Grind with banjos. I’ll let that sink in for a minute; actual grind… with actual banjos. OK? You ready now? I’ve had the honour of reviewing this before elsewhere, but due to the format it was about as long as this opening paragraph, and I never had chance to say about it what I wanted to! Continue reading
Category Archives: Music Reviews
ANTIMATTER – “Fear Of A Unique Identity”
I have been following Antimatter for a number of years now, loving every minute and every stylistic twist and turn along the way. Continue reading
ZATOKREV – “The Bat, The Wheel, And A Long Road To Nowhere”
As Roo would attest, I’ve always avoided anything ‘doom’; I fear, however, Zatokrev will become a bridge into the doomy mire, dragging me into his world of Hawaiian shirts, whereby words like stoner will become a common term in my lexicon. Zatokrev’s self termed sludge-apocalypse is ideal for this bridge to that psychedelic realm due to the wide variety of sounds it incorporates; with elements of Sludge, Stoner, Black Metal, Prog-Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Post-Hardcore. Continue reading
OAK PANTHEON – “From A Whisper”
I am not quite sure now how I stumbled across Oak Pantheon. However it was, the recollection has been eclipsed by the sheer brilliance of the music. Continue reading
SHADOWLIGHT – “The Twilight Canvas”
Shadowlight came to my attention in 2010, upon their debut release of the Winter EP.
The band are Prog in the Rock context, only dabbling lightly in the Metal territory, making them a great relaxing listen and calling to mind another of England’s Finest and their trailblazing Prog Rock work. Continue reading
TALANAS – “Corpseflower” (Limited Edition 7″ Single)
London’s best dressed Extreme Progressive Metal band Talanas’ initial foray into vinyl is available for ordering from their Webstore from midday today. Continue reading
WINTERFYLLETH – “The Threnody Of Triumph”
Friends, Romans and Englishmen, here we have the third album by the mighty Winterfylleth, a band unashamedly close to my heart. OK confession time as for myself, ‘The Mercian Sphere’ resonated deeply within me, and not wanting to sound like a sycophantic prick, was and STILL is a spiritual experience with each listen. Some music can at times have me in tears, and that release did, and for all the right reasons! Continue reading
HEADCHARGER – “Slow Motion Disease”
Someone must have spiked the water across The Channel as they French have seemingly decided they want a larger piece of the metal action than just the song ‘Anti-Social’, following the likes of Gojira and Alcest we have Normandy rockers Headcharger. Continue reading
MUSTASCH – “Sounds Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven”*
When I made a foray to Sweden Rock 2008, I discovered this gem of a band that are apparently huge in Sweden but nowhere else, which considering their style is somewhat of a surprise. Continue reading
SIGNAL THE FIRING SQUAD – “Abnegate”
DeathCore: currently the dirty word of the metal scene and with good reason however along comes a band like Signal The Firing Squad who takes the formula and blows your head clean off. Continue reading