Like a lot of people in the UK metal community, I have been awaiting Sylosis’s follow up to their debut album Conclusion of an Age with considerable anticipation. When Conclusion of an Age hit our ears in late 2008, it made an immediate impact and as more and more people have discovered Sylosis in the 2…
If you saw a picture of The Defiled and your first thought wasn’t ‘they’re probably shit’ then you’re either lying, very un-judgemental, or you’re a fan of Black Veil (holding back the urge to spew) Brides. Whichever way, the lesson learnt here is not to judge a book by its cover, and never has there…
I honestly don’t know how to start this review. It was a Thursday evening if I recall; I was scanning through the list of albums available to review. Oh my, there were some scary titles, album art that had all sorts of demons on them, inverted crosses and even a robotic woman on fire. But…
These days Heavy Metal is seemingly being overtaken by bands that play ‘heavy’ music, yet have the vocals of a well groomed, well mannered, slightly feminine male who’s about as pissed off as a sunbathing millionaire on holiday in Barbados. But, for every 5 bands that play this form of shoddy, piss-poor pop metal, there’s…
When a band selects to take a trip down the melodic side of the death metal genre, they either have to bring masterfully technical musicianship, much like Children of Bodom have down over the years, or bring a sack full of head-sticking choruses like Soilwork did on last years the Sonic Broadcast. Failure to bring…
Our Lives in Motion are a US Emo – Pop/Punk band with a sound that is fairly typical of their genre. A lot of people, including I’m sure the band themselves will be aware that their kind of sound will not appeal to everyone. You’re unlikely to find too many people who enjoy the music…
Before receiving the advanced copy of Enemy Unbound, the latest release from The Absence on Metal Blade records, they were a band I had never heard of and had no idea what to expect. The Metal Blade website suggested that they sounded like Dark Tranquility, which was a definitely good start before a note had been…
It’s fair to say that Social Distortion have been around the blocks a few times, heck, frontman and last remaining original member Mike Ness has had his fair share of war stories over the years. The mere fact that this band are still around is testament to the will of Ness and the fact that…
Given Brooklyn hardcore punk band Gay For Johnny Depp are fairly upfront in their intention to push the boundaries, from the eyebrow raising band or classy song titles such as ‘Sex in your mouth’, ‘Cumpassion’ and ‘Shh, put the shiv to my throat’. Add music stylings akin to The Locust, Plot To Blow Up The…
You know what I like about Legion Of The Damned? Everything. I like the fact (and these are all undeniable facts) that when I put on a LotD album I know exactly what I’m getting; no nasty surprises, no ‘we wanted to experiment as band and try something different’, no namby pamby chords just the…