Category: Review

Review: “Abysmal Earth” by Exaust

A portrait painted in the darker side of Thrash mixed by Chris “Sandy” Sanderson of Grove Street at Studio 6 in Swindon and mastered by Grant Berry (Boston Manor, Ithaca, Static Dress) at Fader Mastering, sophomore EP “Abysmal Earth” from Exaust is the culmination of three years hard labour at in deepest, darkest Cwmbrân, South

Review: “Adapt and Overcome” by Aggro

Recorded with Charlie Wilson Jnr (In God’s Way, War Grave, New Graven Image) at Monolith Studios London, the sophomore EP “Adapt and Overcome” from London based Melodic Groove Metal crew Aggro has been a long time coming. Formed in 2018 the band bassist Ant Rosher, drummer Jon Moore, vocalist Dan Gallop and guitarist duo Rob

Review: “House Of Glass” by Tallboy

For four seasons comprising a grand total of ninety six episodes running between 20th September 2005 and 14th May 2009 we were glued to screens watching the hilarious situation comedy that is My Name Is Earl. During the introduction sequence, Jason Lee describes his character as “The shifty-looking guy at the convenience store who buys a

Review: “Lost in Darkness and Distance” by False Gods

“While we all met in our local hardcore scene, that’s not where we wanted to stay. A song like ‘Imposter’ shows that we’re not afraid to write with actual melody. There are still brutally heavy moments here, like ‘Worldless,’ but there’s also psychedelic, YOB-inspired haze in ‘Death Is Listening’ and industrial or noise textures across

Review: “0” by Shadecrown

Adorned by stunning artwork from their keyboard player Saku “Sacce” Tammelin (Cryal), the fourth studio album from Finnish Melodic Death Doom six piece Shadecrown is one that fits perfectly into the category and cliché that is long awaited and highly anticipated. It comes four years after 2021’s well received “Solitarian” and finds the band embracing

Review: “A Solitary Vigil” by Phobetor

Mixed by Ollie Roberts (Pythia, Born For War) and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory (Darkane, Defleshed, Paradise Lost) after 2021’s disturbing “Through Deepest Fears and Darkest Minds” album comes a new burnt offering from London Blackened Death Metal act Phobetor in “A Solitary Vigil“. The bands fourth record since inception in 2018, it finds them officially

Review: “Sorrow Will Drown Us All” by Recorruptor

Sometimes things don’t go according to plan and you’ve just got to roll with the punches. If you’d asked Michigan based Death Metal crew Recorruptor back in 2020 when they unleashed sophomore album “The Funeral Corridor” which paved the way for regional touring and support slots with such household names as Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder and Suffocation

Review: “Grizzly” by Slaughter To Prevail

If you asked Slaughter To Prevail a decade ago where they would be right now, we very much doubt that they’d be talking about selling out huge venues, taking Suicide Silence and Dying Fetus on tour across Europe, inciting a record breaking wall of death at Hellfest last summer or having over a million monthly

Review: “Planetoktonos” by Dephosphorus

Melding together astronomic, esoteric and astral themes with Blackened Death Grind arguably makes Greek quartet Dephosphorus Astrogrind genre pioneers. They’ve been kicking and screaming trapped in space station airlock since 2008, giving us four albums, two splits and an EP in the process. Veterans of many projects, guitarist Thanos Mantas (Sbloccare, Straighthate), vocalist Panos Agoros

Review: “Eternal Suffering” by Iron Rule

For the past few years Riverside California has been a place no longer dominated by the Deathcore force of nature that is Suicide Silence with a collection of new arrivals making their presence felt. One of those bands is Iron Rule, a band who have found their sound in the space between Metallic Hardcore and