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Closet Witch - Chiaroscuro (Moment Of Collapse Records) [GC]When it comes to metal, we all have our favorite genres, I am an unashamed grindcore fan. It excites me in ways that other forms of extreme...
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Obscura - A Celebration I - Live In North America (Nuclear Blast) [Matt Bladen]Techincal death metal band Obscura, celebrate their recent North America/Mexioc tour with this 10 track live album which...
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Watain - Die In Fire, Live In Hell (Nuclear Blast) [Matt Bladen]As evil and mean as Watain are on record, their true mastery of the stage is why they are considered to be such an important band in the...
View ArticleReviews: Gong, Xoth, Escape From Wonderland, Ananda Mida (Reviews By Matt...
Gong - Unending Ascending (Kscope) [Matt Bladen]Daevid Allen is a bit of a legend in the psych rock scene a founder member of Soft Machine, he was also the founder of Gong, with Allen leading them they...
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The Struts - Pretty Vicious (Big Machine Records)The bastard love child of The Stones, Def Leppard and Queen, The Struts have been flying the Union Jack for glammy hard rock for a number of years, and...
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Dreamwell - In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You (Prosthetic Records) [Danika Ulrich]Its been many years since I’ve seen a band describe their genre as screamo and listening to this album it brings me...
View ArticleReviews: Sophie Lloyd, Gama Bomb, Isometry, Aglo (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Sophie Lloyd - Imposter Syndrome (Autumn Records)At 27 years old guitarist Sophie Lloyd has already had a career most music as would dream about. Starting out as 'bedroom guitarist' on that there...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Fear Factory (Live Review By Mark Young)
Fear Factory, Butcher Babies, Ignea & Ghosts Of Atlantis, O2 Academy 2, Manchester, 02.11.2023Owing to the appalling weather and elevated traffic getting into Manchester, Ghosts Of Atlantis (7) are...
View ArticleReviews: Svartanatt, Heavenly Cream, Sherpa, Helms Deep (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Svartanatt – Last Days On Earth (The Sign Records) Ah Swedish retro rock, a genre all unto itself, there’s something about paisley shirts and flares that lends itself to the Swedes, and they make a lot...
View ArticleReviews: The Color Of Rain, Acid Throne, Astronomie, Odd Crew (Reviews By...
The Color Of Rain - Oceans Above (Void Wanderer Productions) [Paul Scoble]The Color Of Rain is a new group made up of members of the Zwotte Kring collective of bands (Asgrauw, Meslamtaea, Teitan,...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: South Of Salem (Live Review By James Jackson)
South Of Salem & She Burns Red, KK’s Steelmill, 03.11.23There’s some confusion on the doors at KK’s Steel Mill, as the venue, deep in the industrial landscape of Wolverhampton, plays host to two...
View ArticleReviews: Secret Sphere, Temple Balls, Hugo's Voyage, Ignescent (Reviews By...
Secret Sphere - Blackened Heartbeat (Frontiers Music Srl)More Italian power metal in what seems to be a year for it. This time it's power metal pioneers Secret Sphere, Aldo Lonobile taking a break from...
View ArticleReviews: Autarkh, Sleep In Motion, Helmet, Rigorious (Reviews By Zak Skane,...
Autarkh - Emergent (Season Of Mist) [Zak Skane]To begin this album Open Focus leads us in with atmospheric sounds scapes, before we get pelted by some punchy riffs and grinding bass tones to match...
View ArticleReviews: D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings, Goat Major, Vastum, Lower 13 (Reviews...
D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings - Sophomore (InsideOut Music) [Manos Sideris]If you are an easygoing music lover with an affinity for catchy melodies and multilayered vocal harmonies then this is...
View ArticleA View From The Back Of The Room: Elder (Live Review By Joe Guatieri)
Elder, Slomosa & Steak, The Fleece Bristol, 07.11.23On a wet and windy Tuesday night things were about to heat up as Elder, Slomosa and Steak were playing at The Fleece in Bristol. Being that it...
View ArticleA View From The Big Top: Clown Core (Live Review By Charlie Rogers)
Clown Core, O2 Kentish Town, London, 07.11.23Clown Core are one of those musical acts that sound completely made up when you describe them to people - 2 blokes dressed as halloween clowns, 1 wielding...
View ArticleReviews: Acidsitter, Hinayana, Shylmagoghnar, Jesse James Dupree (Reviews By...
AcidSitter - Make Acid Great Again (Interstellar Smoke Records) [Rich Piva]A polish/Japanese psych rock band whose bio says “If Roky Erickson were alive, he would have liked it.” You can’t get much...
View ArticleReviews: Triumph Of Death, Dead Cosmonauts, Mangini, Soledriver (Reviews By...
Triumph Of Death - Resurrection Of The Flesh (BMG Records) [Matt Bladen]Just as a heads up to anyone recording a live album, do not place the audience mic next to the loudest woman in the audience. At...
View ArticleReviews: Venus, Diviner, Receiver, Warship (Reviews By Matt Bladen)
Venus - Obscured Until Observed (Xtreem Music)Venus is two men from Athens; Giorgos Verginis (guitar/harsh vocals) and Antonis Avtzis (guitars/clean vocals), I assume everything else is a computer but...
View ArticleReviews: KING, Hitten, Icantdie, Psychic Trash (Reviews By Matt Bladen & Rich...
KING - Fury And Death (Soulseller Records) [Matt Bladen]I've been waiting for this one for a long time, I fell hard for Aussie band KING on their last two records so I've been looking forward to a new...
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