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  • Depravity – Evil Upheaval

    The term supergroup is often something which gives off a level of expectation that doesn’t live up to the reputation of the members in certain bands. The coming together of musicians in creating music needs to combine the right...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Direblaze – Smelted, Reformed and Doomed EP

    When the esteemed moderator and grand pooh-bah of this excellent site asked me to look into reviewing Smelted Reformed and Doomed, an EP from Melbourne based speed metal diabolos Direblaze I had neither a clue or any background on...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Lord – Live at Progpower USA

    Live albums have long been out of favour with the music industry and audiences, so when one comes along that sounds alive, fresh and powerful and captures a great live band in their element, as well as a recording,...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Deströyer 666 – Call Of The Wild

    KK Warslut and his platoon of blackened speed metal marauders need no introduction to the underground metal aficionado. I know there are plenty of you out there whose tastes are squarely rooted in the sounds of the 80’s so...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Scoredatura – Honest Oblivion

    Australia, and indeed the world, is awash with superb all-instrumental acts, and you can add the name Scoredatura to that illustrious and ever-growing canon of artists. One of the band members, six-string slinger Jake Howsom Lowe, also plays in...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Rise of Avernus – Eigengrau

    I personally adore bands that juxtapose heaviness with orchestral bombast, and this Sydney band proved they very much had the goods in this area of musical expression on their last record, 2013’s superb L’Appel Du Vide. Could they match...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Mental Cavity – Aneurysm

    I’m so conflicted when it comes to Mental Cavity’s new album Aneurysm. Parts of the record I love, wholeheartedly and without reservation. Other parts I think are not only not that great, I think they fall flat for nearly...

    • Posted 9 years ago

  • Meliorist – ii

    The Brissie lads have done a terrific job on this five-track EP. Opening track New Chapter veritably bursts out of the speakers with full-frontal prog-metal fury, the technical riffing, tempo changes and frenetic drumming flying every which way in...

    • Posted 9 years ago

  • Ne Obliviscaris – Urn

    There are a few different ways a discerning metal fan might go about assessing Ne Obliviscaris’ latest and long-awaited full-length release, Urn. We could approach it with caution as one of those who’ve shelled out to the hand of...

    • Posted 9 years ago

  • Kettlespider – Kettlespider

    Progressive and experimental music, in Australia and across the globe, is experiencing what could be deemed an ‘ongoing renaissance’, that is, for several years we the aficionados of this style of music have been treated to a relentless schedule...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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