You can call them what you want – Extreme Metal, Hardcore, D-Beat, Death Metal, Grindcore, Punk – but the politically and socially aware narrative that runs through the core of Sheffield trio Utilitarian remains undisputed. They don’t write nice songs about butterflies in the stomach when someone you have a crush on looks your way.
“War, huh, yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, uhh War, huh, yeah, What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, Say it again, y’all, War, huh (good God), What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, listen to me, oh War, I despise, ‘Cause it means destruction of innocent lives, War means tears to thousands
Just before Gingerbread John McClane gets put back in his box for another year, it’s time said thank you to a few people for another fantastic year of Metal Noise. Breaking out of the lockdown of what we’ve affectionately called the plague years live shows were in full effect and we were able to bring
What happens when you take someone with nothing to loose, arm them with a guitar, a drum machine and a love of brutal sounds? You get a record like “Cunning Punts” from xygrbryrx. The work of multi instrumentalist and vocalist Michael Jon White, it’s best prescribed as a brutal slab of industrial fuelled Death Metal
It’s that time of year again! Our Listmania Awards Season between Christmas and New Year is an annual look back at the great and good as well as a look forward to what 2023 might bring, specifically designed for a modern age where people read this s*** on their phones and don’t want to be
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
Pronounced zye-ger-bry-rex you could be forgiven for thinking that xygrbryrx was the Death growl of the beast that lurks beneath your bed or a cheat code for a PlayStation III game. It’s actually the name that multi instrumentalist Michael Jon White has given to his Extreme Metal meets Grindcore down a dark alley with a
