Circle of Reason are a rock band from the UK. This is their latest release.
Circle of Reason play an interesting brand of modern rock that combines elements of the progressive and alternative styles into their tasty recipe. The end result is instantly-gratifying songs that nonetheless have that vital ingredient of longevity to them, meaning you’ll come back and listen to them again.
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Death Lullaby are a Canadian Metal band and this is their début album.
This is modern Metal/djent that takes no prisoners with its heavy assault.
Stylistically the band are somewhat of a crossbreed between djent and NWOAHM. This is to their benefit; djent by itself is a very easy sub-genre to do badly, but here the limitations of the style are made up for by the more Metal influences of the modern/NWOAHM elements. The end result is songs that still might be a bit too much for some naysayers of djent, but for me strikes the right balance.
Fister and Teeth are both bands from the US, and they’ve teamed up for this split release.
Fister start us off with one track – We All Die Tonight. Although they’ve never graced this site before, Fister’s brand of Sludgy Doom is most enjoyable, and this song is no different.
Enthean are from the US and this is their début album. They play Black Metal.
This is progressive, technical and symphonic Black/Death Metal. It’s a bit of a mouthful, but then this is a band who have a lot of different influences. I hear bands like Zyklon, Dissection, Emperor, Dimmu Borgir, Septic Flesh and Fleshgod Apocalypse in their sound.
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This tour revolves around Cult of Luna playing all of their fourth album, Somewhere Along the Highway, in its entirety for its ten year anniversary. As they’re one of my favourite bands and that album is sooooo good, this tour was one not to be missed as far as I’m concerned. The quality support acts of Bossk and Moloken are simply an added bonus.
Continue reading “Cult of Luna/Bossk/Moloken – Sound Control, Manchester – 10/04/16 (Live Review)”
This is the début album from US industrial Metal band Surgical Meth Machine.
Headed up by none other than Ministry’s Al Jourgensen, this is 40 minutes of mostly speed and aggression, just the way we like it.
Kind of taking what Ministry did only ramping it up to the nth degree, this is the sound of an artist unburdened by expectations of past achievements and just plain going for it.
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This is the second album from US Black Metallers Bog of the Infidel.
Bog of the Infidel play raw, orthodox Black Metal that sounds like it was recorded in an underground cavern by cultists. If you’re after the more sanitised, commercialised version of Black Metal then this won’t be for you. At all.
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Synthetic are a Metal band from the UK and this is their début album.
This is modern melodic Metal that features a EuroMetal style with aspects of Scandinavian melodeth. There’s a bit more depth involved to these songs than you might expect from the description, however, as the band also incorporate elements of classic and progressive Metal, allowing them to stand out from the pack a bit more than the average proponent of this type of music. Continue reading “Synthetic – Here Lies the Truth (Review)”
Sunwølf’s fourth album Eve is an extremely engaging Post-Metal release that has quickly wormed its way into my heart. Curious to find out a bit more about the album, I got in touch with head honcho Matt to tell me a bit more about Eve…
For those who are unfamiliar with your band – introduce yourself!
We’re Sunwølf, an instrumental band from Scotland. We formed in 2012 and have released 3 records with a fourth (Eve) due out on 18 April.
Give us a bit of background to Sunwølf
We formed four years ago in Leeds as a duo. We had been playing a lot of ambient music in another band but wanted to create something more abrasive, whilst keeping a hand in the ambient scene also. We had a busy few years of touring and releasing records, playing with some great bands along the way (Chelsea Wolfe, Forest Swords, Dragged into Sunlight, Bossk & more).
Phazm are from France and this is their fourth album. They play Black Metal.
Phazm’s brand of Black Metal is influenced by the Death ‘n’ Roll style as well as old-school Black Metal. These elements combine to produce a very likeable collection of songs that focus on being a catchy and enjoyable combination of blast beats, groove and inhuman vocals.
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