Posted on June 11, 2013 |
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Released on Vinyl through Hypaethral Records (a Toronto based label who also puts out Titan, who are the shit,) Ramlord’s second full length album, “Crippled Minds, Sundered Wisdom” is an unfiltered blend of the most raw and blackened notes you could imagine, crammed into one...
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Posted on June 6, 2013 |
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Ever seen a mangled car wreck and wanted to look away but been morbidly drawn to it? Ever smelled something foul and recoiled, but had to take another sniff just to check it really was that repugnant? Ever picked a huge scab and it hurt,...
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Posted on June 4, 2013 |
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The self-titled album from Danish dark hardcore annihilators Kollapse is a release which thrills and ignites the passions just as much as it disappoints. Forging a raw and abrasive tsunami of sonic violence and heavily intense provocation, band and album sear and scar the senses...
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Posted on May 23, 2013 |
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Think of Portugal, what comes to mind? Well, with my black metal background I immediately think Corpus Christii, but my mood is immediately dampened by garbage such as Moonspell. In light of all this, what is an angry bunch of musicians into sludge, crust and...
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Posted on May 9, 2013 |
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New York’s Batillus released their second full-length album on Seventh Rule Recordings, March 19th, 2013, “Concrete Sustain” with their unwavering line-up of Willi Stabenau (bass), Geoff Summers (drums), Greg Peterson (guitar) and Fade Kainer (vocals/keyboard.) Fade introduced me to this project of his after meeting...
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Posted on May 2, 2013 |
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I first became aware of Lair Of The Minotaur when the guy at my local record shop slapped “The Ultimate Destroyer” album on the counter back in 2006 and said “You’ll love this – it’s RIDICULOUS!”. He didn’t mean silly or daft – he genuinely...
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Posted on April 27, 2013 |
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Something a bit different here, a split EP from Oxford’s self styled doom folk quartet Coma Wall and their obscenely heavy alter ego Undersmile. Although both bands differ greatly in delivery, they both use the spectacular vocals of Hel Sterne and Taz Corona – Brown,...
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Posted on April 3, 2013 |
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When I heard that Tim Cedar, vocalist and guitarist in UK noise kings Part Chimp had joined a band called Hey Colossus (on drums) I figured I’d better check this hot new band out. It turns out I was well out of the loop and...
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Posted on March 21, 2013 |
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Amidst band practice, day jobs and hectic life schedules, friends Rachel Brown, Chris Dialogue and Andrew Jude of New York’s Archon took the time to talk with me about their new album “Ouroboros Collapsing” and the creative process behind it all. How do you feel that Archon’s...
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Posted on March 16, 2013 |
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ThisIsNotAScene‘s Gilbert recently reviewed the great debut record from Sonance, entitled “Like Ghosts”, he enjoyed it so much we sent him off to chat with Ben and Will of the band to find out a bit more about Sonance. Could you indulge us in a...
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Posted on March 11, 2013 |
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Hungarian band Kolp is yet another solo metal project, this time from Knot, who provides the music. He enlists the help of good friend Jim Jones (no not that Jim Jones) for lyrics vocals and the result is a mix of black metal, sludge, doom...
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Posted on March 8, 2013 |
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Though I would never consider myself a metalcore fan by any stretch, I’ll listen to anything if it’s good and even if I might be in the minority at those shows who enjoy the maintenance of a full mouth of teeth and an un-fractured nose,...
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Posted on February 28, 2013 |
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You could say that Pennsylvania’s Pissed Jeans are part time punks; with members holding down regular, long-term jobs. They hardly ever play live and all have become fathers fairly recently as they head towards semi-respectable middle age. However, one listen to any of their records...
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Posted on February 27, 2013 |
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The monster is quiet. It squats brooding in the darkest corner of the room, the chain around its neck draped down a scaly back, glowing green eyes fixed on its keepers. They themselves are tired enough to make mistakes, and as the bowl of food...
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Posted on February 9, 2013 |
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The work of Melynda Jackson with her instrumental curiosity that was SubArachnoid Space came to an end, sadly, in 2011 with the band’s final record, “Eight Bells.” Fortunately, Jackson saw that her musical journey was far from over, and drafted ex SAS drummer Chris Van...
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Posted on February 2, 2013 |
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Imagine being angry because the way women around the world are treated, vegan stuff and then promote self-empowerment in the same breathe. Got that mental image? Now picture a woman yelling about those things over a barrage of noise. That my fellow grindcore lovers is...
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Posted on January 31, 2013 |
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Birmingham three piece sludge outfit Black Veins comprise ‘summoner of riff’ Paul, ‘beater of skins’ James and Ben on ‘vo-kills and low end’ have offered up a five brutal track EP, “And Hell Followed,” which flies by in a little over ten minutes and gives further...
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Posted on January 30, 2013 |
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Interview by Dan Swinhoe. For a long time, I thought Wales was devoid of good music, Skindred and Tom Jones aside, the only metal bands from the valleys you heard about were the likes of Bullet for My Valentine, Funeral for a Friend and Lostprophets. A...
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Posted on January 25, 2013 |
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Gilbert Potts recently reviewed the new release “A Forgotten Land” from Encircling Sea and we asked him to talk to Rob Allen from the band about the apparent connection their music has with the natural world. He came back having found out just how down-to-earth...
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Posted on January 18, 2013 |
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About 18 months ago Alcest finally toured Australia and one of the two Melbourne shows kicked off with a band I’d never heard of called Encircling Sea. Four bearded men came on stage in checked flannies and black tees and I expected to hear some...
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