Just when we suspected our favourite album of the year choices were clear cut comes another imposing contender, a release which tramples over its rivals with dispute heavy boots and dazzles the senses with its hungrily varied sound and invention…. Read More ›
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Head of Jeddore – How to Slaughter a Lamb
Shamefully behind on our email inbox and trying to recover ground as you read, we recently come upon an email from Cory McCallum, the bassist for Toronto’s finest sludge doomsters Olde. He was pointing our way to the recently released… Read More ›
Arsenic Tea Party – The Really Not Good Times EP
Born from their own personal difficulties faced and an apt reflection of times we are all being challenged by, The Really Not Good Times EP is the new encounter with Michigan outfit Arsenic Tea Party. It offers four tracks which… Read More ›
Age Of Menace – War Machine EP
It is only a few months short of a decade since we at The RR first found ears and appetite gripped by Australian metallers Age Of Menace and a self-titled EP which eagerly ensured both and anticipation eagerly surrounded subsequent… Read More ›
Skulk, The Hulking – Afterbirth Of A Nation
It is fair to say that 2018 has ended its tenure with some of its biggest highlights release wise among which Afterbirth Of A Nation has to be one of if not the most compelling and enjoyable. The second album… Read More ›
Peekaboo Primate – Misanthropical
Bedlam suggests an element of chaos to its madness, an uncontrolled essence which certainly does not fit the character of Misanthropical, the new album from Finnish alternative metallers Peekaboo Primate. Yet in every other way the word best describes the… Read More ›
6:33 – Deadly Scenes
Entwining an extensive mix of styles and psyche exploring sounds is a carnival of fun in the hands of the most inventive and accomplished bands but loaded with the uniquely flavoursome imagination that is 6:33, that bold daring becomes pure… Read More ›
6:33 with Arno Strobl: Giggles, Garlands & Gallows
If you have not met 6:33 yet then be prepared for a musical journey and experience as eclectic, innovative, and as impressive as you could wish for. Their new EP Giggles, Garlands & Gallows brings you into shadows, spotlights and… Read More ›
Outcast: Awaken the Reason
As we go into the fourth month it is increasingly becoming apparent that the choosing of an Album of the Year when December closes its darkened eyes is going to be a task and a half, the amount of impressive… Read More ›
Dawn Heist – Time Wave Zero
With formidable strength and expertise Sydney based electronic metalcore band Dawn Heist unleash their debut EP Time Wave Zero October 21st, a release that pulsates with impressive and eager sounds. Six tracks of unbridled power and well constructed songs all realised with… Read More ›