This is the third album from Idylls, a hardcore band from Australia.
Idylls are ferocious and uncompromising. They play chaotic, violent hardcore, and they play it very well. Continue reading
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Tag Archives: Punk
Comeback Kid – Outsider (Review)
Comeback Kid are a Canadian hardcore band and this is their sixth album.
This is energetic and volatile hardcore, with elements of both punk and metal in the band’s sound. Continue reading
Leng Tch’e – Razorgrind (Review)
Leng Tch’e are a Belgian grindcore band and this is their sixth album.
Razorgrind is aptly named; this is sharp, lethal grindcore that takes no prisoners and knows how to draw blood as easily as breathing. Continue reading
Helpless – Debt (Review)
Helpless are a UK hardcore/grindcore band and this is their debut album.
Here we have 22 minutes of intense grinding mayhem. It’s feral and violent, but not without a dangerous intelligence. Continue reading
Poison Blood – Poison Blood (Review)
Poison Blood are a US black metal band and this is their debut EP.
Consisting of members of Horseback and Krieg, this is 19 minutes of old-school darkness. Continue reading
Ovakner – Ar/Lume (Review)
Ovakner are a Spanish death/crust band and this is their debut EP.
Mixing old-school death metal with a firm helping of crust and some quite emotive elements, this is an energetic and filthy slab of crushing aggression and surprising depth.
Neverending Winter – Хиус (Review)
This is the second album from Neverending Winter, a Russian black metal band.
Here we have 27 minutes of interesting black metal, with punk, progressive, and folk elements mixed in. Continue reading
Dead Cross – Dead Cross (Review)
This is the debut album from Dead Cross, a hardcore band from the US.
Featuring members and ex-members of bands such as Faith No More and Slayer, there’s immediately a certain level of expectation with this, and it certainly doesn’t disappoint. Continue reading
Full of Hell – Trumpeting Ecstasy (Review)
Full of Hell are a US grindcore band, and this is their fifth album, (or third, if you don’t count their collaborative ones).
Full of Hell play grindcore that’s both primitive and innovative. Combing death metal, powerviolence, punk, crust, harsh electronics, and noise into a gruesomely violent and nasty grindcore package, Full of Hell are Continue reading
Burke and Hare – Burke and Hare (Review)
Burke and Hare are a UK sludge metal band and this is their debut EP.
Here we have just over 12 minutes of ugly heaviness, just the we like it for this kind of sludge-driven hideousness. Continue reading
