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NEPTUNE RAIN - 'Bitter Pill' | Single Review

Jul 10, 2021

NEPTUNE RAIN - 'Bitter Pill' | Single Review

Without beating around the bush, current world events haven’t been easy on the mental state of the hive mind. Despondency has been...

H.O.U.N.D.S - Yellow Belly | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jul 9, 2021

H.O.U.N.D.S - Yellow Belly | Single Review

Terminal cowardice. We’ve all encountered people worthy of the diagnosis. Those so devoid of courage, they become a caricature. An ornate...

SLEEP TOKEN - 'Alkaline' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jul 9, 2021

SLEEP TOKEN - 'Alkaline' | Single Review

Desire can do strange things to us. In some cases, it renders us blind to people’s flaws, while making fools of others. We ignore red...

MALRUN - 'King of Madness' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jul 8, 2021

MALRUN - 'King of Madness' | Single Review

In any governmental regime or monarchy, the threat of tyranny is never far behind, looming in the background like that one uncle who...

AT THE GATES - 'The Paradox' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jun 29, 2021

AT THE GATES - 'The Paradox' | Single Review

Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ contains the line “I have to be cruel to be kind”. The self-contradiction there is known as a paradox. The biggest...

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - 'Knives' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jun 25, 2021

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - 'Knives' | Single Review

Placed in the hands of others, our mentality is a fragile thing. When our trust in someone is broken, disappointment dons a cape of anger...

CROSTPATHS - 'Plain Sight' ft Adam Ramey, Hessian Renegade & Jot Maxi | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jun 24, 2021

CROSTPATHS - 'Plain Sight' ft Adam Ramey, Hessian Renegade & Jot Maxi | Single Review

Everyone deals with their demons in different ways. Some choose to confront them head on, others bludgeon them with drugs or alcohol,...

BEYOND EXTINCTION - 'Parasitic' | Single Review

Jazmin L'Amy

Jun 18, 2021

BEYOND EXTINCTION - 'Parasitic' | Single Review

It’s not fair is it? Bad things happen to good people and the bad people will seldom suffer their deserved consequences, often times...

THE PRETTY RECKLESS release music video for 'Only Love Can Save Me Now' ft Matt Cameron & Kim Thayil

Jazmin L'Amy

Jun 17, 2021

THE PRETTY RECKLESS release music video for 'Only Love Can Save Me Now' ft Matt Cameron & Kim Thayil

Life is a battlefield of emotional landmines that threaten to leave permanent scars and lacerations upon our souls, and we struggle...

MONASTERIES - 'Jorogumo Yokai' & 'Silence' | Single Reviews

Chloë Bestel

Jun 16, 2021

MONASTERIES - 'Jorogumo Yokai' & 'Silence' | Single Reviews

UK technical death metal band Monasteries are here with their new EP entitled Silence, an ironic title considering just how loud these...

THEM BLOODY KIDS release music video for 'Radical Animals' | Single Review

Jazmin L'Amy

Jun 15, 2021

THEM BLOODY KIDS release music video for 'Radical Animals' | Single Review

Dystopian guitars crescendo into an unsettling wave, threatening to break the shoreline before you can make it to the safety of the...

ASK CAROL release new music video for 'Darkest Hour' | Review

Georgia Jones

Jun 10, 2021

ASK CAROL release new music video for 'Darkest Hour' | Review

How many music videos that are set amongst cows can you think of? Norwegian Alt Pop/Rock duo Ask Carol recently released their third...

Jazmin L'Amy

Jun 9, 2021

THE HAUNT - 'Hollywood' | Single Review

Trump’s America has wrecked desecration across the lives of migrants, the LGBTQ+ community, those from disadvantageous backgrounds, and...

Tasha Brown

Jun 8, 2021

THE RASMUS - 'Bones' | Single Review

You reap what you sow so the saying goes. People make conscious karmic decisions almost constantly. To compare life to Demon’s Souls, you...

RESOLVE - 'Seasick Sailor' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jun 7, 2021

RESOLVE - 'Seasick Sailor' | Single Review

Uncertainty does strange things to a person. It cripples us with fear, insecurities, and doubt. Uncertainty also leaves us isolated,...

ONE MORNING LEFT - 'Creatvres' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jun 3, 2021

ONE MORNING LEFT - 'Creatvres' | Single Review

In a society that’s all too ready to tear people down rather than build them up, solidarity among us is long overdue. Why can’t people...

