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It’s not every day that we get a metal band from Taiwan for review. Laang (a Chinese word, meaning “cold” in English) have made it unto our review list via their Austrian label Talheim Records, and I volunteered to review… Continue Reading →
Well I walked into this with eyes wide open. Don’t care what any PR spin says, this is slam. Pure and simple. Hell I’ve even listened to this bunch of Taiwanese sickos before as the only actual slam fan I’d… Continue Reading →
Just so you know, simply having miserable lyrics does not make you DSBM. Despite the tag on the group’s Facebook, it is an anomaly here. Right, this one person project is from Taiwan it seems, home of the mighty Chthonic… Continue Reading →
A few years ago I went on the Transformers ride at Universal Studios. What I remember is being shunted backwards, forwards and sideways, stopping and starting with explosions going on and instructions being boomed. The patterns of “The Möbius Strip”… Continue Reading →
It’s been five years since we’ve heard new material from Sing Ling Temple and Taiwan’s fiercest celestial defenders. Five years with precious little available outside of Taiwan to keep us occupied. Well apart from the Takasago Army and Bu-Tik albums… Continue Reading →
A little history is in order here so if you just want the album review skip to paragraph two! Taiwan’s Chthonic seem to get on some Westerners’ wrong side. Some of it is the usual knuckledragging misogyny (they have the… Continue Reading →