Triggerman ‘Brand New Day’ CD 2011
Have you ever seen the film Deliverance? The tale of backwoods torment and rape of a group of tourists by a bunch of redneck hick inbreds in the deep south of the USA? You all know the “Duelling...
View ArticleMage – Demo CD 2011
Anyone remember Outburst? Hailing from Leicester they spent many years grafting away and building up a grass roots following with some very credible stoner doom stylings but over time they seemed to...
View ArticleIn Search Of Tone: Jostein & Magnus Of Red Mountains
Have you ever fallen into a rabbit hole of music? The song you’re listening to takes you down a path of new music with endless tunnels to navigate through. Well, I fell into that hole a while back and...
View ArticleRising ‘To Solemn Ash’ CD/LP/DD 2011
Having landed on Germany’s home of cool alternative rock, Denmark’s The Rising offer the first slab of straight up Metal to be released on the label and it’s something they are obviously proud of, with...
View ArticleMellow Bravo – S/T – CD/DD 2012
Goddamn!!! Us music journos don’t like being confused!!! We don’t like it when bands make us think about what we’re writing, we prefer to dismiss bands’ hard fought creations with glib epithets that...
View ArticleLord Fowl ‘Moon Queen’ CD/Digital 2012
Oh, so you have a band, that’s great. Wow, look how many notes you can play and how many times you can change tempo…and your songs have so many parts…I’m impressed!!! Now please unplug your...
View ArticleGold ‘Interbellum’ CD/LP 2012
Despite being different from the usual Shaman fare, the latest acquisition for Germany’s Ván Records, female fronted, Netherlands based, pop rockers Gold are a breath of fresh air and not just because...
View ArticleMansion ‘We Shall Live’ EP 2013
Mystery is a rare thing in music, given that we live in an age of ultra-exposure and social networking. No sooner has a demo been released, than we are regaled with tales of what the band had for...
View ArticleThe Earls Of Mars – S/T – CD/DD 2013
Experimental musical collaborations can often go horribly wrong. All too often musicians with an inflated sense of self worth and their own talent will get together to produce works that succeed on no...
View ArticleReview: Barnabus ‘Beginning To Unwind’
Barnabus’ Beginning To Unwind is finally seeing a release nearly 50 years after it was first recorded, and we have Lee Dorrian (Napalm Death/Cathedral) to thank for this. The album is being released...
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