Released before the world witnessed the political change and proposed chaos of a departing leader the other side of the pond, the Crush The Machine 7” is a ferocious statement and attack on not only the obvious target but political… Read More ›
Southern Lord
The Primals – All Love Is True Love
The outcome of a collision between the raw essences of crust lined garage punk and pop infused grunge accosted by noise baiting metal, All Love Is True Love is the fierce new album from LA based rockers The Primals. Though… Read More ›
Torch Runner – Committed To The Ground
There is nasty, there is vicious, and then there is Torch Runner, a band where sonic violence is seemingly an instinct which just has to be expelled and in the most striking and invigorating way going by debut album Committed… Read More ›
A Storm Of Light – Nations To Flames
Make way, step aside for another irresistible contender for the album of the year accolade. Nations To Flames is a monster of a release, an encounter which builds further on the already acclaimed and immense craft and presence of A… Read More ›
Centuries – Taedium Vitae
It is said that ‘Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned’, a fact few would disagree with but taking that spite one step further is the debut album from US hardcore band Centuries. Their first album Taedium Vitae, the… Read More ›
Dead In The Dirt – Blind Hole
If you have already been exposed to the primal grindcore/hardcore force that is Dead In The Dirt through their two EPs, Void in 2010 and Fear the following year, than you are already bruised and battered by the band’s vitriolic… Read More ›
Power Trip – Manifest Decimation
Like in those nightmares where however much you fight and try to escape you get nowhere and are stuck in front of the impending dark threat, Manifest Decimation the debut album from US metallers Power Trip is an insatiable and… Read More ›
Hessian – Manégarmr
Exhausting, senses numbing, and simply plain vicious, Manégarmr the debut album from Belgian band Hessian is as toxic as it is scintillating though a tempest which has to be endured and enjoyed numerous times to feel its full wealth of… Read More ›
Agrimonia – Rites Of Separation
Exhausting, mesmeric, destructive, and provocative are just four potent declarations to place upon the impressive and riveting new album from Swedish metallers Agrimonia. Rites Of Separation is an angry aural magnet for the senses, a rapacious tempest of ear twisting,… Read More ›
Nails – Abandon All Life
There is nothing at all comfortable about the new sonic scourge from Californians Nails, in either listening to its primal rage or in its furnace borne construction, but the rewards and intrusive pleasure reaped from its… Read More ›
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