Often I wonder which is the bigger anathema, metalcore or melodic death metal? Most will decide the outcome of this debate in a nanosecond and of course the former will be lauded as the current whipping boy of heavy music. Regardless, melodic death metal’s credibility and relevance has been hanging precariously in the balance since […]

A Swedish band on a Finnish label. I tell you, those Scandinavians, they’re thick as thieves, when their not deliberately fixing the downfall of other nations in football (soccer), they are constantly collaborating to try and take over the worlds of heavy music. However, where so many Swedish, Finnish and of course Norwegian bands have […]

I’ve been dreading this one; my gut has been rumbling about it, a lot. Telling me incessantly that this record is not going to live up to expectations and although I try my best not to listen to my gut, especially when it comes to music, not often is it wrong. Ever since seeing this […]

Returning after their impressive EP The Thrill And The Agony, Blood Stands Still serve up their second full length of tough, relentless hardcore on the very dependable (as stated in another review) Spook City. Their sound is far more rounded and durable in comparison to The Thrill And The Agony which was over in a […]

Holy Mother Of God. This band OWNS. End of. There really is no need for me to continue, if you like death metal, scratch that, if you love death metal then you need this disc and if you love utterly putrid, massively slamming death metal then YOU MUST HAVE THIS DISC!!!! Hailing from Russia, Katalepsy […]

What do you get when you mix one of the UK’s most respected, loved and best hardcore vocalists with a group of skilful but more importantly hungry young musicians? Answer: A musical vortex looking to suck the skin off your face. Bun Dem Out have been doing time in the underground London scene for a […]