Black Roze – Spiritual Hell This is a cocksure debut album to say the least from Kent based Black Roze as Spiritual Hell swaggers not staggers! They open up with the throbbing bass guitar heavy ‘Obscenity’ that adds funk to militaristic snare drums, wiry guitar lines and a piercing solo …
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Devils Henchmen – Built By Hate (EP) Before I had even heard anything by Liverpool based trio the Devils Henchmen, I saw them play at a festival in Wakefield and talking to them after their set I was astonished by their playing and songwriting at the age of 14. Fast …
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Swedish band Dictator Ship have signed to Sign Records and are set to release their debut album Your Favorites on the 17th April 2020. It is a short and fast slab of 21st Century Scandinavian Rock n Roll with more than a few nods to early 70’s American garage. The …
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I’ve always felt there is something Tolkienesque about Nightwish. With their blend of operatic, folk, power and Celtic metal. The vocals from Floor Jansen are as close to an angelic angel as can exist in this mortal realm. That is not to say her style is always heavenly, more a …
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Topeka, Kansas brutal death metal horde UNMERCIFUL and Sick Drummer Magazine have posted a drum play-through video for the title track off of their upcoming new album, ‘Wrath Encompassed ‘. The video features UNMERCIFUL drummer Trynt Kelly showcasing his intense, rapid-fire performance on ‘Wrath Encompassed ‘. Kelly also gives insight …
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New Fearless Records signing KILL THE LIGHTS, which features former members of Bullet For My Valentine and Throw the Fight, have shared the video for anthemic new song ‘Plagues ‘. The song boasts a fierce combination of thunderous rhythm, militaristic percussion, blistering solos, a pummelling breakdown, and a real earworm …
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Bad Touch – I Get High (single) Welcome back Bad Touch and what a return with a new single called ‘I Get High‘ taken from the forthcoming album Kiss The Sky. They tap into a winning formula of feisty funk-rock as tight but loose riffs writhe like snakes over a …
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I last saw Samantha Fish in May last year at the Stables in Milton Keynes. I thought at the time that it wouldn’t be long before she was playing bigger venues in the UK, and I was right as this tour saw her playing and selling out the Islington Assembly …
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Dynazty – The Dark Delight Dynazty, a new band to me (even though they formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 2008). I first thought they would be another dodgy 80’s glam rock band who spelt their name wrong to get attention but I could not be any further from the truth …
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In 2017 Behemoth Frontman, Nergal aka Adam Darski, released an album (Songs of Love and Death) that was a world away from the music he’s made for years with Behemoth. Released under the name “Me and that man”, the album recorded with John Porter was a superb piece of work …
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Rising Brit Alt Rockers IGLOO (https://www.facebook.com/IglooOfficial/ ) continue their climb. The band’s current single, Feed My Brain, is out now – https://youtu.be/p9lbOvMxgvA . With this in mind, we asked the band to introduce themselves: What is the full band line-up, who sings and who plays which instrument? Mark Barnes …
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Something wicked this way comes courtesy of death metallers Deified with their raucous new mini album release Anthrobscene due out on May 29th, 2020. The ferocious five have certainly channeled a lot of hate here as a pounding call to arms instrumental ‘Prelude’ sets the scene for the apocalyptic churn …
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Skyryder – Vol. 2 It’s been two long years since Newcastle Upon Tyne based nutters Skyryder battered us with Vol. 1, so we can now rejoice in the arrival of, erm, Vol. 2! Recently released on High Roller Records, if you like your metal hard and heavy then this …
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THE WILD GET RECKLESS! Finnish Rock band RECKLESS LOVE will now headline Saturday night on the Kilmister Stage Organisers of Call of the Wild Festival have responded quickly to the outbreak of coronavirus and the fight against it, rescheduling Lincolnshire’s biggest and best rock festival from May to September: Friday 18th to Sun …
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Ghosts Of The Past, one of two debut albums released on April 3rd 2020 by Underking is a much different animal to its twin, the full on metal mayhem of Amongst The Dead. A change of personnel sees Maxwell Jeffries not just play all the music, he also takes on …
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Manchester based Deus Mori are another new band to me, recommended by my brother Lee Beardall from Hardcore punk outfit Eye Licker, and I thank him for this brilliant recommendation. Only two years old are Deus Mori, but there is no sign of a lack of experience within this EP …
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2020 is already looking a healthy year for thrash metal and Norwich based Shrapnel are adding a lot more muscle to it with their latest studio album Palace For The Insane. Due for release on May 15th via Candlelight Records it’s dizbusting dozen songs decimate from the off with the …
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Now this takes some balls! When you form a band in November 2019 with two members. One on vocals, the other doing all of the instrumentation and you release two debut albums on the same day, April 3rd 2020. This is a review of one of them Amongst The Dead, …
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Brazilian rumblers Thrashera release this their third full length studio album, ‘Nao Gosto! ‘ Formed in 2010, the band have oodles of releases to their name since they began, which surprises me that this is only their third studio album release in those ten years. It starts off well enough. …
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Viscula – Just Go (single) Viscula, a band I came across by chance, checked out their single ‘Just Go’ on Youtube and thankfully I did as it’s a very rewarding listen, a far cry from the rock/metal bands I normally review but it’s always good to check out new genres. …
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