Hailing from the heart of the French Pyrénées, WORSELDER is one of those bands which challenge the want to pigeonhole and the need to place an artist’s sound in a precise box. Indeed, the metallers bear an instinct to organically… Read More ›
Metal
A Roar of Africa
Though we have come across and covered a few encounters from within the South African rock and metal music scene it is not one that we can say we know a great deal about here but with thanks to our… Read More ›
Small Town Saviours – Small Town Saviours
We recently had a whisper in the ears suggesting that “We have a cracking release for you.” The tip came from long-time friend Garry from SaN PR and the encounter in question was the self-titled debut album from UK rockers… Read More ›
The Three Sum – Kingdom Fall
Having made a potent impact on their homeland’s rock and metal scene for a fair while, Swiss outfit THE THREE SUM are looking at larger and broader attention and with new EP, Kingdom Fall, it is easy to expect success… Read More ›
The Last Ten Seconds of Life – Disquisition on an Execution
Taking prisoners has never been on the agenda of THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE sound but we would suggest the past year has seen it more brutal and creatively compelling than ever. The evidence comes with the Pennsylvania-bred band’s… Read More ›
The Offering – Seeing the Elephant
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 ›
Black Widows – Among The Brave Ones
Formed in 1995, BLACK WIDOWS soon left their indelible mark on the Portuguese metal scene but recognition further afield could be said to have been slow in latching on to the band. It is something we can only see changing… Read More ›
ONELEGMAN – Event Horizon
Providing another reminder that as much as our radar keenly sweeps across the music world it is impossible to catch everything at any moment in time, Event Horizon is the new album from Italian metallers ONELEGMAN. It is the band’s… Read More ›
New Jacobin Club – Empire of Dis
As a world hell-bent on destruction, on others and itself, finds new ways to seduce darkness there comes a vehicle to highlight our destructive intent in the shape of the new album from NEW JACOBIN CLUB. Whether deliberate or by… Read More ›
Armed For Apocalypse – Ritual Violence
Rolling in like a voracious tempest with sonic pestilence soaking every breath, Ritual Violence is the new album from ravening metallers ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE. An uncaged tumult of sound and discontent, the sludge bred beast is a merciless assault and… Read More ›
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