In his third recap from the excellent Beyond the Redshift Festival 2014, Matt bring us coverage of Norwegian black metal masters God Seed, who arose from the ashes of Gorgoroth a few years ago. Let us dive straight in… Right, onto the stand-out band of the day, and as I’d seen CULT OF LUNA before,…
Words by Matt Hill, Intro & Photos by Jamie Giberti. The second of our in-depth individual band reviews from the superb Beyond the Redshift festival comes in the form of Irish group God is An Astronaut. Without anything further, it’s over to Matt… After quenching one’s thirst with a delightful drink and some standard conversation…
Words by Matt Hill, Intro and Photos by Jamie Giberti. Our first in-depth band review from the wonderful and unique Beyond the Redshift festival features one of post-metal / noise most revered figures and one of his many bands. Matt recaps how it occurred. At a festival with a roster dripping in ambiance, post-rock and…
Riffs; both chuggy and meaty. Sprinkles of low-end rhythm with tight, spicy venom. No, alas, not a recipe from ‘The Metal Cookbook’ but a clear summary of what’s in-store on the debut EP from London hardcore groove-merchants Tempers Fray. Having toured with Rucktion label mates Crippler, Hard Target and an album release show with Cold…
Thursday, March 13th 2014 – words by Matt Hill, photos by Jamie Giberti Though bands come and go and, these days, their success ultimately varies on their luck rather than the quality of their outputs or touring activities, some remain hardcore stalwarts regardless of the path they tread… I’d suggest it were impossible you’d be…
Well, surely it goes without saying this was always going to be a raw, absolute behemoth. Turns out it’s in parts slower, broodier and yet with equal apocalyptic darkness as past offerings. Proceedings begin with a fire that descends almost literally into Hell itself. Absolutely captivating and intriguing, I wait for the rest of the…
And so, it falls to my turn to collate my own summary on the weird, wonderful and down-right frustrating releases of the year 2013. Let it be said, it hasn’t been the most notable year for music… but maybe that’s because Opeth and Mastodon were so relatively quiet 😉 –##– Album of the Year :…
Quite simply, it’s been far too long since American Head Charge were last on these shores. As is far too often the case these days, various events and decisions have led to a lot of silence over the last 7 or so years which had left one of Minnesota’s finest on hiatus following release of…
Below is an interview that took place at the start of August, just after the release of Front Line Assembly’s new album ‘Echogenetic’ (for which you can read the review here). Due to personal commitments, I’ve only just got around to finishing typing it up, but here we are! –##– BL : Hello? MH :…
Every once in a while, one takes a punt on something different. I’d say I was exceptionally broad minded when it came to the music I listen to, but even then, we all have our preferences and individual tastes… As such, it should be noted that EBM (‘electronic body music’ to those too metal to…
(This review of ‘Echogenetic’ precedes an interview I recently did with Bill Leeb himself, in which we discuss the background and construction of the album. Check out Rock Sins in the next few days for the interview itself!) A haunting industrial ‘resonance’ (appropriately it’s title too) starts proceedings and it feels very much like the…
In short, this sounds exactly what you would expect ISIS and Chino to sound like; a well produced, emotive and peaceful balance of four fantastic musicians. That said, essentially it is ISIS through and through; melodic / sweeping ambience and guitar strokes; it’s very much a mix of the ‘Panopticon’ / ‘Wavering Radiant’ era and…
