The title of the new album from US death metalers Horrendous perfectly sums up the dark sinister content within. The Chills is a lingering invoking essence of blistering dark menace and pit sourced intent that devours and punctures the senses… Read More ›
Month: December 2011
Ani DiFranco – ¿Which Side are You On?
Twenty years since her debut album and across as many releases Ani DiFranco hits as powerfully and as accurately with her new album ¿Which Side are You On? as at any time in her long impressive career. Within it political and… Read More ›
Decaying – Encirclement
As warlike and aggressive as its theme Encirclement from Finnish metalers Decaying is a beast of a release stomping all over the senses with its shells of death/doom metal. Uncompromising and completely intent on pummelling the senses the album from… Read More ›
Toxic Holocaust – Conjure And Command
Those wishing the intricacies of meandering progressive sounds or the hypnotic yet unsettling discordance of djent wizardry or even the vast array of deliberately confused but masterfully conjured intensity of a Coilguns or Retox then look away. Oregon metalers Toxic… Read More ›
Henry’s Funeral Shoe – Donkey Jacket
Take two men, a blues fuelled guitar, a set of firm and eagerly heavy drums plus expressively inviting songs and you have Welsh duo Henry’s Funeral Shoe and the second album Donkey Jacket. Too simple a description to be… Read More ›
Pixel Vs Nanobot – Self Titled EP
To say that the debut EP from Belfast based band Pixel Vs Nanobot is impressive is one of the bigger understatements of the year; it’s vibrant, expressive and essential sounds making one of the strongest debuts from any band in… Read More ›
The Haunting – Beyond These Doors
Though not quite veterans US hard rock/heavy metal band The Haunting has been around for just over a decade and is still relatively unknown outside of their homeland but with their latest album Beyond These Doors the chances of that… Read More ›
VORE – Gravehammer
US death metal veterans VORE have returned with a muscular beast of an album in Gravehammer, a release that uses an arsenal of thunderous carnivorous riffs in league with soul tapping grooves and satanic borne melodic guitars. This combination ensures… Read More ›
Ritual – The Resurrection
After a twelve year wait US black metalers Ritual has returned with a new impressive album in The Resurrection, a release that despite a long hiatus shows the band has moved with the times and changes within the genre to… Read More ›
Take The Seven – Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious
From their debut mini-album alone one can tell that UK alternative rock band Take The Seven have all the ingredients to make more than a big impression on rock music. From robust rhythms and riffs, scorching melodies, and smooth harmonies… Read More ›