BATS – Alter Nature
This is an album that will leave many heads in need of scratching, but once it clicks it is a fulfilling and deeply involved piece of work that could warrant academic essays on its subject matter.
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Opeth – In Cauda Venenum
Opeth have always been a cut above everyone else. This is after all, the band that took death metal and infused it heart and brains, and took challenging progressive metal to Guardian readers. They even reinvented 70’s prog rock in their own image, with varying results. This is a band that has always walked to…
Wednesday 13 – Necrophaze
I feel like at this point, you know exactly what you are going to get with Wednesday 13. Big riffs, movie samples, horror lyrics and imagery, but also tons of fun.That’s not to say The Duke of Spook has run out of ideas though, as proved by his new album Necrophaze. Any album that starts…
Korn – The Nothing
Released on Friday 13th it perhaps should come as no surprise that Korn’s 13th album The Nothing is the darkest of their long and storied career. Penned in the aftermath of the death of frontman Jonathan Davis’ wife Deven last August, The Nothing is more than an album, it’s part of the grieving process. At…
Sacred Reich – Awakening
Those who love their American Thrash Metal will no doubt be aware of Sacred Reich, a band not old enough to be lumped in with The Big Four but too old for most of us to have gotten into around the time heavy music had a popularity surge in the 90’s (just before Kurt ruined…
Northlane – Alien
I’ll be the first to admit I was very late to the party when it comes to Northlane. I only really got into them during the Mesmer cycle, but I’m very glad I did as it was an album I enjoyed immensely. Needless to say, I’ve been anticipating a follow up for some time. Alien is…
Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind
Destructive, Dangerous & Defiant. For 20 years Slipknot have wandered down a road filled with chaos, tragedy and cathartic triumph. It seems fitting that on the 20th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut they have yet added another chapter to their growing legacy, one that further cements their rise from disaffected misfits to the arena conquering…
Madness behind the Mask: An interview with Mushroomhead. “The Heavy Metal Blue Man, that’s what they call us right?”
Mushroomhead aren’t known for their extensive UK tours, so when they stopped off in Southampton we made sure to collar them for a chat about what they’ve been doing lately, copying The Blue Man Group, Working at Abbey Road Studios, what it’s like being a creative band with an ever changing image and how they…
Slipknot unveil new website and mysterious countdown
It looks like something big is brewing in the Slipknot camp. Late last night the band unvieled a brand new website http://www.wearenotyourkind.com and along with it a countdown clock which appears to run out this Monday (March 4th). Speculation has been running wild as to what this could all be leading to, with the common belief…
King 810 – Suicide King
A lot of words have been written about King 810 over the last 5 years and no doubt many more will be written in the future. The problem with this is that people are quick to write about who King 810 are rather than what they are. With the story of the band and their background…