“We don’t care about expectations. We just want to have fun!” – In Conversation with Bala
Spanish duo Bala are a hard band to pin down. Playing an incendiary fusion of grunge, stoner rock and even metalcore, theirs is a racket…
Boss Keloid – Family The Smiling Thrush | Album Review
Though they originally formed as a much more straightforward sludge band, Wigan’s Boss Keloid have steadily evolved into something far…
LOVEBITES – Glory, Glory, To The World | EP Review
Announcing themselves with both their debut EP and their first album in 2017, Japanese metallers LOVEBITES quickly took the world by…
“I heard they’re reforming the Dawnguard!” – Noctule on the Parallels between Black Metal and Skyrim
It’s impossible to think of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series without thinking of arguably its standout instalment – and one of the…
Noctule – Wretched Abyss | Album Review
Fantasy and metal have always gone hand-in-hand, from Bolt Thrower exploring the grimdark Warhammer 40,000 universe to Blind Guardian’s…
“It does peel the skin off and rip into the ears a bit!” | An interview with VEXED
Hertfordshire bruisers VEXED have been on a steadily upwards trajectory ever since their first single ‘Elite’ that featured the one and…
Vexed – Culling Culture | Album Review
Vexed (adj,) – 1) annoyed, irritated or distressed. 2) Much debated, discussed or disputed. One listen to Hertfordshire bruisers Vexed’s…
Epiphanic Truth – Dark Triad: Bitter Psalms To A Sordid Species | Album Review
In psychology, the ‘dark triad’ refers to the three personality traits of psychopathy, narcissism and machiavellianism, so called because…
Cruelty – There Is No God Where I Am | Album Review
Since forming in 2017, UK metallic hardcore mob Cruelty have released a series of splits, EPs and the odd single as well as fitting in a…
Body Void – Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth | Album Review
Think of the heaviest album you’ve heard. Maybe it was the instruments, the tone, the content or just a general, pervasive feeling of…
Livestream Review: Ihsahn | Notodden Teater, Notodden, Norway | 04/04/2021
Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and extreme metal extraordinaire Ihsahn originally released his EPs Telemark and Pharos last year with…
Holding Absence – The Greatest Mistake Of My Life | Album Review
“I’m alive”. Two words that carry so much power when they’re belted with the life-affirming force Lucas Woodland of fast-rising stars…