EP REVIEW: Coast To Coast – Pain Of Truth & Sunami
Surprise! Well, as much of a surprise as loudly having the living daylights kicked out of you can be, anyway.
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Author: Shaun McKenna
ALBUM REVIEW: Life Knife Death – Wolfbrigade
Every plateful of something to get angry about dished up by the world proves that punk remains perennial. Hell, the
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ALBUM REVIEW: Mister Misery – Mister Misery
Breaking into any genre, especially in metal, follows certain unspoken rules – generally speaking, the smaller the pool is, the
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ALBUM REVIEW: Retrieval – Sacri Monti
The ongoing California psych-rock movement has been incredibly good to those on the receiving end of it. HARSH TOKE, WAND,
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EP REVIEW: An Eye For An Eye – Ethos
This might be some people’s introduction to ETHOS. Lucky them. Given that the band have been knocking around for over
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ALBUM REVIEW: A Different Life – Cold Years
The stark evolution of punk since the early 80s has unearthed things no-one could have expected, from the influence-via-boot style
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HEAVY MUSIC HISTORY: Lunar Strain – In Flames
Context changes everything. For melodic death metal, picturing the spawning grounds of its most successful progeny without geographical knowledge makes
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ALBUM REVIEW: Of Sorcery And Darkness – Nocturna
If you had a dollar for every symphonic metal band named NOCTURNA that had two female vocalists, you’d have two
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ALBUM REVIEW: Ex Tenebris (Remaster) – White Willow
Music is strange. While that’s the sort of blanket statement that might earn you a half-lidded nod of approval from
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ALBUM REVIEW: Thoughts & Prayers – CNTS
Life is a funny thing. One day you’re a roaring machine, marshalling the hardcore forces into punching each other in
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