Continuum – The Hypothesis
Based on German mathematician Georg Cantor’s ‘Continuum Hypothesis’ and bridled with expectant technicality, US death metaller’s Continuum have hardly been reserved and uninspired on their debut...
View ArticleMy Sleeping Karma – Moksha
With an album cover gracing a very detailed picture of Ganesh from Hinduism lore, whilst sporting the devil horns, you’d be forgiven for thinking that My Sleeping Karma would have produced an album...
View ArticleThe Great Discord – Duende
To find any release in this day and age that shows any degree of being unique is a rarity; a prime example being the array of bands that are ushered into the Prog umbrella despite such close...
View ArticleNo Consequence – Vimana
In their brief history so far, UK tech metallers No Consequence haven’t quite reached they heady heights of some of their djent peers. Despite some decent critical acclaim - especially for previous...
View ArticleThy Art Is Murder – Holy War
If you’re looking for a prime example of hard graft getting results and the deserved attention that follows then Aussie deathcore kingpins Thy Art Is Murder a definite contender. Near relentless...
View ArticleNext To None – A Light In The Dark
Not many bands can say their debut album has been produced by Prog icon Mike Portnoy, nor features a cameo from Neal Morse or a release deal with one of the major record labels in the modern Prog...
View ArticleThe Things They Carried – Melancholia
Since their inception in 2009, New York City’s The Things They Carried (either an obscure reference or a simply naff name, likely the latter) have been on a self produced quest to push musical...
View ArticleAugment Of Rebirth (Part 1) – Dan Briggs of Between The Buried And Me
Some of the most special acts in both the worlds of Prog and Metal are the ones that give a big middle finger to the idea of convention and instead choose to create something fresh and new. Along with...
View ArticleAugment Of Rebirth (Part 2) – Dan Briggs of Between The Buried And Me
With their, at times, near insanity-inducing levels of genre merging and sheer unpredictability it is pretty apparent that the lyrical subject matter of Between The Buried And Me also fits this bill....
View ArticleValdur – Pathetic Scum
Death metal and black metal are particularly renowned for their OTT, gory and provocative subject matter, imaginative or otherwise. With such titles as ‘Tank Torture’ and ‘Blessings Of The Goat’, you...
View ArticleRolling Through The Universe – Lethe
The arenas of sludge and doom metal are ones that have become ever more crowded, at a considerable rate it seems in the last few years and with a greater air and influence of Prog. In fact, since the...
View ArticleOtherworldly Sounds – Kevin Hufnagel, Guitar Genius
Kevin Hufnagel is one of the brightest and best guitarists and creatives in the underground scene, if not in all of music. He ha been in demand as a performer and a producer for over 20 years. You know...
View ArticleDoctoR DooM – This Seed We Have Sown
Graced with a cover sporting two shadowy, hooded druid like figures turning away from view, you may be forgiven for expecting 'This Seed We Have Sown' (Ripple) to be one of those occult rock and metal...
View ArticleRusskaja – Peace, Love & Russian Roll
Life is full of mysteries: how does the universe expand into nothing? How did The Miz ever headline Wrestlemania, why has the UK Eurovision board not called Skindred yet, and most baffling of all, how...
View ArticleRamblin’ Man Fair Festival (Saturday) – Maidstone, Kent (UK)
In the absence of the much missed High Voltage Festival the UK festival scene has been screaming for a high profile outdoor festival which specializes in the worlds of classic rock and progressive...
View ArticleRamblin’ Man Fair (Sunday) – Maidstone, UK
After the glorious weather of the Saturday, Sunday greets us with rain. Lots and lots of rain and some dampened (chortle chortle) moods. As a result the arena certainly seems noticeably emptier than...
View ArticleChelsea Wolfe – Abyss
Over the course of her career singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe has hardly given what you would call conventional output. Drawing influence from a distinctly varied and wide range of influences, her...
View ArticleTerminal Cheesecake- Cheese Brain Fondue: Live From Marseille
Formed in 1988, England’s Terminal Cheesecake were a much underrated entity, at least it would seem from their relatively unknown status during their years of inactivity and from the quiet nature of...
View ArticlePop Evil – Up
It may be all too easy to scoff at bands that come from that America specialty of post-grunge hard rock acts following the likes of Nickelback, bands often cited as lowest common denominator rock and...
View ArticleAgent Fresco – Destrier
Whatever is in the water in Iceland it should really be bottled and sold, as the island nation has been a hot bed for stunning and captivating music for a number of years. From the likes of Sigur Ros...
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