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Review: Spesimin ‘Spesimin’

30th January 202530th January 2025 Matthew Williams Death Metal, Spesimin, Strange Mono Records, Thrash Metal

If you enjoy music that doesn’t let up from start to finish, then this self-titled discography from Philadelphia’s Spesimin is

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Review: TORSO ‘Brain Cells’

19th September 202419th September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, TORSO

I love horror movies. Rock music and horror have been linked even before a certain Birmingham four-piece created music with

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Review: Oxygen Destroyer ‘Guardian Of The Universe’

20th August 202420th August 2024 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Oxygen Destroyer, Redefining Darkness Records, Thrash Metal

‘A living nuclear weapon destined to walk the Earth forever. Indestructible. A victim of the modern nuclear age.’ – Makoto Hayashida

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Review: Excel ‘Seeking Refuge’ [Reissue]

2nd August 20242nd August 2024 Reza Mills Excel, Grunge, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

Formed in 1985, Venice, LA outfit Excel emerged from the ashes of Chaotic Noise and were part of the Suicidal

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Review: Zig Zags ‘Strange Masters’

2nd July 202418th September 2024 Martin Williams Punk, RidingEasy Records, Thrash Metal, Zig Zags

Despite being intimately familiar with RidingEasy Records catalog, not only through reviewing a few of their releases, along with multiple

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Mr. Bungle / Spotlights @ The Ritz, Manchester, 13th June 2024

24th June 20248th July 2024 Matthew Williams Manchester, Mr. Bungle, Shoegaze, Spotlights, The Ritz, Thrash Metal

You could sense the buzz around The Ritz when you walked in. With traffic being a bit crazy with other

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Review: Take Offense ‘T.O.tality’

30th May 202430th May 2024 Martin Williams Crossover, MNRK Heavy, Take Offense, Thrash Metal

Despite being a thrash metal fan for forty, yes, forty years, I had only vaguely heard of Chula Vista, California’s

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Review: Wasted Death ‘Season Of Evil’

15th March 202415th March 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Wasted Death

‘Brace yourselves…’ is the opening of the accompanying press release for the debut full-length from APF Records signed weapon of

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Review: Exhorder ‘Defectum Omnium’

12th March 202412th March 2024 Matthew Williams Exhorder, Nuclear Blast Records, Thrash Metal

Let’s be brutally honest, when most people think of the band Exhorder, they will immediately cast their mind back to

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Review: Ghoul ‘Noxious Concoctions’ EP

5th February 20245th February 2024 Martin Williams Crossover, Ghoul, Tankcrimes, Thrash Metal

I’m always down for some good, old-fashioned thrash, and when there’s some death metal sprinkled in for good measure, all

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Video Premiere: Wasted Death ‘Stratofortress’ – New Album ‘Season Of Evil’ Drops 15th March

31st January 202431st January 2024 Lee Edwards APF Records, Hardcore, Metal, Thrash Metal, Wasted Death

After three successful EPs, the UK’s thrash, hardcore and metal maniacs Wasted Death are gearing up to release their debut

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