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Tanith – Voyage (Metal Blade)

One thing that has kept me and many other metalheads into metal for the best part of our lives is how the world appeals to those who never lost their childhood sense of adventure. And because of that, it is… Continue Reading →

Downfall of Gaia – Silhouettes of Disgust (Metal Blade)

Last time I checked, the collapse of Mother Earth was still in progress. The German crust punk/post-black metal band Downfall of Gaia, named after that very same process, can therefore claim undiminished relevance despite being active for 15 years. Silhouettes… Continue Reading →

Entheos – Time Will Take Us All (Metal Blade)

Some of the inspiration behind this album came about as a result of a serious scooter accident to a band member, which caused her to look at the fragility of life, and contrasting emotions from depression to gratitude. Not to… Continue Reading →

Siege of Power – This is Tomorrow (Metal Blade)

I hadn’t heard of Siege of Power to be honest with you, but once I took a look at the band members, I realised that I probably should have done. An American-Dutch collaboration, they’re essentially a bit of a “who’s… Continue Reading →

Ingested – Ashes Lie Still (Metal Blade)

Manchester or Slamchester as it is known in slam death circles saw the arrival of Ingested in about 2006 and since then they have churned out a number of fine death metal albums and in some respects spearheaded the whole… Continue Reading →

Defleshed – Grind Over Matter (Metal Blade)

As clever as the title is by this veteran death metal act, there have been a number of other bands using it either as album titles or song titles as this release is the band’s first since 2005’s ‘Reclaim The… Continue Reading →

Revocation – Netherheaven (Metal Blade)

Few bands can evolve their sound album to album without any apparent effort involved to the extent which Revocation have managed. The sheer levels of refinement which have resulted in a high-intensity, progressive leaning, technical thrash metal behemoth are simply… Continue Reading →

Trial – Feed The Fire (Metal Blade)

Pigeon-holing metal bands into one of the vast array of subgenres has gone out somewhat of vogue of late. With every metal band on the scene wanting to appear as truly unique it seems that the harder they struggle, the… Continue Reading →

Nicolas Cage Fighter – The Bones that Grew from Pain (Metal Blade)

Anything could happen here. Metallic hardcore, late 90s metal and death metal influences form the stylistic backbone of this album. Reading the blurb, it seems to claim to be everything, and above all bigger and better than the Australians’ 2021… Continue Reading →

Mantar – Pain Is Forever and This Is the End (Metal Blade)

As with many of the bands that lay themselves bare on the operating table of criticism, many are completely unknown to me before I wield my blunted, dirty, rusty medical accoutrements in a botched operation of critical prose, that is… Continue Reading →

Master Boot Record: – Personal Computer (Metal Blade)

Computer code is something I do not understand. Programming, Algorithms, syntax, hacking… Hell, even technology itself! I know just about enough to run a few programs, emulate old 16bit era games and occasionally stream on Twitch! Master Boot Record therefore… Continue Reading →

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