Tag Relapse
Californian sludge/doom metallers 16 return with this their ninth album, following 2020’s ‘Dream Squasher’ album which was a hugely enjoyable collection of hoary, doomy, sludgy filth not unlike the stuff that collects in between your toes after a ten-mile run… Continue Reading →
Incredible really to think that the fetid gentlemen from Exhumed have been plying their wares since 1990. Since that time, of course, they’ve had a lot of line-up changes, including members past and present from bands like Impaled, Intronaut and… Continue Reading →
Alright, hands up, I hadn’t heard of Ripped to Shreds. Turns out the four piece of Californian-based extremists are making waves in the scene, and that Jubian is their third full length album since 2018. All of which really makes… Continue Reading →
Bastard Noise and Merzbow have both made a welcome return to their former record label, Relapse, for their second collaboration, Retribution by All Other Creatures. Merzbow released his seminal album ‘Venereology’ via Relapse Records back in the mid-90s, while Bastard… Continue Reading →
Well, well, well, whoda thunkit? Once again the esteemed editor of this online zine you are reading has decided that what I need is yet more music hailing from the land of Sweden, and you know what, he’s damn right!… Continue Reading →
When I first saw the cover to King Woman’s sophomore album Celestial Blues, depicting mastermind Kristinia Esfandiari as the fallen angel Lucifer, photographed from behind, with a torn garment, in an outfit alluding to sex, the back featuring raw, open… Continue Reading →
A band that need no introduction, Amenra are without a doubt one of the most explosive and prolific bands in modern metal. The excitement surrounding each new release is momentous and latest opus ‘De Doorn’ (the thorn) is no exception…. Continue Reading →
You know when a band that isn’t Metal gets on a Metal label? Well that really tends to grind my gears. It makes that band into an ‘acceptable’ outlet for the Metal community, why? Can’t you just go on Bandcamp… Continue Reading →
Last year, I had the fortune to review a brace of musical products from Ireland’s best-kept metal secret, For Ruin, for this very august organ (you can find them on these pages). The then-promised follow-up EP to last year’s “Elapse”,… Continue Reading →
I’m by no means an elitist, well at least not now. Once upon a time I was a total ‘death to false Metal’ devotee. I do still retain the thought that ‘trve’ music is probably some of the best and… Continue Reading →
Despite having existed as a band for only 8 years and releasing just three full length albums, Primitive Man are a trio that need no introductions. This could be attributed to the whopping eight split releases they have put out… Continue Reading →
An unfortunate title maybe? Or perhaps an unforgettable one. 2020 will have either an asterisk next to it in the history books or a big fuck off red line through it. Moving away from the clusterfuck of the year (so… Continue Reading →