The Stand Your Ground EP from British post-hardcore band Shouting Signals is one of the more accomplished and fresh sounding releases to come out of the genre in recent times The debut five track feast is a blaze… Read More ›
Month: March 2013
Get Off My Shoes: Lets Not Rush Out And Tell The World EP
With their name having already triggered a chuckling interest alone, there was keen eagerness to see if Belgium alternative rock band Get Off My Shoes could follow up with equally impacting sounds upon their debut EP Lets Not… Read More ›
Mother Susurrus:Maahaavaa
Maahaavaa is an album which either seduces or wears you down, depending from which angle you look at it, but it also is a release which captivates from start to finish evoking flames of emotion and thoughts with skill and… Read More ›
Obsidian Kingdom: Mantiis
It has to be said that when reading the introductory email from Spanish band Obsidian Kingdom and seeing them describe their debut album Mantiis as ‘a conceptual rock opera’ a keen shudder went from shoulder to shoulder and… Read More ›
Gloryhammer: Tales from the Kingdom of Fife
Leaving the high seas for the medieval and mystical realm of an alternative Scotland, Alestorm vocalist and keyboardist Christopher Bowes stands resplendent in his power metal clothed kilt within new project Gloryhammer. Bowes exploits all the rich essences… Read More ›
Overoth: Kingdom Of Shadows
Originally self-released in 2010, Northern Ireland band Overoth has unleashed their debut album Kingdom Of Shadows a second time through Hostile Media, and for those like us who missed it the first time it is a definite blessing. The album… Read More ›
Patria: Nihil Est Monastica
Expelling malevolence which is raw and instantly venomous, Nihil Est Monastica the new album from Brazilian black metallers Patria is an exhausting and compelling release. Blatantly inventive and almost secretly addictive, the thirteen track beast leaves… Read More ›
Unleashing truths: an interview with Merc from The Karma Party
With a snarl and biting attitude which is spawn by and reflects the state of broken Britain, UK band The Karma Party has emerged as a compelling and inventive force with a musical craft and imagination as potent as the… Read More ›
Dirt Box Disco: Peoplemadeofpaper
After what for many of us was a modern classic punk album in the shape of Legends, UK band Dirt Box Disco set themselves a tall order to follow up its insatiable mischief and riotously contagious sounds. Its successor Peoplemadeofpaper… Read More ›
Callista: In My Blood
Combining melodic hardcore with synth driven evocative ambiences UK band Callista with their debut EP In My Blood certainly capture the imagination. The six track release ripples with promise and an enterprise which makes the band a very… Read More ›
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