Deftones – Ohms
Sacramento alt-metal act Deftones have tried their best to distance themselves from the nu-metal scene that saw their ascent, and have largely succeeded as evidenced by their unparalleled longevity, influence,... Read More...
Love Letter – Karnivool
Karnivool are not just a blog favourite, but a personal one too - comfortably sitting within my top five favourite bands of all time. For someone who routinely listens to hundreds of different records a year t... Read More...
Hum – Inlet
This has been a notable year for veteran artists dropping excellent albums with barely any notice. Fiona Apple pushed up the release of her boldest album yet, X brought the band back together for their first a... Read More...
Refused – War Music
Surely everyone who has ever picked up a guitar, microphone, or drumstick has fantasised about creating an album revered as a bona fide, epoch-defining classic. The dream of having a collection of songs that a... Read More...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Belgium’s THOT impress with inspiring performance video for “RHEIN”
We might as well address the elephant in the room right off the bat, as urban dictionary culture has opened an unfortunate path for readers' minds to travel down during recent years. Long before the acronym TH... Read More...
Disco Loadout – August 2019: Battles & ArcTanGent
The Load In
August may have been a relatively quiet month in terms of the volume of events I attended, but there can be no doubt that the quality has been exceptionally high. Having already spoken at ... Read More...
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: The Odious Explore 物の哀れ (Mono No Aware) On New Track
Ah yes, mono no aware! This Japanese literary term has been a subject of fascination in the West for a few decades now and has even seen some attention from metal. This fascination is understandable; the subtl... Read More...
Heavy Rewind // Slipknot – Slipknot
Originally, this post started out as a Stepping Stone, after I bought a cheap used copy of Slipknot at a local record store and proceeded to tumble down the nostalgia rabbit hole. But given that this year mark... Read More...
VOLA – Applause of a Distant Crowd
VOLA's album from 2016, Inmazes, had the complicated pleasure of being a hit with a very specific subsection of the metal community. Far from the band's first list, it was nonetheless their first release which ... Read More...
LIVE REVIEW: UK Tech Fest 2018, July 5 – 9, Newark Showground
The UK is built for boring weather; the kind of weather where it's not really nasty enough to warrant staying inside, but not really nice enough to make it worth going out, either. Basically, weather we can gru... Read More...