Our own introduction to Austrian turbo polk metallers Russkaja was through their third album Energia! and there is no denying it stole our ears and lustful soul with ease. Now the septet returns with its successor Peace, Love & Russian… Read More ›
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We Ghosts – Decade
A release of multiple charms and flavours, Decade the new album from Anglo-Swedish alternative acoustic duo We Ghosts gets its UK release this month and a tantalising treat it is. Such its distinct yet united variety, the album ebbs and… Read More ›
Craig Scott’s Lobotomy – War is a Racket
Like the soundtrack to a deranged tale fed on Tim Burton’s vision of Alice in Wonderland and soaked in the lunacy of a Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, War is a Racket is one of those propositions which simply… Read More ›
The Great Game – Self Titled
It is a kaleidoscope of diverse sounds, a maze of unpredictable twists, and a tapestry of imagination bred adventure, but most of all, the self-titled album from The Great Game, is one captivating joy. Consisting of thirteen fascinating and invigorating… Read More ›
Seven Year Storm – Aion I EP
With most instrumental releases, especially in metal, there is so often a bias to the instrumentation of its creator or the composer of the pieces. This can work or not depending on personal appetites for the leading element, so it… Read More ›
Sara Lowes – The Joy Of Waiting
There is no other way of saying it, the voice of Sara Lowes is sheer mesmerism, an inescapable siren drawing the listener into adventures which musically transfixes ears and imagination just as potently. Her new album The Joy Of Waiting,… Read More ›
Trepalium – Damballa’s Voodoo Doll
They can try to call it groove metal, progressive metal maybe, or even avant-garde death metal, but quite simply the Damballa’s Voodoo Doll EP is swing metal in all its fresh faced glory. The six track dance of voracious metal rabidity… Read More ›
Pryapisme – Futurologie EP
Whether you imagine Futurologie as the soundtrack to a deranged fairy tale, the evolving musical carousel to a spatial set ballet, or the accompaniment to the light and dark caresses of life, and it changes with every listen, French avant-garde… Read More ›
The Body Politic – Egressor
As sonically savage as it is melodically radiant, Egressor provides one sizeable tempest of aggression, passion, and technical invention which thrusts Canadian progressive metallers The Body Politic into a whole new spotlight. The EP is a furious yet seductive storm… Read More ›
Me For Queen – Iron Horse
It has to be admitted that the thought of an album set around two wheeled exploits was intriguing but did not exactly spark eager anticipation, but readers do not let that colour any decision to check out the bewitching and… Read More ›
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