2011 was a year that saw many impressive returns, an abundance in high quality releases and a strong arrival of new bands that made the metal world take notice. There were also plenty of excellent bands that did not quite find the moment to capture...

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“A View Of Heaven, From A Seat In Hell” from Wisconsin melodic death metal band Orwell is a definite grower. Its intensive charms slowing working their intrusive and skilful fingers deeper and deeper across multiple plays rather than offering an instantaneous wave of attractive but...

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British progressive post-hardcore band, The Perfect Crime are celebrating the first anniversary of their debut full-length release "Everything Else Can Wait" by selling it for just £1 on the bandcamp page!

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Between their beginnings in 2009 and this their new album, Californian band Troubled Coast showed much promise with their debut “Vagabonds EP” and mini album “100 Miles From Home”. Now, new release “Letters” stands tall in the aim of furthering their sound and realising that...

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Empty Space Orchestra takes post-prog-noir-space-metal virtuosity on tour following the release of their self-titled album

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The rampantly raved-about garage-punk trio Le Butcherettes have released an iTunes exclusive live recording captured during SXSW.

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Having already conquered their home town of Dublin and the rest of Ireland itself, iBurn are turning their sights on the UK with the release of their self-titled mini album. The quintet walk the nu-metal route breathing life back into an arguably tired, if not...

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The Perfect Crime stream the entire album 'Everything Else Can Wait' on their MySpace page.

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Just over 2 years ago Illuminatus made people take notice with their debut album ‘The Wrath of the Lambs’, now with their new 11 track gem they are ready to take their place at the main table of rock. ‘Glasnost’ is a masterclass in song...

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The small, leafy town of St. Neots in Cambridgeshire is famous for… Well, it’s not actually famous for anything but that may be about the change, certainly if progressive post-hardcore band, The Perfect Crime have anything to do with it! After the relative success of...

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Still revelling from the mighty AC/DC set the previous night, I arrived at Download for the Saturday’s shenanigans. Thankfully, a full day of music lay ahead rather than the half measures that were served up on Friday! Saturday started off in the best possible way...

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