If there is such a thing as controlled bedlam then Ignotum from The Voynich Code is a thrilling example. It is a maelstrom of sounds and ideas delivered with an energy and imagination which swiftly has ears, thoughts, and passions… Read More ›
Month: January 2015
Pears – Go To Prison
First released back home in 2014, this month sees the European release of Go To Prison via Gunner Records, and an irresistible antagonistic riot it is too. The debut album of New Orleans punks Pears, the ten track brawl of… Read More ›
Autopsy Boys – No Ambition
It is not often you can describe synth pop as predatory or unhinged, but that certainly is how it comes in the hands of UK rockers Autopsy Boys. Their sound is much more than electro based festivity though, the Leeds… Read More ›
Vital Signs – Smoke And Mirrors
A new band but with a potent pedigree and experience bred in the Pennsylvania music scene amongst its members, Vital Signs make an immediate strong and attention grabbing impression with debut EP Smoke And Mirrors. Consisting of five tracks… Read More ›
RVNT – Vulnerable
Already the opening weeks of this New Year has seen some impressive and potential soaked debuts across the metal kingdom and another comes in the tasty shape of Vulnerable from US metalcore protagonists RVNT. Bringing seven tracks in direct and… Read More ›
Bind Torture Kill – Condamné
Stalking, violating, and corroding any sense of safety in ears and psyche, Condamné the new album from French metallers Bind Torture Kill (BTK) confirms there is a group of serial sonic predators out there which know how to seduce and… Read More ›
Masters of the Radio – Radio Forever
Fresh from installing a new line-up, UK synth rock band Masters of the Radio release new song Radio Forever, a rather flavoursome taster of the band’s forthcoming EP scheduled for later this year. Taking ears and passions back to… Read More ›
H. Grimace – I Am Material EP
Having a rather greedy appetite for discord in our musical preferences ensured that the I Am Material EP from UK band H. Grimace made an immediate good impression with its healthy dosage of that flavoursome ingredient. The added bonus of… Read More ›
Cry Excess – Ambition Is The Shit
In your ears, in your face, and for a great many destined to be in the passions, the debut album from Italian metallers Cry Excess is an introduction demanding to be taken notice of. Ambition Is The Shit unleashes ten… Read More ›
Vulturium Memoriae – Nato per ragioni ignote
Dark shadows and melancholic immersions can be quite meditative, certainly in the hands of Vulturium Memoriae. This is exactly what the one man project of Italian musician/composer Mirg reveals with new album Nato per ragioni ignote, which translates as “born… Read More ›
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