In an age of plagiarists and clones it is often difficult to find something truly original. Queen Beast are here to challenge that perception and give two middle fingers to the notion of playing this extreme music game safely to…
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When guitarist Piggy succumbed to colon cancer in 2005 during the piecing together of the Katorz album it pretty much looked as though it was game over for Voivod. It seems the big man had other ideas. After his death…
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When Lee chucked a copy of this Swedish trio’s debut album “Unearthed” my way I was pretty interested to hear it, the stuff I’d heard on Myspace had been cool but what I didn’t expect was to be blown away…
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Writing this review is somewhat akin to writing an obituary as Mondo Cada hung up their guitars before this release even hit the streets…and this is a damn shame as these guys had that certain something that set them apart…
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For close on 20 years now Clutch have been one of the most consistent and thrilling bands around. From their earlier hardcore based sound to the modern day blues practitioners they have become, they have released a string of albums…
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Some times collaborative efforts can be spectacularly hit and miss – the Judgement Night soundtrack for example pulled together luminaries from the Rap and Metal world to provide a genre challenging soundtrack for a film that was, well just challenged…
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Ah…tattooed arms, dirty beards, top grade weed, cult horror films, Egyptology, painfully loud Ashdown amps and the beautiful Dorset countryside – yes, o’ children of Tartarus, it’s Ramesses time. This recently released 3 inch CD ep illustrates just how brutally…
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