Posted on March 24, 2012 |
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The last couple of years have been quite eventful for New Jersey-based God Forbid. One of its founding members and key composers left the band on bad terms in 2009 and they had to face the pains of a label change as well. However, Doc...
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Posted on March 21, 2012 |
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So here it is. The most anticipated metal album of 2012. The Scandinavian monster that is Meshuggah deliver their seventh album, four years after the previous one, “Obzen”. I do not expect them to have mellowed much since then so I put “Koloss” on and...
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Posted on March 16, 2012 |
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Jazz Metal. Two words, that don’t appear to go together – like chips and custard, curry and ice cream, or whatever simile you would use to explain two things that don’t go together. To me, Jazz is a strange beast; either something that is easy...
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Posted on March 13, 2012 |
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Norway’s 1349 have been confirmed as support for Marduk’s North American summer tour, which kicks off June 2 in Baltimore. This marks the band’s first activity on this continent since 2010, when they supported Cannibal Corpse and Triptykon on separate treks. That same year saw...
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Posted on January 9, 2012 |
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When I first heard the opening notes of Immanifest I was immediately hooked. Symphonic extreme metal is a personal favorite of mine, I guess the sheer power waves and pounding metal that results appeals to some part of me. After many listens, a little research...
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Posted on December 13, 2011 |
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Swedish tech metal pioneers Meshuggah have announced a handful of British dates next April in support of their highly anticipated new album due out early next year. Meshuggah will release a brand new studio album, which is as yet untitled, at the start of 2012....
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Posted on December 11, 2011 |
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When it gets to the tail end of the musical year, one of the things that you start doing is sorting out those records that have truly made a difference to your previous twelve months. The bright spark in January may no longer glow as...
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Posted on November 25, 2011 |
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Portuguese metallers We Are Killing Ourselves has not only returned with their second album “The Road Of Awareness”, they have also set a new standard by unleashing one of the years most impressive and senses stretching releases. There have been a fair amount of satisfying...
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Posted on November 14, 2011 |
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Amidst a sea of triangle sandwiches and pop bottles ThisIsNotAScene chatted with three enigmatic fifths of the Norwegian masters of Jazz-Extreme metal fusion Shining. Refreshed and wired after a body burstingly energetic performance and maybe a lot of fizzy drink; vocalist/guitarist/saxophonist Jørgen Munkeby, keyboardist Bernt...
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Posted on October 11, 2011 |
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French Progressive metallers Uneven Structure have released their new video for 'Awaken'.
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Posted on September 8, 2011 |
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UNEVEN STRUCTURE have announced that they are to release their debut album FEBRUUS on October 31st 2011, via Basick Records.
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Posted on August 7, 2011 |
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Leprous is a Norwegian progressive/avant-garde metal band with an impressive track record. They have released three studio albums and they served as Ihsahn‘s backing band while supporting his After record. “Bilateral” is the title of their fourth musical instalment, so let’s see what it has...
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Posted on May 21, 2011 |
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Recalling the times when split albums featuring two artists were much more prevalent than now, Danish metal bands As We Fight and The Psyke Project join up to release “Ebola”. The album will be released as an extremely limited vinyl version containing 11 songs and...
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Posted on April 24, 2011 |
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Like standing in a musical wind tunnel the West Midlands band, Collision Process swarm all over the listener with an onslaught of power, energy and ferociousness tempered with melodies and intricate progressive rock sounds to savour. Like two bands in one they fuse the eloquent...
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Posted on March 25, 2011 |
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Meshuggah are fast becoming one of the major influences within the metal genre nowadays. There are scores of bands influenced by these innovative Swedes. TesseracT, The Human Abstract, Xerath and Textures to name a few. Norwegian band Insense are the latest addition to the growing...
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Posted on March 19, 2011 |
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One of the endlessly fascinating things about this strange music we call “heavy” and “metal” has been its brilliant way of constantly adding to its tribes and cults. Through NWOBHM to grunge, death metal to black metal, metalcore to hardcore, the constantly evolving, shape changing,...
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Posted on February 23, 2011 |
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Lorna Allen caught up with Dan Tompkins and Jay Postones of TesseracT for a quick chat before their explosive set on the League of Extraordinary Djentleman Tour at Rock City, Nottingham. The Album “One” is set for release in March, is there anything that you’re...
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Posted on December 22, 2010 |
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I’m not a fan of cut and paste music by numbers or tick-box. Just because something has scorching vocals, powerful songwriting, great musicianship etc. etc. doesn’t automatically mean it’s great. However, with the debut EP from Talanas, I’m going to make an exception. Not because...
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Posted on October 24, 2010 |
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Finnish progressive metallers We Are The Illusion have unleashed their stunning debut EP, “The Podium of Lies” upon the masses. The self-released 6-track EP has been available as a free download for little over a month and has already been snapped up by thousands of...
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Posted on October 5, 2010 |
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Hayato Imanishi, returns with the eagerly awaited debut Cyclamen album, “Senjyu”. Fresh from the success of “Dreamers 2010” EP, Cyclamen have been steadily growing an underground following across the globe. From the early beginnings as a solo project in a bedroom, Cyclamen has evolved into...
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