THE JON MAROM PROJECT - 'Infinity Time' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jun 2, 2021

THE JON MAROM PROJECT - 'Infinity Time' | Single Review

One certainty in life is death is ever present. Time is essentially ticking away. How a person chooses to deal with that mortality is...

HAUNTED BY WOLVES - 'The Devil Inside Me' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Jun 1, 2021

HAUNTED BY WOLVES - 'The Devil Inside Me' | Single Review

Mental illness is insidious. There’s no two ways about it. Whatever affliction falls under that umbrella has the ability to change...

BORN OF OSIRIS - 'Angel or Alien' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

May 31, 2021

BORN OF OSIRIS - 'Angel or Alien' | Single Review

Whether we want to admit it or not, no man is an island. As humans, we crave connections. Not passing acquaintances or temporary friends...

BLACK COAST - 'Vodka Smile' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

May 28, 2021

BLACK COAST - 'Vodka Smile' | Single Review

Is a good time guaranteed with alcohol consumption? It can be all too easy to tip the scale into a bad time. Alcohol poisoning, acts of...

STONE COLD CROWS - 'Before the Devil Knows We're Dead' | Single Review

Jazmin L'Amy

May 27, 2021

STONE COLD CROWS - 'Before the Devil Knows We're Dead' | Single Review

Now I know for a fact that all of you have seen Loony Tunes, and some of you may even remember Wacky Races, so picture this: Dick...

RISE AGAINST - 'The Numbers' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

May 26, 2021

RISE AGAINST - 'The Numbers' | Single Review

“There are no supreme saviours/ Neither God, nor Caesar, nor tribune/ Producers save ourselves” chants the French anthem...

Tasha Brown

May 25, 2021

BISON - 'Begin Again' | Single Review

Mistakes are part of life. They are lessons in how to conduct ourselves… or how we shouldn’t. No person is exempt from that particular...

PERSEIDE - 'Set Me Free' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

May 20, 2021

PERSEIDE - 'Set Me Free' | Single Review

Greek philosopher Democritus once wrote “Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul”. It’s this...

FINAL TRANSMISSION - 'The Road' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

May 18, 2021

FINAL TRANSMISSION - 'The Road' | Single Review

There is nothing more resilient than the human spirit. It takes a different kind of strength to pull yourself out of a hole and set...

AT THE GATES - 'Spectre of Extinction' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

May 17, 2021

AT THE GATES - 'Spectre of Extinction' | Single Review

Everyone falls victim to the odd existential crisis. The fear of not knowing your life’s purpose or even realising how insignificant...

ALL HOURS - 'Before I Go' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

May 14, 2021

ALL HOURS - 'Before I Go' | Single Review

The last few moments of a relationship are brutal. There’s no two ways about it. When all the cards are left face up on the table, a...

CHRIS MARAGOTH - 'Behind This Door' | Single Review

Georgia Jones

May 13, 2021

CHRIS MARAGOTH - 'Behind This Door' | Single Review

Do you appreciate haunting, sitting in the car, pondering over lost lovers of the past and staring out of the window in a very heavy...

THE SLUMBERING - 'Daddy Doesn't Love You Right?' | Single Review

Chloë Bestel

May 11, 2021

THE SLUMBERING - 'Daddy Doesn't Love You Right?' | Single Review

Clint Listing, the all-round talent behind artist name The Slumbering, presents us with a new video for the track entitled 'Daddy Doesn’t...

BASEMENT LEAGUE - 'Rein Me In' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

May 7, 2021

BASEMENT LEAGUE - 'Rein Me In' | Single Review

Calling time on a relationship is never easy, regardless of who it’s with. Arguably, the hardest relationship to end is with a version of...

HURRICANE ON SATURN - 'Outsider' | Single Review

Rory Level

May 7, 2021

HURRICANE ON SATURN - 'Outsider' | Single Review

Feeling like an outcast can be a strange thing; it can cause people to feel isolated, aggressive, and volatile among other things. Most...

RENEGADE ANGEL - 'Forevermore' | Single Review

Jazmin L'Amy

May 3, 2021

RENEGADE ANGEL - 'Forevermore' | Single Review

A sublime summer breeze guides you through the tickling blades of dew sprinkled grass, takes you by the hand and leads you to walk...

STONESIDE. - 'History of Violence' | Single Review

Jazmin L'Amy

Apr 30, 2021

STONESIDE. - 'History of Violence' | Single Review

For as long as the Earth has inhabited life, there has been violence. Be it violence between animals or between humans, enemies or...

