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Scour – Black (Nuclear Blast)

As with the falling of the leaves, days that seem to last for mere moments before being eaten by the watery night god of doom that is Autumn and another inept and spineless wrong step from the incumbent UK government,… Continue Reading →

En Minor – When The Cold Truth Has Worn Its Miserable Welcome Out (Season Of Mist)

The world of metal has its heroes and villains, those that stand out as paradigms of goodness, respect and an adherence to the metal code of honour (Ronnie James Dio, Steve Harris, Chuck Schuldiner, The Koller Brothers, Steve Brodsky et… Continue Reading →

Bill & Phil – Songs Of Darkness And Despair (Housecore Records)

Well there’s a pairing. Everyone’s favourite Chardonnay enthusiast, Phil Anselmo and Bill Moseley. Actor, total horror hero and portrayer of some of the most bat-shit bad-asses in fear cinema. Seriously, watch him as Chop-Top in TCM 2 or Otis in… Continue Reading →

Author & Punisher – Melk en Honing (Housecore)

I was completely unfamiliar with Author & Punisher, but reading the press release describing the unconventional approach to metal and the fact that it was produced by Phil Anselmo, I just had to dive in and check it out, and… Continue Reading →

King Parrot – Dead Set (Agonia)

If one thing has given me a Trill in recent months it has been discovering King Parrot. A mate of mine was squawking about how entertaining their videos were and how blisteringly chaotic the accompanying music was. It knocked me… Continue Reading →

Pantera – Official Truth 101 Proof The Inside Story of Pantera by Rex Brown with Mark Eglinton (Da Capo Press)

Following their meteoric rise and subsequent domination of mainstream metal in the ‘90s, Pantera’s early to mid ‘00s implosion came as somewhat of a shock. From a fan’s perspective it was a vague chain of events, seemingly initiated by the… Continue Reading →

Philip H. Anselmo And The Illegals – Walk Through Exits Only (Season of Mist)

How to review this album? This is quite a dilemma as to quote the lyrics from opening track “Music Media Is My Whore” this is definitely  “authentic anti-music” with discordant rhythms and timing signatures and Phil ranting and screaming in… Continue Reading →

Warbeast – Destroy (Season Of Mist)

Formed in 2006 and “discovered” by Down’s Phil Anselmo, Warbeast have been flying high of late. Last month’s split EP with the Down frontman was my first hit of Warbeast and upon discovering it was one heady cocktail, I naturally… Continue Reading →

Down – Den Atelier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 27/10/12

Tonight marks Down’s Luxembourg debut, and unsurprisingly, it’s a sell-out. Then again, according to the modest tour shirts (whose dates are obscured by a giant red ‘SOLD OUT’ stamp), so is the whole tour. It came as a bit of… Continue Reading →

Fueled By Fire – Plunging into Darkness (Noiseart Records)

Thrash metal Yanks ‘Fueled by Fire’ have been active since 2002 releasing a 4 track demo ‘Life, Death and FBF’ then in 2006 another demo ‘Spread the Fire’ was recorded, thankfully the demo got them a gig at Los Angeles… Continue Reading →

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