The second part of our classic creature double feature of interviews returns to Vitalivour mastermind and multi instrumentalist Joshua Bowden for a trip down the yellow brick road that is memory lane about writing and recording debut EP “Part One“. A Death Metal EP with plenty of favour, it maybe his first solo endeavour but
When mastermind and multi instrumentalist Michael Jon White contacted us after our review of his sophomore record “Cunning Punts“, which we described as the violently birthed bastard child of Zebadiah Crowe and Anaal Nathrakh and offered us the opportunity to do an interview about all things xygrbryrx, we jumped at the opportunity. The only question was how high and if
What happens when you take a myriad of mutual influences, apply pressure to form a diamond, crush the diamond and drink the residual powder like a milkshake? When you get out of A&E having had millions of tiny shards of precious stone removed from your body, you’re left with a desire to play the kind
“Vitalivour is a demonic manifestation of mankind’s grief, rage, hatred, and venom, spawned in the repressive Mormon state of Utah. An ear battering catharsis…” ~ Joshua Bowden
Its been a whirlwind of a couple of years for Nottingham Progressive Post-Hardcore quintet Blight Town, a band who have gone from taking their math-infusions to the rehearsal space to playing festivals and announcing a co-headlining tour with You Win Again Gravity. Just sixteen months after the release of their self titled debut EP saw
Standing at the top of the tallest tower and watching the World burn with a look of pure unadulterated joy upon their collective faces are Munitions, an Australian collective of seasoned veterans who began their journey in a World cloaked in Death Metal shrouded in a cloak of Blackened Thrash in 2021. Listening to their
After last weeks conversation about everything from gigs to inspirations, we speak to Sheffield Death Metal merchants Dominion Of Ashes about how they created their debut EP “Wretched“, a four track affair that left scorch marks in our ear drums. They’re not a band who do things by halves or go about their business quietly
Progressive Metalcore merchants A Titan, A Deity have been working tirelessly at the grindstone to perfect their sound, their vision that of a collection of like minded musicians with a wealth of experience from previous endeavours. Their sophomore EP “Descendant” was recorded during the great plague of 2020 and 2021, a more refined and polished
The first of a pair of exclusive interviews with the incredible A Titan, A Deity finds us discussing all manor of oddities in the aftermath of the release of their sophomore EP “Descendant“. The record has been one with singles staggered over the year, “Bleak” released in March, “Io” in April and “Heirloom” in July,
It may have been nearly four years in the making but “Wretched” by Steel City Death Metal quartet Dominion Of Ashes is a prize worth waiting for, an EP sharper that a roses thorn and more atmospheric than a stormy night. The purveyors of Death Metal haven’t been resting on their laurels in that time
