Posted on May 12, 2013 |
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Asidefromaday are a five-piece from France dealing in various types of music with the prefix of ‘post’. Now I’m not a big fan of this prefix. I tend to be suspicious of bands distancing themselves from their neighbours by claiming to have moved on to...
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Posted on March 14, 2013 |
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For those of you unacquainted with ancient Tibetan funerary practices, a sky burial is the process of flaying, dismembering and butchering a corpse on a mountaintop plateau before grinding the bones up, possibly burning some incense along the way. This gory tableau is then devoured...
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Posted on December 30, 2012 |
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It’s fair to say that 2011 raised the bar with releases such as Machine Head‘s “Unto The Locust”, Steven Wilson‘s “Grace For Drowning” and Mastodon‘s “The Hunter”. However, 2012, it seems, has been even better for music, with quality albums seemingly being released every week!...
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Posted on December 2, 2012 |
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Neurosis has this week disclosed details on new pending live actions across the country in support of “Honor Found In Decay”. Newly locked-down Neurosis performances are now set to take place late this year into the first week of 2013 in Atlanta, Los Angeles and Seattle, with...
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Posted on November 27, 2012 |
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Today, Neurosis has released an official band statement: “As of today, after much thought and discussion, visual projections as we have presented them over the last 20 years will no longer be part of Neurosis live shows. “We are going to begin the process of reinventing...
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Posted on November 16, 2012 |
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Recently signed to Neurot Recordings after nearly a decade spent burning menacingly in the darkest recesses of the underground, Belgian five piece AMENRA have just released their latest effort, unceremoniously entitled “Mass V”, a theme continued from previous recordings. As one would expect from an...
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Posted on November 14, 2012 |
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How is it that every Neurosis album is so vastly different, yet sounds so undeniably Neurosis? Is their style that definable that no matter which direction they thrust their experiment, they’ll still sound incredible? “Honor Found In Decay” is no exception. On October 30th, 2012,...
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Posted on November 2, 2012 |
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Canada’s Bison B.C have carved out a comfortable niche for themselves bridging the gulf between post-metal sludge in the vein of Pelican and Neurosis and the upstart breed of US bands, including Kylesa, Red Fang and Baroness, who blend the best of heavy metal, stoner...
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Posted on September 28, 2012 |
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Another week, another band without a bassist. Yes, it seems that the finger plucking four-stringer is fated to go the same way as the dodo and the Sega Saturn; consigned to the dustbin of history with only the odd crusty old vulture interested in picking...
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Posted on September 22, 2012 |
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Ray from ThisIsNotAScene continues his love affair with French Metal as he sits down with Eryn Non Dae.’s bassist Mickaël André to talk about their new release “Meliora” and the French metal scene in general. Hi there and thank you for doing this interview. Are...
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Posted on September 20, 2012 |
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Nature, and more specifically man’s role within it has long played a crucial part in Heavy Metal. Depending on how you see it, the pine-scented blasting of Wolves in the Throne Room and the snowy desolation of Agalloch either act as a conduit to the...
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Posted on September 4, 2012 |
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After the demise of Brooklyn-based doom/sludge/black metal outfit Unearthly Trance some of its former members bounce back with a new band, called Serpentine Path. Aided by Tim Bagshaw of Ramesses and Electric Wizard fame they recorded the band’s selftitled debut album. Let’s see whether it...
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Posted on July 27, 2012 |
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Scott Kelly is mostly known as the guitarist and vocalist for Neurosis, one of the key bands within the post rock/metal/core movement. Occasionally, he likes to venture out on his own. This has resulted into his second solo album, entitled “The Forgiven Ghost In Me”....
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Posted on July 5, 2012 |
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Warning: “Spirit Bird” by Xavier Rudd doesn’t contain any hint of distortion, lyrical violence or any other form of profanity. Still with me? Good, because this album is the nexus to a listening experience unlike any other… “Spirit Bird” is all about spiritual awareness, being...
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Posted on June 18, 2012 |
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Portland musical enigmas Agalloch are pleased to announce a month-long bout of live performances this Summer. Slated to commence with a hometown show July 11, the tour will include a nightly rotating set list featuring both new and early material with stage times anticipated to...
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Posted on June 13, 2012 |
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When Ray asked me to write for ThisIsNotAScene I didn’t expect to get country music to review, but when it came to an album of (John) Townes Van Zandt covers it all made sense. After all, Van Zandt was a man who had no real...
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Posted on May 30, 2012 |
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Extreme metal, whatever that means at this moment!, is pretty well saturated across virtually all its subgenres. That makes it hard objectively to evaluate new artists: the leading lights of a particular sound are rapidly salient; thereafter as a reviewer it is difficult to separate...
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Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Incoming Cerebral Overdrive talks with ThisIsNotAScene about their latest release, “Le Stelle – A Voyage Adrift”, origins of the band, touring, the Italian music scene and much more. Your latest album, entitled “Le Stelle – A Voyage Adrift”, is a great album. Are you happy...
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Posted on September 21, 2011 |
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As part of a continuing reissue series that has taken in “Souls at Zero” and “Enemy of the Sun”, “Sovereign”, originally released on the bands own Neurot label in 2000, comes at us with all the bludgeoning force that one would expect from a Neurosis...
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Posted on August 8, 2011 |
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Music that refuses to be labelled and is defiant in having its own living identity has a distinct allure that is hard to ignore. These musical beasts, even if ultimately, they do not synchronise with an individual’s taste, still claim full attention and evaluation of...
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