Outre – Ghost Chants
The recording of a debut album is a pressurizing and difficult task under any circumstance; the first chance to make a mark on the world and put your presence on the radar. In the case of Polish Black...
View ArticleAlkaloid – The Malkuth Grimoire
In recent times there seems to have been a near endless influx of overtly technical, progressive metal bands, all seemingly trying to prove more complex than the next and in too often the case at the...
View ArticleThe Tangent – A Spark In The Aether
Over the course of their thirteen year history, UK prog rockers The Tangent have undergone several personnel shifts and taken altered musical paths, including their previous 2013 album 'Le Sacre du...
View ArticleAbiotic – Casuistry
In recent years the tides of change have shored upon Miami death metaller’s Abiotic, from signing to stalwarts Metal Blade to the additions of vocalist Travis Bartosek and Brent Phillips on drums, the...
View ArticleWarmetal – Petri Lindroos Of Ensiferum
With a brand new album entitled One Man Army under their belts and a brand new home on the legendary Metal Blade Records, things in the Ensiferum camp are looking the strongest they have ever been....
View ArticleWarmetal Part II – Petri Lindroos of Ensiferum
With a brand new album entitled One Man Army under their belts and a brand new home on the legendary Metal Blade Records, things in the Ensiferum camp are looking the strongest they have ever been. In...
View ArticleEschar – Nova
When it comes to instrumental outfits, metal bands tend to tread a fine line between fret wankery and songs with actual resonance and heart. In their short existence, Woking’s Eschar have sat firmly on...
View ArticleSpace Probe Taurus – Mondo Satan
In their 23 year existence, stoner rockers Space Probe Taurus can hardly be described as prolific, having only offered one EP release and a contribution to a Blue Cheer tribute compilation before...
View ArticleContinuum – 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...
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