Tonight’s sold out show offers up a double hit of extremity, with the sheer brutality of Ingested and the hooked melodic aggression of The Black Dahlia Murder. Continue reading “The Black Dahlia Murder/Ingested – Rebellion, Manchester – 10/04/19 (Live Review)”
Theories are a US deathgrind band and this is their second album.
Theories play an intense and punishing blend of death metal and grindcore. Continue reading “Theories – Vessel (Review)”
Hath are a progressive blackened death metal band from the US, (with members of Cognitive and Dystrophy), and this is their debut album.
Of Rot and Ruin combines a base of death metal aggression with black metal’s dark emotive qualities to produce and album that hits hard and memorably, and easily draws you back for more and more. Continue reading “Hath – Of Rot and Ruin (Review)”
Waldgeflüster are a German black metal band and this is their fifth album.
2016’s Ruinen was a notable and very enjoyable record, one which I’ve returned to many times over the years. Mondscheinsonaten is their much-anticipated new album, one that takes the core of Ruinen and builds it up to even greater heights. Continue reading “Waldgeflüster – Mondscheinsonaten (Review)”
Inter Arma are a US post-metal band and this is their fourth album.
A new Inter Arma release is always welcome. 2014’s The Cavern was a stunning record that topped my end of year list, and although 2016’s Paradise Gallows didn’t ascend to the same heights, it was an album that I still deem as an essential listen, (and in hindsight should definitely have been higher up on 2016’s list). Continue reading “Inter Arma – Sulphur English (Review)”
None are a black metal band from the US and this is their third album.
The artists behind None have released an album every April since 2017’s very enjoyable self titled debut. In 2018 we were treated to the superior and very well-formed Life Has Gone on Enough, which saw the band’s blackened vision improve even further. Now it’s 2019, and we have Damp Chill of Life, the apex of their development so far. Continue reading “None – Damp Chill of Life (Review)”
Makkmat are a grindcore band from Norway and this is their debut album.
Playing grinding powerviolence that’s fast, sharp, and filled with a menacing punk energy, it’s time to strap yourself in and enter the fray with your best armoured post-apocalyptic vehicle. After all, how will you stay safe with Makkmat running around causing chaos and mayhem? Continue reading “Makkmat – Beina Brenner (Review)”
Queensrÿche are a legendary US progressive metal band and this is their 15th album.
This is contemporary heavy/progressive metal, played by talented, veteran musicians that know a thing or two about how to write a good tune. Continue reading “Queensrÿche – The Verdict (Review)”
This is the fifth album from these German thrash metal veterans.
2016’s The Raging Tides was a solid and enjoyable slab of thrash metal, and much the same can be said of Hostile Defiance too. Continue reading “Exumer – Hostile Defiance (Review)”
This is the fourth album by Polar, a UK Hardcore band.
2016’s No Cure No Saviour was one of my favourite records from that year, offering an anthemic and highly addictive collection of hardcore and post-hardcore tunes. Continue reading “Polar – Nova (Review)”
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