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Blodhemn – Holmengraa
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No Comments
There’s nothing quite like being battered around the head by an album when you put it on for the first time, and Norwegian black metal project Blodhemn’s debut full-length album “Holmengraa” delivers that exact sensation in a full-on, blackened swipe to your senses. Essentially a...
Kong – What It Seems Is What You Get
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No Comments
Kong is a band that refuses to be pigeonholed; just as you think you’ve got what they are about, they change. Often the changes are quite small – a slightly different rhythm or addition of a sound effect or sample – but the compound effect...
Marilyn Manson – Born Villain
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No Comments
From an intense eagerness for and satisfaction from it is fair to say for many the jury has been out regarding Marilyn Manson over recent years and releases. For others it has been a time to rip into what musically has seemed like a confused...
Ihsahn – Eremita
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No Comments
Vegard Sverre Tveitan, better known under his alias Ihsahn, is one of the most revered musicians within the Norwegian extreme metal scene. With Emperor he pushed the symphonic black metal envelope and with Peccatum he explored the boundaries of avant-garde music. Under the Ihsahn moniker...
Hypnos – Heretic Commando
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No Comments
To those who aren’t in the know, Hypnos are a band hailing from the Czech Republic that were originally formed from ex Krabathor members. They had split in 2006, but have since reformed and made the ‘Halfway To Hell’ EP a couple of years ago....
Nexus Inferis – A Vision Of The Final Earth
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No Comments
For those extreme metal lovers that tire of bands chewing over the actions of those in times gone by, yet shy away from the sound and aesthetic of futuristic, green dreadlock sporting harsh electro types, meet your perfect match – Welsh trio Nexus Inferis. For...
Felix – Oh Holy Molar
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No Comments
I have a bit of a crush on Regina Spektor… I love her music and love her observational approach to songwriting… as well as her piano playing. I say this… not so much as a confession… but more to put my understanding of “Oh Holy...
Obake – Obake
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No Comments
RareNoise Records appears to be mining a rich seam of music at the moment. The label behind the new Metallic Taste Of Blood album also includes Obake on its roster. As well as sharing a record label, the two bands also share personnel, guitarist Eraldo...
Lahmia – Into The Abyss
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No Comments
Hailing from Roma, Italy, Lahmia aren’t exactly the hardest band to pinpoint the influences of. Listing their influences as Swedish and American death metal as well as black metal and doom, you can definitely pick up on the Swedish melodic death metal band worship in...
Natur – Head of Death
Posted on May 14, 2012 | 1 Comment
If you are looking for something deep and meaningful. This is not for you. If you want something that is full of gifted musicality. Nope, not so much. Natur‘s “Head of Death” gives you FUN! “Head of Death” drops on June 7, 2012 via Earache Records....
Kettlespider – Avadante
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No Comments
You only have youthful enthusiasm once in your life. Countless young bands in the history of rock have shopped their demo around looking for someone to share their passion for their sound. That’s before the ones that survive either get in a rut or end...
Mhorgl – Heresiarch
Posted on May 13, 2012 | No Comments
Ah Australia, one of the last places I would think of looking for a metal band, let alone a turbo powered extreme metal one. Prior to this reviewing foray into the outback, the only Aussie band of the metallic persuasion that I could name was...
Reverence – The Asthenic Ascension
Posted on May 13, 2012 | No Comments
Hailing from France, Reverence deal in a slightly industrialised tone of black metal, stepping away from their earlier works of pure black metal nihilism. Slicing huge synth lines into the proceedings of “The Asthenic Ascension” and opening track ‘Earth’ to create a wonderfully claustrophobic ambience, Reverence bear similarities to...
Nachtvorst – Silence
Posted on May 13, 2012 | No Comments
Have you ever had a really sticky candy? Like a cheap-but-tasty, too-dense jellybean? Or a molar-ripping caramel-filled chocolate bar? Something that is gummy and irresistible and so tasty—and possibly just a bit poisonous… That is what Nachtvorst’s “Silence” is, in sonic form. This is chewy,...
Frames – In Via
Posted on May 12, 2012 | No Comments
I’m not sure whether to call Frames a post-rock band or not. The best thing, I think, is to say there are, but only part of the time. In that particular realm of guitar-driven instrumental music, genre convention dictates an approach that attempts to lay...
Dope Body – Natural History
Posted on May 12, 2012 | No Comments
There is more to Dope Body’s new album, “Natural History”, than first meets the ear. Formed in Baltimore in 2008, Dope Body are purveyors of loud, spiky music; it swaggers and sways dangerously, threatening to explode at any time in a display of attitude and...
Alexander Paul Blake – Die Rückkehr Ins Goldene Zeitalter
Posted on May 12, 2012 | No Comments
The solo artist album – a concept that strikes fear in the eyes and causes the blood to run cold in many people, irrespective of genre. A chance for a single lone band member that has ideas above their station; they believe their brilliance is...
Bonded By Blood – The Aftermath
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No Comments
Bonded By Blood are set to unleash their third album, entitled “The Aftermath,” in July this year. “The Aftermath” sports a rocking new line up of Mauro Gonzalez on vocals and Jessie Sanchez on bass. Bonded By Blood haven’t lost any of their intensity or...
Killerfix – Bridge Of Disorder
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No Comments
With comparisons to Machine Head and their “The Blackening” album being thrown around like confetti upon the debut release from UK metallers Killerfix, there was a sense of anticipation tempered with doubt going into “Bridge Of Disorder”. Could their first album really rival or live...
Lullacry – Where Angels Fear
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No Comments
Most people who just hear the name Lullacry will probably just shrug their shoulders, think “oh no, not another female fronted band” and put on the new Six Feet Under instead. I can understand why people would react like that. After all, there seems to...