Album & EP Reviews B 

Bitter Resolve ‘Bows And Arrows Against The Lightning’ LP/DD 2011

17th February 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Bitter Resolve, Bows And Arrows Against The Lightning, DD, Digital Download, Doom, Grunge, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Ozium Records, Prog Rock, Review, Strangelet Records

“It’s bows and arrows against the lightning, anyhow,” said the artilleryman. “They ‘aven’t seen that fire-beam yet.” The title of

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Brutal Truth ‘Walking Corpse 2112’ Digital EP 2011

13th January 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Brutal Truth, Digital Download, EP, Grindcore, Paul Robertson, Relapse Records, Review, Walking Corpse 2112

Two tracks, three minutes and four seconds of total lunatic grind, what the hell else did you expect from Brutal

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Tusk ‘Set The Dial’ CD/LP/DD 2011

10th January 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Black Tusk, CD, DD, Digital Download, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Punk, Relapse Records, Review, Set The Dial, Sludge

It is always a good sign for a reviewer when you start making notes on an album and you can’t

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Brutal Truth ‘End Time’ CD/LP 2011

21st December 20113rd September 2019 James Parker 2011, Brutal, Brutal Truth, CD, End Time, Grindcore, Hardcore, James Parker, LP, Relapse Records, Review

The first thing that strikes you about US grindcore veterans Brutal Truth’s scorching new album End Time is the departure

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Banda De La Muerte – S/T – CD 2010

7th December 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2010, Banda De La Muerte, CD, Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Argentina’s Banda De La Muerte are a testament to the strength of the growing and diverse metal scene in the

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Cobra ‘Invernal’ CD/DD 2011

3rd November 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Black Cobra, CD, DD, Digital Download, Doom, Ernest Shackleton, Invernal, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Southern Lord

“Shit me! How the fuck is he doing that?!” was pretty much my real-time verbal response upon surrendering my unsuspecting

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Capricorn – ST – CD 2011

13th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12th Records, 2011, Black Capricorn, CD, Doom, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Doom

I’d like to start this review, if I may, with a brief history of doom according to…me. Back in the

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Borracho ‘Splitting Sky’ CD/LP 2011

2nd August 201123rd February 2024 Ollie Stygall 2011, Borracho, CD, Heavy Rock, LP, No Balls Records, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Southern Rock, Splitting Sky, Stoner Rock

Do you ever look at someone with the distinct feeling that you know them from somewhere but just can’t really

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Backwoods Payback ‘Momantha’ CD 2011

22nd July 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Backwoods Payback, CD, Heavy Rock, Momantha, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock

Backwoods Payback! The name conjures images of some kind of Deliverance style, hillbilly redneck revenge killing…all plaid shirts, mountains of

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Boss 302 ‘Time To Motor’ CD 2010

23rd March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Boss 302, CD, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Southern Rock, Time To Motor, Toil Records

Sometimes music does exactly what it says on the tin / CD / MySpace Blog: Boss 302, – you know

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Burger World – ST – CDEP 2011

19th March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Burger World, CDEP, Fuzz, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Review, Self Released, Southern Rock

There is a certain charm about truly underground music; Nothing captures the feel of rock and roll quite like watching

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