As we wait for their new album later this year, The Mercy Kills only escalate the anticipation with the release of their debut EP, New Rule. Originally uncaged in 2010 but only available as a short run of CDs and… Read More ›
Nine Inch Nails
Ventenner – Hollow Storm
After years already stirring up and invading the senses and albums that have thrust the listener into the darkest places within the band’s imagination, UK’s Ventenner endeavoured to delve into the most unique and most ambitious aspects of their creativity… Read More ›
The Roogs – Self Titled
It is fair to say that like so many others, our ears have often been excited by the exploits of Courtney Davies and Steve Gerdes, especially as one half of post punk/ industrial band Fourwaycross. Now the pair have gripped… Read More ›
Breaking isolation’s boredom: a roar of new singles
With singles coming our way thick and fast there has been an abundance of spirit rousing offerings to forget a time of loneliness and social deprivation for us all. With an equally vast number of fresh and bigger propositions out… Read More ›
Desperate Machines – Complet_
It was back in 2014 when in a year of striking releases, American progressive/experimental rock band In Progress left their very potent mark with the album North Atlantic Echoes. The band was the creation of Jake Rosenberg and John Dillon… Read More ›
Inkräktare – We Are Not Really Here
As we keenly sink into the creative depths of the new album from Inkräktare once more for the actual writing of this review, it is hard to remember any encounter in recent times as absorbing yet unsettling and as invigorating… Read More ›
Bait – DLP
Going into the review of the new single from UK outfit Bait it took us by surprise just how long ago we drooled over the band’s self-titled debut album. It feels like yesterday but was at the beginning of 2017… Read More ›
Hauméa – Unborn
Emerging earlier this year, Hauméa is a quartet from Alençon in France making a rather potent impression with their debut EP, Unborn. Offering four tracks bristling with a host of rock and metal nurtured flavours, the release makes for a… Read More ›
Dead Register – Captive
It is two years since Atlanta outfit Dead Register not only thrilled but truly captivated us with debut album Fiber. It was a collection of tracks bred in the rich essences of doom, gothic, and post rock but equally embraced… Read More ›
Sick N’ Beautiful – Element of Sex
There are some bands which instinctively allure attention and it is fair to say that Sick N’ Beautiful is one such persuasion as their recent headlining UK tour proved. Their new album Element of Sex swiftly and increasingly shows why… Read More ›
