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You could throw a bowling ball into a forest and get a complete strike as it hurtles through the trees knocking one-man black metal outfits over like ten pins. What about those who play thrash though and go it alone?… Continue Reading →
I’m not as kvlt as I used to be, and frankly I’m pretty alright with that. Music on a personal level is an evolution, sometimes we only care about what is ‘real’ and ‘trve’ and other times we don’t care… Continue Reading →
No idea if it’s just lockdown psychosis but I find myself wondering on lots of inanities these days; like how many albums there are with a variation on the philosophical standpoint of ‘no mercy’ with or without profanity. Yep, stir… Continue Reading →
2020, the year of both pandemic and the metal cover album. Seven months in and we’ve already seen grunge cover albums from both Thou and MANTAR, now comes something a little more unconventional from Virginia’s most devastatingly heavy amalgamation of… Continue Reading →
The band that time forgot is a phrase that could be levied against UK black thrashers Devasator whose band name I thought might have had an umlaut on one of the letter a’s (if you don’t know what I mean… Continue Reading →
I call myself a Metalhead because I think that probably best suits my musical taste, I mean don’t get me wrong I listen to some weird stuff. One minute I’m listening to Manowar the next Eurovision songs (I probably just… Continue Reading →
My last few reviews for this month comprised a trio of deadly, hostile and wholly rabid releases where multiple sonic stab wounds were inflicted during the listening experience. Beginning with US abomination Abhomine, headed up by Pete Helmkamp whose auditory… Continue Reading →
So, if there was to be a prize this year for the album title that most accurately described the music therein, it would be “Unholy Nordic Noise”. I like to think that the Swedish crew have just time-travelled in from… Continue Reading →
With over 30 releases and literally hundreds of songs Athenar of Midnight is finally getting some sort of recognition at last. The plug in and play dynamic of the early days has of course expanded to include a live backing… Continue Reading →
‘Satan’s Heavy Metal’ was a raw demo released some 3 years ago, I have witnessed the band live on numerous occasions and I must say, this debut album release is a slap in the face surprise. The raw energy remains,… Continue Reading →
Has it really been 20 years?! Joel Grind came onto the scene, I remember being excited about the first couple of full-length releases (there were a fair few splits and demo releases also), I still remember the vibrant vinyl of… Continue Reading →
I would struggle to think of a new genre of Metal that has had as much of an impact as Black Metal has had. Sure you have Nu-Metal, Deathcore, Metalcore and even Groove Metal but all of these genres have… Continue Reading →