Before beginning this review, let me admit something to my shame: I had never heard of -(16)- before listening to Lifespan of a Moth. I am very glad that my days of dreadful ignorance are over. Lifespan Of A Moth is a heavyweight addition…
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(The) Melvins are, and have been for a long, long time now, Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover. Everyone else just kind of rolls in and out from album to tour to next album in a very fluid way. Basses Loaded takes that to a…
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We meet up in the Weirdo Canyon to discuss the plans for the day. Many a bearded fellow walks aimlessly around, waiting for the doors to open. It’s Roadburn 2017, baby! Roadburn turns 18 today and can legally drink (at least in the Netherlands)….
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Talent comes in a great many forms, musical talent at least. Quite often, it bubbles and brews over time; a band kicks a few amps into shape in someone’s garage or spare room until a decent set of songs is in place, gigs a…
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After a raft of classic album re-issues has shone a spotlight on some of metals very foundations, it’s now the turn of Death’s genre defining magnum opus Scream Bloody Gore to get exhumed. The ferocious debut has been dusted down, repackaged and the kitchen…
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Live from Weirdo Canyon in Tilburg – Sunday, which is the 4th and final issue of Weirdo Canyon Dispatch, the Roadburn Festival daily fanzine is out now! Featuring a review from yesterday’s festivities by our man on the ground José Carlos Santos, the third and final…
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Live from Weirdo Canyon in Tilburg – Saturday, issue #3, of Weirdo Canyon Dispatch, the Roadburn Festival daily fanzine is out now! Featuring yesterday’s review along with 10 Years 10 Highlights Of Roadburn feature by José Carlos Santos, Part II of the Kim Kelly interview with John Dyer…
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Live from Weirdo Canyon in Tilburg – Friday, issue #2, of Weirdo Canyon Dispatch, the Roadburn Festival daily fanzine is out now! Featuring a review from yesterday by Sander van den Driesche, Part I of the Kim Kelly interview with Roadburn 2017 curator John Dyer Baizley,…
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Weirdo Canyon Dispatch daily fanzine is back for the fourth consecutive year bringing you reviews and features from Roadburn 2017 from a collective of inspirational writers, photographers and artists, but also not forgetting our esteemed editor JJ from The Obelisk. Thursday’s issue is now…
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Necro Deathmort said it themselves; they don’t give a single fuck. “We’ve stopped caring that each new release might alienate fans of a previous record” is what Matthew Rozeik says on their bandcamp page. That is undoubtedly a big part of what has allowed…
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