Album Review: Wilczyca – Wilczyca (Godz Ov War Productions)
No rules to follow – here is Poland’s Wilczyca, black metal at its purest! Their self titled album is out on Feb 2nd 2020 via Godz Ov War Productions.
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Album Review: Total Annihilation – …On Chains of Doom (Czar Of Crickets Productions)
Thrash metal band, Total Annihilation will release ‘…On Chains Of Doom’ on February 7th 2020 via Czar of Crickets Productions.
Album Review: Folian – Blue Mirror (Anima Recordings)
Folian is the project of Portland, OR musician David Stephen Fylstra. Blue Mirror arrives 31st January 2020 via Anima Recordings. Folian manages to merge elements of drone, shoegaze, metal, pop, and experimental noise to create a uniquely meditative and cohesive, psychedelic sonic atmosphere.
Album Review: LOVEBITES – Electric Pentagram (JPU Records)
Japan’s iron maidens LOVEBITES are back with their third album Electric Pentagram, out on CD in the UK via JPU Records from 31 January 2020.
EP Review: VxPxOxAxAxWxAxMxC – Austrian Dukes of Derangement (XENOKORP Records)
VxPxOxAxAxWxAxMxC are as cult as it can possibly be within the Slamming Death Metal / Goregrind scene. Austrian Dukes of Derangement and its companion T-shirt “Keep Calm and Disembowel Everybody” will be released on February 7th 2020.
Album Review: Lordi – Killection (AFM Records)
What if Finnish rock/metal monsters Lordi had been releasing one hit single after the other since the 1970s and now, almost 50 years later, are looking back on a full collection of songs that have been successful ever since? That is the idea behind their new album, Killection.
Album Review: Kirra – Redefine (Eclipse Records)
Redefine is alternative metal band Kirra’s third album, and it contains an earful of seventeen melodious active rock anthems. It will be released on the 31st January 2020 via Eclipse Records!
Live Review: While She Sleeps at The 02 Academy, Brixton, London (24/01/20)
The meteoric rise of While She Sleeps continues with the metalcore Brits headlining a sellout show at the 02 Academy in Brixton, London. Support came from Every Time I Die and Vein.