The best thing about 2021 so far without a shadow of a doubt has been the return of Sunfall from hiatus with the Will Putney mastered single “Harakiri“. The Surrey based Post-Metalcore outfit had been off the grid since 3rd November 2019, leaving us to muse on when they might return having given us the
Together guitarist Jeremy Cronk and drummer Paul Drake Jr. are Lucius Fox, an instrumental duo from Kalamazoo, Michigan who have spent the past six years at the grindstone creating complex music that moves between Metal sub-genres with consummate ease. Each release they have created together has followed a theme or concept and their latest offering
Forged in the fires of the South African Black Metal scene, solo project Aois Innealan (Age Of Machinery) has been creating Industrial Metal sounds that demand to be heard, releasing an EP pairing “Colossus” and “Mechanical Temple” in the past six months, not to mention a quartet of standalone tracks. We spoke to prolific Mastermind
When musicians from well known projects return to their instruments and release something decades down the track in a new outfit there are always mixed emotions for long time fans. Is this new band going to be as good as the the previous one? Are they doing to damage their legacy by putting out something
The beginning of the month of March is the start of season of spring, a time during which the days get longer, the nights get shorter and the new shoots of green life start surfacing in the plant kingdom. For most people that’s a good thing but not if you’re West Midlands Metalcore quintet Recall
A long conceived idea that finally came the summer of 2020, the self titled EP from Catercorner was recorded at The Box at GemJamHQ, London as an entirely DIY and solo entity from start to finish, the sole work of James Sherwin, a Southcoast Metal scene veteran with multi-instrumentalist skills. A release that has a
Söderhamn, Sweden based Metallic Hardcore quintet R.A.T.S broadsided us, not unlike a freight train smashing through a car at a level crossing with their debut EP “Another Day in Helvete“, which is not only a stone cold instant classic in the genre but also has influences of New York Hardcore Punk and Black Metal in
Reading based Deftones inspired quintet Weaponry have been smashing out the singles in the absence of being able to play any shows with the re-recording of “Moving To Andromeda” alongside “Something I Lack” and now “Blindly Follow Us” as songs we’ve known and loved from their live set now available in the finest of quality. We never need
“A musical journey through the melodramatic mind of the artist. Abstract at its core but relatable to anyone who’s embarked on any creative endeavor. Evoking the feelings of nostalgia, hope, doubt, self-reverence and self-despair” is how Ottawa, Ontario, Canadian trio Strei describe their debut EP “The Artist” which we reviewed earlier this week, a fine
Helsinki, Finland based Blackened Hardcore quintet Vainoa shattered every single pane of glass in a 20 mile radius when they unleashed “Pelon Varjo” (or Shadow Of Fear) last month. A punishing, ruthless and unforgiving five track affair, it demonstrates that there isn’t smoke without fire and that it is perfectly possible to blend Black Metal ferocity
