I’m not really sure how it’s happened, but despite the fact that this is the fourth album from The More I See (featuring the guitar stylings of Gizz Butt – The Prodigy, Janus Stark, English Dogs, Sabbat!), it’s the first one I’ve heard. There are only four tracks from the full-length provided here, but the Earache label have uploaded the whole thing as a series of individual videos. Continue reading
If say to you ‘rock with orchestral instrumentation’, you’re going to get the completely wrong idea about Zlang Zlut. Yes, they make heavy use of violins and cellos, but they really make use of them, and the result is pretty heavy. Maybe more for the open-minded connoisseur of old school, progressive rock, this is a finely crafted release which displays both an intelligent understanding of riff-worship and an enthusiasm and vibrancy in the classical music realm. Continue reading
Oxford Rockers Desert Storm are a band that should have already been in my life WAY before I finally picked up on them, but after a experiencing a stunning live performance recently when in tow with Leeds finest Bongcauldron it’s about time to get properly acquainted.
So they have two releases proper, the most recent being 2013’s “Horizontal Life” Delving back further in 2010 they released “Forked Tongues”. Continue reading
Hailing from Belgium, Oathbreaker are much like Deathwish label mates Deafheavan in that they take black metals signature elements and infuse it with another style of music to create something extraordinary.
In this case Hardcore (not the happy kind) adding weight and intensity to the black metal riffage drawing very minor parallels with Kvelertak. Continue reading
From the same Youtube Surfing session that led me to Wet Nuns also led me to these Swedes, although in a roundabout way, the song is question was “Needle Fever” by The Horsehead Union, a great retro rock anthem to tattooing that was greatly enhanced by the guest female vocalist.
Suitably impressed by her my research led me to discover her day job band: Beast. Continue reading
“Inform – Educate – Entertain”. Not many bands lay claim to such a mission statement but 
then not many bands are Public Service Broadcasting.
A two piece band who weld live instrumentation and Electronica around Public Information Films, archive footage and propaganda material to bring stories and events of the past to life. Continue reading
Seldom a band masters their desired sound with such precision, but Anathema have shown mastery throughout all their evolution from Doom Death pioneers two decades ago, to the beautiful melancholic and uplifting rock they deliver these days. Continue reading
‘Semi-Acoustic Stoner Rock Ballads to Satan’ on paper sounds terrible, however stick with Ancient VVisdom and and you’ll be rewarded with possibly the most unique experience in rock right now. Continue reading
If any band deserved a ride on the reformation gravy train its Earthone9, criminally underrated first time round and back with a vengeance with their brand of Alt-Metal. Continue reading
Astrohenge are a four piece UK instrumental metal band deliver 30 minutes lecture on ‘how to play the riff’ that most bands would be wise to take head. Continue reading