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Elysian – Wires Of Creation
Posted on April 19, 2012 | No Comments
What may be an easier way to sum up Australian metallers Elysian and their particular brand of metal, would be just to list the bands that spring to mind whilst listening to “Wires of Creation”. During the opening track alone the names of Killswitch Engage,...
Sick Circus – Calm Before The Storm
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No Comments
With acts like Maroon 5 taking over our charts, and this band may not have the moves like Jagger, but they certainly have the talent. Liverpool based band Sick Circus are just one of the many hidden gems in the UKs rock scene, and TINAS...
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving – Deaden The Fields
Posted on April 12, 2012 | No Comments
There’s a special something about people from Western Australia. The maps and atlases there all show just two states of Australia; WA; and Over East. Over here in OE, we just don’t understand. Sure they are as friendly and welcoming as anyone else, but don’t...
Akarusa Yami – Ouroboros / Life, The Venomous Way
Posted on April 11, 2012 | No Comments
A double release from Nottingham’s Akarusa Yami. The unsigned five piece consist of Tom Brumpton (Vocals), T.K. (Guitars), Damian Lee (Guitars), Jake Bennet (Bass), Adam Jones (Drums) and recently recruited Lee Dowling (Keyboards) and describe their sound as caffeine fuelled metal, which just about fits...
Fallen Fate – The Virus Has Spread
Posted on April 8, 2012 | No Comments
For the last couple of years Darlington based Fallen Fate have been making some pretty impressive moves through the UK metal scene. From early plays on internet radio stations (which is where I first encountered them), right through to playing the Download Festival in consecutive...
Sworn To Oath – Leave You For Dead
Posted on April 8, 2012 | No Comments
Sworn To Oath are one of the best things to come out of the Midlands since, well, ever. They are good hard driving metal that makes your head bang and has you moshing about the room. Their EP, “Leave You For Dead” is just gobsmacking...
With Silent Eyes – A Flood Upon Us
Posted on March 31, 2012 | No Comments
It seems in recent times there has been a wave of strong and promising young UK hardcore/metal bands erupting on to the scene, bands like Envy The Fallen, Wolves, and Amongst Carrion to name three. Each one seeming to have a vibrancy of youth alongside...
Delusion Squared – II
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No Comments
“II” by Delusion Squared is a deliciously varied album… with some tremendous instrumentation and an enthusiasm for melody. To call this album “progressive rock” would be a disservice because, whilst the music is distinctly and proudly progressive, there is more than just rock going on...
Evokateur – Crows’ Wedding
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No Comments
With a name like Evokateur what one imagines they are going to get and what the new “Crows’ Wedding” EP from the band delivers is something distinctly different. The name suggests sounds with a gothic intent, a sophisticated darkness and stylistic simplicity and in many...
Lockerbie – Olgusjor
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No Comments
Every-so-often I hear something that is just so wonderful it stops me in my tracks. To be honest, it’s been happening more and more lately… maybe I am becoming more selective or maybe the quality of the music I listen to has increased significantly… I...
Cholera – Prophecies Of Annihilation
Posted on March 16, 2012 | 1 Comment
In 2009, whilst the band themselves were 16 years of age, Ottawa based Cholera released their first EP “Enslaved Humanity”. “Prophecies of Annihilation” is their first full length release and is indicative of the maturity they posses whilst still not even in their twenties. The...
AGHAST! – Live Dangerously
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No Comments
A band that was inspired to form after a drinking game at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany, four men put their minds together and the band AGAHST! was formed. Skip forward a couple of years and they have produced an EP, which is...
This Is Freedom – Welcome Home EP
Posted on February 8, 2012 | No Comments
Musically, there’s not a lot that’s come out of Buckinghamshire, but This Is Freedom are hoping to buck this trend and on the strength of their 5 track “Welcome Home EP” they might just have what it takes to do it. Despite the Indie-Kid appearances,...
Envy The Fallen – Hoist The Colours EP
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No Comments
Think of Newquay, and you are probably thinking of surfing, beaches and lads and laddettes holidays aplenty… and of course the often awesome Relentless Boardmasters Festival. You’d be pretty much spot on. The last thing that Newquay is really known for, is throwing out talented...
Gurt – Redwin
Posted on January 15, 2012 | No Comments
Now, as some of us might know, sludge metal has been a genre kicked to the side and never really tickled many taste buds, however, slowly but surely it has made a slow come back and I think Gurt are ready to prove it by...
Zaar – Abkehr
Posted on January 11, 2012 | No Comments
The bio of German band Zaar states: “We’re a collective of three musicians who are obsessed by music and art. The interest for all kinds of music, art in general and passions has led us to a project that is full of eagerness to experiment...
Serious Beak – Huxwhukw
Posted on December 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
As one who is generally not eager towards instrumental releases “Huxwhukw” from Australian avant garde metallers Serious Beak is a thoroughly impressive display of creativity and intensive sounds to excite and inflame the senses. “Huxwhukw” is a stunning blistering explosion of unpredictable unique metallic and...
Koloss – End Of The Chayot
Posted on December 22, 2011 | No Comments
“End of the Chayot” is an amazing offering from the band Koloss. Not only was it self released, but the band themselves recorded it. Everything from mic placement to engineering to mixing to mastering was all done by Koloss. What kind of quality do you...
Shades of Avalon at Manchester Academy 5/12/11 and Roadhouse 10/12/11
Posted on December 13, 2011 | No Comments
Taking to the stage like a longboat to frozen water, Manchester’s melodeath brutes Shades of Avalon played two well known Manchester venues in the same week. Citing honourable influences such as metal and beer among bands like Amon Amarth, Children of Bodom and Immortal, although...
Evisorax – Isle Of Dogs
Posted on November 6, 2011 | No Comments
The outlook for the British extreme metal scene has rarely been better, with promoters and scenes cropping up all over the country. There are a lot more opportunities than in recent years and Evisorax one of the bands that are at the forefront of that...