ONE IN THE CHAMBER - 'To the Gallows' | Single Review

Jazmin L'Amy

Apr 29, 2021

ONE IN THE CHAMBER - 'To the Gallows' | Single Review

Gone seem to be the days of true dangerous rock n’ roll; the type of music with guitar licks that made your skin crawl and come alive...

NEPTUNE RAIN - 'We Breathe the Same' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Apr 28, 2021

NEPTUNE RAIN - 'We Breathe the Same' | Single Review

As humanity’s evolved, the echelon mentality has spiralled out of control. In a time of rising inequality and well documented...

METALOMANIACS - 'Hold You' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Apr 27, 2021

METALOMANIACS - 'Hold You' | Single Review

Every relationship will eventually come up against it. The choice then is whether to fight for what you love or let it go. Wanting to...

Tasha Brown

Apr 26, 2021

DEADWOOD - 'Call Out' | Single Review

Hate is a powerful thing. If the root is left unaddressed, it often breeds vicious behaviour. Channelling spite into something more...

BEHIND THE HORROR - 'Wrath' | Single Review

Chloë Bestel

Apr 23, 2021

BEHIND THE HORROR - 'Wrath' | Single Review

Behind the Horror, a death / thrash metal duo formed by brothers Gabriel (guitar) and Lucas (drums) Alves, have released a video for...

RISE AGAINST - 'Nowhere Generation' | Nowhere Live Session Review

Tasha Brown

Apr 22, 2021

RISE AGAINST - 'Nowhere Generation' | Nowhere Live Session Review

Every generation comes with hardships, each different from the last. Whatever your opinion on millennials and generations thereafter, it...

JORDAN RED - 'Freak Show' | Single Review

Tasha Brown

Apr 21, 2021

JORDAN RED - 'Freak Show' | Single Review

Whichever way you look at it, all journalism has a spin on it. Positive. Negative. Whatever is conducive to the publication or broadcast....

Tasha Brown

Apr 20, 2021

RUMOURS - 'Neurosis' (Ft Will King)

Chronic apathy appears to be widespread. When we look back at this snapshot of our lives, we’ll be reminded how small life became and the...

Tasha Brown

Apr 16, 2021

HOUSE OF CURSES - 'Bounce House'

‘Change isn’t always simple’, Alabama metal group House Of Curses proclaim in delectably dense new single ‘Bounce House’. Formed in 2015,...

HUMAN HELL - 'Amalantrah' | Single Review

Jazmin L'Amy

Apr 16, 2021

HUMAN HELL - 'Amalantrah' | Single Review

Face down in the dirt, dragged heavily across the merciless scarlet stained gravel to an unknown location with the only sound being the...

Chloë Bestel

Apr 15, 2021

ANTIMOZDEBEAST - 'Masquerade of Death'

AntiMozdeBeast, a solo artist dabbling in experimental genres such as harsh industrial noise and electronic metal, is back with a new EP...

Tasha Brown

Apr 14, 2021

WEAPONRY - 'Blindly Follow Us'

Deception runs rampant within the realms of a cult. Preying upon the vulnerable in their time of need, manipulating instead of mediating,...

Tasha Brown

Apr 13, 2021

NOVUS - 'Water Under The Bridge'

It’s so easy to get swept up in emotions of a moment which causes you a lot of stress. While it consumes you now, will all this really...

Tasha Brown

Apr 9, 2021

NOCTURNE WULF - 'Troll Hunter'

Metal as we know it found its roots in the fantastical; fully exploring the ability to build worlds of the ‘Holy Diver’, ‘Angel of...

Tasha Brown

Apr 8, 2021

GODLESS THRONE - 'Scourge and Death'

With its bright lights, gambling opportunities, and various dens of iniquity, there is good reason Las Vegas is also known as Sin City....

THE FINAL CLAUSE OF TACITUS - 'Something's Gonna Break'

Tasha Brown

Apr 6, 2021

THE FINAL CLAUSE OF TACITUS - 'Something's Gonna Break'

It would be safe to say the tension within the masses is palpable. The cause of that unrest? The government. As the UK’s higher ups come...

Tasha Brown

Apr 5, 2021

THE BAND REPENT - 'War'

War. What is it good for? Edwin Starr posed the age old question back in 1970 in protest to the Vietnam War. Fast forward to 2021 where...

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