It’s a sold out show tonight, and Rebellion is busy. The Callous Daoboys are roasting hot right now, as they should be. It promises to be an intense, exciting evening for fans of atypical heavy/alternative music. Continue reading “The Callous Daoboys/Knives/Love Rarely – Rebellion, Manchester – 25/02/26 (Live Review)”
This is the second album by Belgian post-hardcore band Ronker.
Respect the Hustle, I Won’t Be Your Dog Forever contains 40 minutes of atypical, multifaceted post-hardcore. Ronker’s music is not always easy to categorise, but it is easy to like. Very easy, in fact. Yep, Ronker have unleashed Continue reading “Ronker – Respect the Hustle, I Won’t Be Your Dog Forever (Review)”
Irk are a noise rock band from the UK and this is their second album.
I got to The Seeing House far later than I wanted to or should have. Despite earmarking it for review, it somehow slipped through my Carefully Crafted and Highly Professional reviewing process, only surfacing once more to shout in my face about a month and a half or so after I should have written about it. D’oh! Ah well, better late than ever, eh? Continue reading “Irk – The Seeing House (Review)”
This is the second album from US solo extreme metal band Kostnatění.
2023’s Úpal was a notable record, standing out from the crowd with its atypical approach to black metal. Now comes Přílišnost, and it’s a refined beast of uncommon extremity we find ourselves faced with. Continue reading “Kostnatění – Přílišnost (Excess) (Review)”
This is the second album by Canadian black metal band Vespéral.
La Mort de l’Âme contains 41 minutes of black metal, brought to us in part by members of Conifère. I wasn’t consciously aware of Vespéral before they were announced to play the mighty Fortress Festival next year, although I’ve definitely seen their logo and album art before, somewhere, somehow. Continue reading “Vespéral – La Mort de l’Âme (Review)”
This is the debut album from UK hardcore band Still in Love.
Containing 23 minutes of metallic hardcore heaviness, Recovery Language is a wrecking ball of a record, although it hits a little different than you may be expecting. Continue reading “Still in Love – Recovery Language (Review)”
This is the fourth album from US metallic hardcore band Turian.
Blood Quantum Blues contains 38 minutes of music that mixes together punk, metal, and hardcore, with electronics and progressive elements thrown in for extra flavour and texture. Turian have produced an album that rages and snarls, but does so with skill and ability. Continue reading “Turian – Blood Quantum Blues (Review)”
This is the debut album from US death metal band Kontusion.
Kontusion contain current and ex-members of Repulsion, Iron Reagan, Magrudergrind, and Mammoth Grinder, and on Insatiable Lust for Death they have provided us with 26 minutes of ugly death metal punishment. Continue reading “Kontusion – Insatiable Lust for Death (Review)”
Mangata Festival was not at all on my radar, until I found out that Ante-Inferno, Abduction, and Devastator were playing it, (originally The Infernal Sea too). Throw in Wolvencrown, who I’ve never seen before, and it certainly peaked my interest. Continue reading “Mangata Festival – Nottingham, 12/07/25 (Live Review)”
This is the debut album from Belgian heavy rock band Killjoy.
Killjoy have an engaging sound that embraces a few different influences and fuses them into a very engaging form of modern rock. Across 34 minutes, elements of electronica, screamo, progressive rock, punk, and post-metal are all swallowed up and spat out in the form of seven charismatic tracks that hit the spot. Continue reading “Killjoy – Dream and Violence (Review)”
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