pasttimes I would have to say trawling Bandcamp is one of them. Particularly Grind and its various forms. I like the nastiness and the envelope pushing extremity this platform offers. Sure, I find a lot of pure… Continue Reading →
Part of the fun of review writing is coming across something good completely unexpectedly. Black Moon Mother from Nashville, Tennessee, and their debut Illusions Under the Sun definitely were a very positive surprise. The album cover with its golden lettering… Continue Reading →
Sleipnir is an eight-legged horse which features in a 13th century Icelandic poem and saga. The Flight of Sleipnir, who haven’t of course been around as long as this and come from the USA, do have a strong back catalogue… Continue Reading →
Old School Death Metal is the plat du jour at many an extremist fan’s table at the moment. It’s as if 1980’s Florida has descended on the world’s young in a flurry of hi-tops dragging a Swedish exchange student along… Continue Reading →
In the absence of being able to tour off the back of their spectacular comeback album Forever Black, Cirith Ungol instead have taken a little trip back to their archives and recorded four old and oldish tracks that never appeared… Continue Reading →
Philadelphia’s Blazon Rite released ‘Dulce Beillum Inexpertis” last year and received much underground acclaim. Afflicted with the current pandemic and the restrictions it brought, studio time and rehearsals were hard to find. However, the band went with the DIY approach… Continue Reading →
My first experience of the Nashville, Tennessee, noise mercenaries Yautja came at the tail end of 2019, back when it was relatively easy to travel, before the world turned into the stinking mess it is now. I found myself in… Continue Reading →
You know when a band that isn’t Metal gets on a Metal label? Well that really tends to grind my gears. It makes that band into an ‘acceptable’ outlet for the Metal community, why? Can’t you just go on Bandcamp… Continue Reading →
Pomposity and metal often go hand in hand. If we’re being honest with ourselves, there is a predilection for bands, media, and fans alike, to take the whole business of heavy metal very, very seriously indeed. To the point where… Continue Reading →
This EP is the fifth release by the Texan thrash band from San Antonio. The trio, comprising of founding members vocalist/rhythm guitarist Derek Jones and drummer Mike Cortes, along with bassist and now also lead guitarist Tristan Hernandez have continued… Continue Reading →
Since releasing their debut LP ‘Ruins’ in 2016, Vermont duo Body Void have been unstoppable, with three full lengths, an EP and a split with Keeper now under their belts, they’ve won over crowds at Roadburn and are now making… Continue Reading →