Corrosion of Conformity are a US metal band and this is their tenth album.
Back with their classic lineup, this is essentially a return to Corrosion of Conformity’s Deliverance/Wiseblood days, giving us 53 minutes of Southern metal mixed with good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll attitude. In many ways No Cross No Crown continues on from where Wiseblood left off, and Continue reading “Corrosion of Conformity – No Cross No Crown (Review)”
This is the debut album from Belgian rockers Minor/Minor.
Minor/Minor play modern, emotive rock that takes influence from a few different places. Think a mix of bands like Arcane Roots, Pink Floyd, Coheed and Cambria, Cave In, Filter, and Radiohead as starting points, maybe. Continue reading “Minor/Minor – Minor/Minor (Review)”
This is a split between two Swedish one man bands; the doom metal of Blissful Stream and the dark rock of Lightsabres.
Blissful Stream are up first, with the first new material from the project since 2016’s Ascending Demons. Continue reading “Blissful Stream/Lightsabres – Devil’s Night to All Souls – Split (Review)”
Exit Empire are an alternative/modern metal band from the Czech republic and this is their debut album.
I must confess that I haven’t regularly listened to anything like this in some time, but Exit Empire are good enough to make me start again. Continue reading “Exit Empire – Exit Empire (Review)”
This is the latest EP from Slug Comparison, a one-man Canadian progressive rock band.
This is the follow up to IIa, which only came out earlier this year. This EP contains a fresh 11 minutes or so of new music, based around the theme of loss. Continue reading “Slug Comparison – IIb (Review)”
Shane Steward is a Canadian solo artist and this is his debut album.
Here we have 38 minutes of contemporary rock music, with a metallic edge and plenty of hooks to draw the listener in. Continue reading “Shane Steward – Humankind (Review)”
After a wait of far too long, the talented Alexey Markov has finally returned with a new Starsoup album – Castles of Sand. I’m a huge fan of the band’s first release Bazaar of Wonders, and I have to say that this new one is just as good, if not better. I wanted to know a bit more about Starsoup in 2017, so let’s delve right in… Continue reading “Interview with Starsoup”
This is a split between two instrumental stoner rock bands, Karma to Burn, from the US, and Sons of Alpha Centauri, from the UK. If this wasn’t enough, the two bands have also colluded on a project called Alpha Cat, which is also included on this release.
This collection brings together the bands’ existing splits into one place. Here, each band contribute three tracks, with the entire split coming in at around 43 minutes. Continue reading “Karma to Burn/Sons of Alpha Centauri/Alpha Cat – The Definitive 7″ Trilogy! – Split – (Review)”
Jess and the Ancient Ones are an occult rock band from Finland and this is their third album.
This is quirky and expressive retro-styled rock, with plenty of personality and idiosyncrasies. Continue reading “Jess and the Ancient Ones – The Horse and Other Weird Tales (Review)”
Tyakrah are a German black metal band and this is their debut album.
Tyakrah offer up 37 minutes of black metal. Their musical vision is raw and harsh, but not without its atmospheric moments. Melodic and depressive aspects of the blackened style can be heard in this epic music too. Continue reading “Tyakrah – Wintergedanken (Review)”
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