Tag: Dillinger Escape Plan

Review: “In Disbelief” by Hilltops Are For Dreamers

From humble beginnings in London in 2018, Greek duo Vasilis Papageorgakopoulos (Guitars, Bass, Keys, Programming) and Dionysus Maratos (Programming) rose to prominence at the spine of Hilltops Are For Dreamers with two well received EPs in 2020’s self titled which saw them joined by XYears vocalist Mike Buttigieg before July of the same year saw

Review: “Goddess” by SLAEGT

“When I think of heavy metal, there is a certain feeling I am after. A special haunting, emotional impact that I’m seeking. Nowadays, with a total over-saturation of new bands, I will always be super excited when I get that same feeling that was there when I first got into underground metal. Slægt is one

Review: “Liber K” by Lam

What the World needs more of is Pandemics, Aliens and The Occult brought to you via the medium of Alternative Metal. So step forth Lam, a quartet of seasoned musicians split between two countries in Méribel, France and Warrington, United Kingdom who chose the name from an entity encountered by occultist Aleister Crowley in the

Review: “You Were Born To Die A Sinful Lamb” by PissPoor

A year after their debut “A Multitude of Minds in a Sole Host“, a record that formed an insight into Schizophrenia, Lubbock Texas based Metallic Hardcore quartet PissPoor  (Jaden Wells, Duncan Newey, Pete Guajardo and Thad Sisneros) have announced their signing to Good Junkie Records for the follow up. Entitled You Were Born To Due

The 12 Days of Christmas #3: “Power Of The Damager” by Prong!

The festivity of the twelve days of Christmas runs from 25th December to 5th January, based on an English Christmas Carol that sees a lover give gifts cumulatively over the Christmas season starting with Christmas Day. Originally published in 1780, it’s probably French in origin, Skull Island has been conquered many times in it’s rich

Bootleg: Suicidal Tendencies in Brazil!

“They stuck me in an institution, Said it was the only solution, To give me the needed professional help, To protect me from the enemy, myself” – Yes, you’ve guessed it, our favourite Suicidal Tendencies track is “Institutionalized”! Here’s a full set from the Crossover Kings on 8th December at Sao Bernardo de Campo in

Throwback: “Unleash” from Soulfly!

A couple of weeks back, Kerrang Magazine published an article detailing 13 of their favourite guest vocal appearances plus the entire “Irony Is A Dead Scene” EP from Dillinger Escape Plan fronted by Mike Patton, which got us thinking about some of our personal favourites. The guest appearance is such a regular thing now that

Review: “Fracture/Decompose” by Cutting Teeth

Leeds quartet Cutting Teeth aka James Thurlby, Jono Roberts, Nathan Euington and Adam Jones have been making waves of late with single “Diathesis” hitting 13k worth of YouTube streams in a month at the time this review was written. They come from a city with a number of emerging talents and follow hot on the

Review: “Empty Ends” by AFAR

Founded in the Summer of 2017 around the area of Strasbourg France by members of Djinn, Peace Me Off and PIEDBOUCHE, Melodic Hardcore quintet AFAR released their debut EP ‘No Landmark In The Void’ after a year of finding their sound. After shows all around their native French territory, they got back into the practice room

Review: “The Door” by Messora

Originally starting out as a solo project in 2016, Messora evolved into a genre shifting Progressive Death Metal quartet with vocalist and guitarist Zach Dean joined by guitarist James Cabral, drummer Joey Lariviere and bassist Ben Bertand in their native Montréal Québec Canada. A montage of Death Metal, Thrash, Progressive and even Doom are mixed