Bludgeoning the senses with the same barbarism as its creator’s name would suggest, Stoical is a nastily and invasively compelling proposition that leads to a greed for more. The release is the debut album of UK band Sealclubber, a tempest… Read More ›
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Primitiv – Immortal & Vile
Looking for a heavy slug of intoxicating grooves within tar thick liquor made from doom and death metal imagination, then checking out the debut album from Primitiv would be a rewarding move. Immortal & Vile is a tenaciously resourceful and… Read More ›
Raging Speedhorn Enter Studio With Russ Russell
Corby Bruisers Raging Speedhorn Begin Recording Their First Album In Nine Years Following on from a hectic two years of touring and festival appearances, Sludge overlords Raging Speedhorn entered a studio in Kettering with acclaimed producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death,… Read More ›
The Lumberjack Feedback – Blackened Visions
As debut albums go, Blackened Visions from French instrumental progressive doomsters The Lumberjack Feedback is a colossus, though maybe that is not so much a surprise given the impressive and intensive tempest of their earlier offerings. The new album though… Read More ›
Hag – Fear Of Man
Sucking ears, senses, and emotions into its tar thick tempest, Fear Of Man is an incitement hard not to get a little lustful over. The nine track primal roar of punk fuelled, noise lit sludge ‘n’ roll is the return… Read More ›
Slumlord Radio – Too Pretty For Tijuana
After releasing the excellent $3 Dollars, A Half Pack of Smokes and Some Other Jive S**t album earlier this year, it a compilation of tracks from their earlier EPs with a couple of fresh treats for good measure, Slumlord Radio… Read More ›
27 Tons of Metal New England – Various
And Bluntface Records do it again, thrusting the underground scene at the senses courtesy of another essential compilation of some of the most striking and potential drenched bands around. This time the US label is exploring the underground metal scene… Read More ›
Hellrad – Things Never Change
The sound of US sludge metallers Hellrad is like toxic lava. It crawls over and consumes ears, blisters the senses, and devours all before it in an atmosphere of unbridled hostility. It also, with weighty persuasion and hellacious intensity, leaves… Read More ›
Southern Badass – Raised In Blood
Over two years ago, French rock band Southern Badass impressed with debut album Born In Mud, a warts and all release revealing a rich sound and potential which lit ears and a keen anticipation for the band’s evolution. Now it… Read More ›
Fight Amp – Constantly Off
Whether they call themselves Fight Amp or Fight Amputation, Philadelphia’s keg of noise rock ferocity have returned with a blistering roar of an album in the shape of Constantly Off. Imposing and at times bordering on carnivorous, the release is… Read More ›