Tag Strapping Young Lad
This album is the follow-up to the Dutch band’s 2020 release “Form in Motion”. Justifying the description of Autarkh’s music as “contemporary extreme metal”, “Form in Motion” took us to all sorts of strange places, treating us to epic, industrial… Continue Reading →
The artist behind this debut album makes no pretence that he is doffing his cap to bands that have had an impact on him, among them Testament, Strapping Young Lad, Slayer, Annihilator, Pantera and Meshuggah. Martijn Balsters, the artist in… Continue Reading →
Our esteemed Devy has been rather self-indulgent of late. Whilst last years “The Puzzle/Snuggles” duo explored cinematic noise-scapes, 2019s “Empath” was a crazy progressive pinball through everything in his repertoire including the kitchen sink. Sandwiched between these musical oddities during… Continue Reading →
Hi my name is Matt and I am an idiot. “That is evident from your ramblings on this site Matt but why so this particular time?”. Well gentle reader, when I asked for “Antithesis” the new album from White Void… Continue Reading →
Some live albums are bona fide classics that are still revered decades after their release, having captured bands at the absolute peak of the powers with epic performances of rock and metal anthems in front of huge fervent crowds. For… Continue Reading →
Albacete Thrash titans Angelus Apatrida are back. Having celebrated their 20th anniversary as a musical entity in the midst of a global pandemic and a spell of collective societal insanity, the four-piece have had plenty of material to act as… Continue Reading →
Look, I know not everyone is a fan of Evil Scarecrow. For the record, I enjoy their stuff. I’m not averse to the odd bit of comedy metal; hell, I own several Manowar albums. I know that several readers will… Continue Reading →
The promo blurb opens with “Death metal was meant to be an assault on the senses …” and this Australian quintet are certainly doing what they can to make sure their début album does exactly that. Granted there are moments… Continue Reading →
Technical Teutonic Thrashers Cripper are back again with the follow up to their splendid Metal Blade debut effort, “Hyëna”. ‘Follow. Me: Kill!’ follows in the same footsteps as its predecessor, promising plenty of titanic riffs, crushing grooves and unparalleled ferocity…. Continue Reading →
If you have ever given this Dutch band a listen you will know that they do not stick to any tried and tested formula for writing songs even with their earlier material which was purely death metal oriented. With five… Continue Reading →
Fans of Devin Townsend must be the luckiest in the metal industry if sheer volume is any measure. I count 21 full-length releases since Strapping Young Lad’s 1995 album Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing and that’s not to mention… Continue Reading →
Back in the early to mid 2000’s, Liverpool was a hotbed for promising metal bands. You had Ogun who played a pounding, heavy groove based metal style, Obsolete who were a fantastic pseudo-death metal act, Metro Manila Aide who were… Continue Reading →