EP Review: Mitchell Mantell – This Is Your Opportunity (Self Released)
Mitchell Mantell is an independent artist/producer from Australia due to release the ‘This Is Your Opportunity EP’ on the 15th of August 2019.
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Album Review: Trench Warfare – Hatred Prayer (Transcending Obscurity Records)
One of the most highly awaited albums on Transcending Obscurity Records this year is of Trench Warfare who shocked listeners with their raging blend of black and death metal. Hatred Prayer is out on August 9th 2019.
Album Review: Phobia – Generation Coward (Willowtip Records)
Undisputed kings of the grindcore underworld, Phobia return with a devastating new album ‘Generation Coward’. After nearly 30 years of grinding skulls into dust, Phobia are still as pissed-off and lethal as ever. Willowtip Records will release Generation Coward August 9th 2019 on CD, LP and digital.
Album Review: Petlib. – Maker (Beth Shalom Records)
Petlib. (formerly known as Pet Library) are a three-piece experimental heavy post rock band from London, UK. Having started in 2016 as a two-piece emo project—releasing an album and several EP’s—the band are pleased to announce the expansion of both their lineup and their sound on forthcoming new album Maker, set for release on 9th August 2019 via Beth Shalom Records.
Album Review: Krysthla – Worldwide Negative (PHD)
UK extreme metal band, Krysthla’s third studio album,‘Worldwide Negative, will be released on the 16th August 2019 via PHD.
Album Review: Mean Machine – Rock ‘n’ Roll Up Your Ass (Fighter Records)
The sound of Mean Machine is fast and aggressive, without losing that rocker feeling. 2019 sees their the third album “Rock ‘n’ Roll Up Your Ass”, released in Spain through Lengua Armada in a very limited edition and later on internationally released through Fighter Records.
Album Review: Glacier – No Light Ever (Post. Recordings/Wolves and Vibrancy Records)
Glacier is a five-piece instrumental band based in Boston, MA whose music fully embodies their name: a crushingly loud and unrelenting force. They return in 2019 with their strongest effort to date. Simply titled, No Light Ever.
EP Review: Death by Fungi – Die in Bombay (Self Released)
Considered one of the pioneers of Bombay Hardcore, Death By Fungi return to the fray with their first release in 2 years. The EP ‘Die in Bombay’ launches digitally on the 5th of August 2019.