“Mallory leaves the man she just married and hits the road, alone, without knowing her life’s about to change dramatically… Across the USA and as far as the Mexican border, starts her initiatory journey where love gets mixed with violence… Read More ›
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Overpower – Greatness Within
Casting a groove infested thrash bred temptation of modern metal Greatness Within makes a potent and intriguing introduction to Croatian metallers Overpower. The band’s debut album does not offer ground-breaking rages or startlingly unique tempests but grips attention with accomplished… Read More ›
Raw colours and unsettling hues: an interview with Jérémie Ruiz of Drawers
The new self-titled album from French band Drawers is an encounter dripping testosterone riff and rhythm, a dirt encrusted slab of sludge rock voracity which overwhelms the senses with a metal bred intensity and ferociousness. The band’s second album, it… Read More ›
Chaos – Violent Redemption
Steamrollering the senses with a tsunami of ravenous riffery and adrenaline charged predation, Indian thrashers Chaos reinforce the fact that the band’s homeland metal scene is one of the most exciting adventures to be explored with debut album Violent… Read More ›
All Pigs Must Die – Nothing Violates This Nature
All you need to know about Nothing Violates This Nature, the second album from Massachusetts-based All Pigs Must Die Nasty to warrant full investigation is that it is simply NASTY!! Corrosively nasty in intent, sonically nasty in sound, and undiluted… Read More ›
Clashing sinews and sonic deities: an interview with Gregg Higgins of Venomous Maximus
Rock/metal, however you wish to describe the enthralling leviathan of invading shadows and seriously addictive melodic alchemy that is the music of Venomous Maximus it is a confrontation which leaves you gasping and hungry for more. The recent worldwide re-release… Read More ›
Venomous Maximus: Beg Upon The Light
Released in North America last year, Beg Upon The Light the debut album of Texan Dark Occult Metal band Venomous Maximus gets its worldwide unleashing via Napalm Records, and a powerful deep mark it is sure to make. Ten tracks… Read More ›
King Hiss: Snakeskin
With nostrils flaring and muscles flexing to their limits Snakeskin, the debut album from Belgium rockers King Hiss, is a mountainous terrain of thunderous rhythms, voracious riffs, and exhausting energy. It is a powerhouse of a release which draws the… Read More ›
The Goddamn Electric – Snake Bite
Whether rioting in the ear or slowly burning off the hairs on wilting flesh with smouldering intensity, Snake Bite the debut album from UK rock band The Goddamn Electric, is a thrilling and strikingly crafted release. It takes just one… Read More ›
Desert Storm – Horizontal Life
If like The RR you thought the debut album Forked Tongue from UK heavy blues metallers Desert Storm was the dogs meat and two veg than their new album is going to excite places you never knew existed. Whereas the… Read More ›