Reviews: Alcest, Replacire, Vexing Hex, Foreign Hands (Reviews By Matt...
Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore (Nuclear Blast Records) [Matt Bladen]Happiness is not something that you would really associate with French blackgaze band but Les Chants De L'Aurore (The Songs Of Dawn)...
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Rifflord - 39 Serpent Power (Ripple Music) [Rich Piva]Having Rifflord back in our musical lives is a wonderful thing and having them back in our lives on Ripple Music makes this even better, because...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses 2024 Finalists Interview With Root Zero (Interview By Matt Bladen)First of all congratulations on getting to the final, which this year is the biggest one yet!Thank you,...
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Pijn - From Low Beams Of Hope (Floodlit Recordings)Instrumental band Pijn are at the turning point of their career, eight years in they have seen their stock rise due to their creative brilliance and...
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Sunbomb - Light Up The Sky (Frontiers Music Srl) [Rich Piva]Did Tracii Guns and Michael Sweet just put out a proto/Doom NWOBHM record that sounds like it was recorded in the early 80s? The short answer...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses 2024 Finalists Interview With Verletzen (Interview By Matt Bladen)First of all congratulations on getting to the final, which this year is the biggest one yet!1. You’re...
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Bloodstock Metal To The Masses 2024 Finalists Interview With Thrakian (Interview By Matt Bladen)First of all congratulations on getting to the final, which this year is the biggest one yet!1. You’re...
View ArticleBloodstock Metal To The Masses Finalist Interview: Rites To Ruin (Interview...
Bloodstock Metal To The Masses 2024 Finalists Interview With Rites To Ruin (Interview By Matt Bladen)First of all congratulations on getting to the final, which this year is the biggest one yet! 1....
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Nebula/Black Rainbows - In Search Of The Cosmic Tale: Crossing The Galactic Portal (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Rich Piva]Let’s not beat around the bush here. Of course, the new split album from Heavy Psych...
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M2TM Grand Final 2024, The Flapper, Birmingham Five bands compete, there can be only one!Just over a week ago, the scheduled venue for this final suddenly closed its doors, much to the dismay of...
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Nothing More – Carnal (Better Noise Music) [SJ]Carnal is a pure translation of Nothing More’s soul, tackling themes of the ugly primal truth of the human experience. Philosophy is emphasized throughout...
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Wage War - Stigma (Fearless Records)On their fifth album, Florida band Wage War boost not only their heavy riffs but also their pop credibility. With modern radio metal at their core, they have grooves...
View ArticleReviews: Kaipa, Altar Of Oblivion, Cold Wives, Anvil (Reviews By Matt Bladen,...
Kaipa - Sommargryningsljus (Inside Out Music) [Matt Bladen]It's weird isn't it? Certain record labels make me think of certain bands. Inside Out Music weirdly makes me think of Kaipa. Back when I...
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Crystal Viper - The Silver Key (Listenable Records) [Matt Bladen]After Marta Gabriel released her debut solo album the same year as the last Crystal Viper album (2021), and dabbling with melodic stuff...
View ArticleReviews: Black Hole Deity, Aran, Ingénue, MINES (Reviews By GC, Zak Skane,...
Black Hole Deity - Profane Geometry (Everlasting Spew Records) [GC] It’s been another one of those weeks for me that is very death metal influenced and I have already reviewed and scalded one new...
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Old Horn Tooth - Mourning Light (London Doom Collective)I’d been waiting to hear more of Old Horn Tooth since seeing them at in Masters Of The Riff in 2023. Their Neolithic doom metal is skull crushing...
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Kissin’ Dynamite - Back With A Bang (Napalm Records) For Kissin’ Dynamite the 80’s never ended. They have been playing stadium rock since 2007, when they were a teenage band, but since then have been...
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Orden Ogan - The Order Of Fear (Reigning Phoenix Music) [Richard Oliver]Germany can always be relied on to deliver the goods when it comes to power metal and Orden Ogan have been a reliable source of...
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Horned Almighty - Contagion Zero (Soulseller Records) [Mark Young]The 7th album from Danish BM veterans Horned Almighty is being touted as a rebirth, which I assume is the band looking to the past to...
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Day Of Wreckoning 2024
Day Of Wreckoning, The Patti Pavilion, Swansea, 29.06.24 Overview By Matt BladenMetal To The Masses has been running in South Wales for a long time. The incentive to promote grassroots venues and local...
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