Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Bitter Loss Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes As has been said before, not every band or release needs to break the mould. Sometimes, doing something tried and tested can be great if you just do it well enough. And Aussies Ashen are damn good…
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Turn Cold – Break Your Faith
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Independent Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry The new EP from thrash and punk crossover outfit TURN COLD was born out of pandemic-induced isolation. Beginning with living room demos and remote track swapping, it wasn’t until they were able to enter the studio again that these three…
Quick Jabs for June 2021
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Sleepless – Blood Libel March 12th, 2021 –…
Video Nasty – Video Nasty
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Canadian newcomers Video Nasty have a clear passion for two things: thrash metal and classic b-movie horror. Seems like a match made in hell, or at the very least in a cannibal-ridden rainforest. Musically, this is as straightforward and…
Sea of Snakes – World of Fire
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Metal Assault Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry The debut EP from Californian riff-rockers Sea of Snakes entitled World of Fire (pretty apt under the current global circumstances, wouldn’t you say?) is a generously sized portion of heavy metal, mixed with elements of sludge metal and punk. Comprising…
Maudiir – La Part du Diable
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Hailing from Montreal, Quebec (Canada), one-man-band Maudiir ring in the new year with a brand new release. La Part du Diable is the second EP from F. aka Frédéric Bergeron for this project, following up last year’s Le Temps…
Malacoda – Crawling Chaos
Reviewed: March 2021 Released: 2021, self- released Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Andrea Di Stasio “Crawling Chaos” is a solid EP that sets its tone from the very first note of the first homonym track: a wonderful gothic atmosphere, where every sound paints darkness with a different voice. The delicate vocals of…
Black Hole Deity – Lair of Xenolich
Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2021, Everlasting Spew Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Death metal has a long history of welcoming many wide and versatile themes into its echelons. Whilst themes of gore and death, destruction, murder and violence reign supreme, science fiction or the speculative genres that talk about…
Corrosium – Undertow
Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Inverse Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Bombastic metal band Corrosium from Kytäjä, Finland emerged in the final stretches of 2020 to deliver us their brand new EP, Undertow. Unlike their debut album, for which some of the songs were written before the formation of the band, the…
CORROSIUM Interview
Interview with Olli Laine (Drummer) and Teppo Tirkkonen (Vocalist) of CORROSIUM Interview by Kat Knite Official Website – Facebook – Instagram – Spotify Listen to Undertow here: Spotify – Amazon Music Bombastic metal band Corrosium from Kytäjä, Finland, have recently released their new EP Undertow through Inverse Records. Check out what they had to…
When Frames Collide – Quattro (EP)
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, X-Ray Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry WHEN FRAMES COLLIDE is a short-lived Melbourne rock band featuring Andy McLean from AUSTRALIAN ROCK ROYALTY on vocals who graced the stages of a number of intimate venues in 2019, playing to loving crowds before disappearing to record, never to…
Tantivy – Eyes in the Night [EP]
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: January 15th 2020, Church Recordings Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Rebecca Bush This duo waste no time in powering into their debut EP full throttle with opening track ‘I Am The Wolf’. A fast and furious riff reminiscent of Motörhead’s Ace of Spades paired with gravelly raw vocals…
Angelic Desolation – Quorum of Unspeakable Curses
Reviewed: September 2020 Released: 2020, Self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Denver, Colorado death/grind/thrash metal quartet Angelic Desolation bring their latest EP in the shape of Quorum of Unspeakable Curses, due for release September 25th. It follows their 2018 debut album Rumpus Time Is Over. The band states: “Angelic Desolation…
IMMOLATION-Hope And Horror-The Covideo Chronicles-Day 35 (May 5th, 2020)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: 2008, Listenable Rating: 2.5/5 (Just the DVD) Reviewer: JP Over the years I’ve done a number of more ambitious series of reviews instead of simple stand-alone reviews. This is perhaps my most ambitious project yet. This series of reviews was born out of three seemingly dissimilar…
Commando – Rites of Damnation
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, High Roller Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Commando have been about for a few years now, having previously released their first demo back in 2018 titled ‘Demo 2018’. Fast forward to now and the young Swedish group that hails from Arvika have produced their…