Deez Nuts – Word Is Bond

On paper combining hip-hop with hardcore seemed like an impossible fusion but Australian four piece Deez Nuts have established a unique sound over an eight year career. With an appearance at Impericon Festival in Manchester drawing ever so closer the band are ready to unleash their fourth studio record, Word Is Bond, to the world….

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ZOAX – Is Everybody Listening?

On this, their second EP, ZOAX continue to follow in the footsteps of the Glassjaws, Refused’s and letlive.’s of hardcore. Experimental in nature ‘Is Everybody Listening’ sees a primarily vocal driven fusion of hardcore and jazz. The problem though, is that it’s just not exciting. There are several moments in which the band exhibit some…

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Fozzy – Do You Wanna Start A War

In 2014, Fozzy are well on the way to becoming the “huge rock stars” they always professed to be back in the early days of the band (complete with fabricated backstory and frontman Chris Jericho’s alter ego Mongoose McQueen). Their last two albums, Chasing The Grail and in particular Sin & Bones have solidified their…

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Triptykon – Melana Chasmata

Tom G Warrior has always been at the forefront of progress; constantly creating challenging, boundary altering music. After the unfortunate demise of Celtic Frost his latest project, Triptykon arose from the ashes with the monolithically heavy ‘Eparistera Daimones.’ One of, if not the most heavy albums of recording history (and I don’t say that lightly)…

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Arch Enemy – War Eternal

The news that Angela Gossow was stepping down from frontwoman duties with Swedish metal favourites Arch Enemy was quite the bombshell a few months ago; Her replacement, Alissa White-Gluz, formerly of The Agonist, seemed a fairly popular choice for taking on vocal duties but one can never be sure how these things will turn out….

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