Tag Misfits
The Wraith’s debut Gloom Ballet (Southern Lord) was one the surprises of 2019 and a favourite with many a listener and reviewer who happened upon it. But the album had the bad luck of being released at the beginning of… Continue Reading →
The debut by this American quartet from the San Fernando Valley kicks off to a great start as they deliver their Gothenburg style Melodic Death Metal as they open with the title track “Dead Mother Moon” which immediately gets up… Continue Reading →
Heretic. One of those names that has so many entries in Metal Archives you get dizzy, but as this lot of Dutch degenerates have been trailing through the sleazy much since the late nineties they have a far better shout… Continue Reading →
Do you remember (I used to fuck ) People Like You Records? I think it is still going but back at the turn of the millennium there seemed to be a new punk ‘n’ roll album out every week from them. Y’ know the sorta dirty rawking affair that your… Continue Reading →
Danzig might be a polarizing figure musically, but the master of the donkey impersonation knows a thing or two about musicians. Enter Steve Zing, Samhain sticksman and current Danzig bassist alongside Dan Tracey of Marra’s Drug. This multi-instrumentalist duo are… Continue Reading →
International death metal outfit (UK, Germany, Netherlands) have released two previous full lengths of horror based metal but this here short sharp EP I guess is a happy little Halloween film tie in which I got to a little late…. Continue Reading →
Do you like Glenn Danzig? I don’t mean “Do you own a Misfits boxset, Samhain albums and a couple of solo albums and like to croon along with Motherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”. I mean do you really like the Evil Elvis. Like do you shout and… Continue Reading →
If you like horror movies, riffs, and think that all necks need a workout to some dirty rhythms, then there’s a fair chance you’ll get to like Possessor, already like Possessor, or for that matter, already be in Possessor! Sporting… Continue Reading →
If you’re not familiar with this four piece from Oregon who sport the barest of hairy chests, most luxurious of moustaches, and apparently get their wardrobe cues from a ‘Big Bottom’ era Derek Smalls mixed with Rob Halford’s ideal man,… Continue Reading →
We all like a “side project” don’t we? When a well-known musician from a biggish band decides to branch out and do something a bit different to their day job. Sometimes….very different, sometimes not so much but I find it… Continue Reading →
Now I have reviewed a few albums by bands with questionable names. I have also reviewed a few albums that champion the horror flicks of my youth. Freddy Kruger’s Underpants 2017 thrash offering “1981” offered some from column A and… Continue Reading →
The inventiveness of the wider metal genre never ceases to amaze and delight me. Every once in a while, a band comes along that gives a familiar sound a new twist, a twist that I did not expect, making me… Continue Reading →