The Osiris Club – ‘Blazing World’

Osiris Club artwork

The Osiris Club launched on 1st January 2010 in London and have spent four years on this recently released album, ‘Blazing World’. This band has a psychedelic/ prog rock mix with a bit of a difference.  Yes, it is a concept album, and, yes, the songs have an underlying story …

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Incite – Up In Hell

I wasn’t familiar with Incite until I was handed this review; and that was my fault. I wish I knew of these guys before. The Arizona based groove metal band Incite will smash your face in with their third offering, “Up In Hell”. This is pure groove metal: a nice …

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Crucified Barbara – In the red

Crucified Barbara formed in 2003 and released their debut album.  The Swedish all-female band got their name after attending the Roskilde festival in Denmark and in a nearby forest found a blow-up doll (generically called “Barbara” throughout Sweden) attached to a crucifix.  They’ve got a traditional heavy metal style which …

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The Pineapple Thief – Magnolia

Magnolia is the tenth album from The Pineapple Thief.  For a band that started 15 years ago that’s a pretty consistent and impressive rate of work – after all so many bands take two or three years between albums whereas The Pineapple Thief average a new album every 18 months.  …

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Shaved Women – Just Death

Hardcore Punk band Shaved Women released their nine track album Just Death via Ektrorecords on 8th August 2014. This four piece from St Louis, Missouri have already released three EPs. This full length offering is around 23 minutes of pure naked aggression. I don’t know how they chose the name, …

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Belphegor – ‘Conjuring The Dead’

Belphegor - Conjuring The Dead artwork

Belphegor are a band who – in common with many of their black metal counterparts – have often gone out of their way to court controversy in order to build their profile, even going so far as to have their early albums banned in their native Austria (as well as …

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Killer Hurts – ‘Killer Hurts’

Killer Hurts album cover

The story of this debut album by Norwich old school thrashers Killer Hurts is a long and convoluted one… but one which also deserves to be told, as it is pretty much indicative of how the grassroots metal scene works and how those involved within its deepest machinations manage to …

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Eric 13, Interview with PlanetMosh – 23rd August 2013

.@louelladeville_ @PlanetMosh interview with .@eric13000 at a private venue. Eric 13 – Road Warrior, Whisky Bender, guitarist .@combichristarmy vocalist/guitarist singer of Sex Slaves and dark acoustic solo artist. Eric 13 performed an acoustic set at a venue on the outskirts of Manchester. I interviewed him with a little help from the audience. …

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BLEEDING RED start work on new album

The German blackened death metal outfit BLEEDING RED is currently working on the follow up to their debut album “Evolution’s Crown” from 2012. After long wrangling the band was finally able to get to an agreement with their former record company and start with the songwriting for the new, yet …

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