Smashing straight out of the speakers and grabbing the listener roughly by the throat, Black Breath show that they are NOT fucking around and they WILL bang that head that doesn’t bang. HARD. The perfect synthesis of dangerous, violent punk…
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In 1994 some kind soul played me “Houdini”. In the time it took for that album to spin I had become hooked by their churning spasmodic grind and thereupon set upon a course to track down any piece of Melvins…
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Hailing from Portugal, Miss Lava have previously issued one EP. Acclaimed by critics and having honed their craft through hard road work supporting the likes of Fu Manchu and Year Long Disaster, they unleash their full length debut on the…
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For all their reputation for being meticulous, mechanical and, well, Teutonic, the Germans seem to be developing a nice little niche for themselves as leaders in the psychedelic stoner jam scene with labels such as World in Sound and Elektrohasch…
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When I first encountered Domes Of Silence live a couple of years ago I was immediately struck by their marriage of fuzzy stoner guitars with some mesmeric, almost baggy like grooves. It was almost as if someone like the Stone…
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Containing as it does the first recorded material from ex-Bongzilla duo Aquilonian, I guess you could call this release ‘eagerly anticipated’ by lovers of heavy-ass music. Throw in the added bonus of them sharing the disc with the monstrous Sollubi,…
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An interesting CD, here, with a heavy Justin Broadrick connection. Iroha feature Andy Swan, ex-of Broadrick’s Final project AND current Jesu bassist Diarmuid Dalton. Their sound is, well, more than a little reminiscent of Jesu….to say the least. This recording…
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Epic Black Metal on a cosmic scale here, from this veritable supergroup. Twilight’s second album features an altered line-up from that of their debut – Wrest (Leviathan), N. Imperial (Krieg) and Blake Judd (Nachtmystium) are, as ever, the core, but…
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Punk is an attitude. I don’t win any journalistic awards for pointing out that hackneyed nugget of insight. It’s been stated a millions times before. It’s just that these two young bands embody that ethos so acutely. War Coma (bloody…
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I love Lair Of The Minotaur but as I write these words I actually question whether I do indeed ‘love’ them. I thought about other things that I love in my life, and asked myself a few questions….. 1. If…
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