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Album Reviews

  • Thornhill – Butterfly

    Sometimes a band bobs up out of seemingly nowhere and catches you unawares. Metal Obsession’s editor flipped this EP recommendation to me on Facebook, and from the moody, percussive opening strains of first track Sunflower, I was hooked. The...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Good Tiger – We Will All Be Gone

    When a band releases a debut that becomes an instant classic, the sophomore effort also instantly becomes an issue. How do you follow up something that was just about the best representation of what a band can do? With...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • 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 7 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 7 years ago

  • Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons – The Age Of Absurdity

    Following the tragic passing of Lemmy in late 2015, it was intriguing to know what Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee would get up to following the end of Motörhead. Mikkey joined Scorpions, while Phil was joined by his sons...

    • Posted 7 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 7 years ago

  • Dimbag Darrell: DimeVision – Vol 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over

    Technology is moving rapidly in 2018, unfortunately, time travel hasn’t been perfected yet, so the chance to ever see Dimebag play live for me, unfortunately, will never come, and no the idea a hologram could ever be put on...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Phil Anselmo & The Illegals – Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue

    Phil Anselmo is a name the majority of metal fans around the world will be familiar with. From the success, he achieved while being the vocalist of Pantera during the 90’s where they touted as the saviors of thrash...

    • Posted 7 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 7 years ago

  • Samael – Hegemony

    Samael is a band that I personally have never been able to get into very well. Their earlier more traditional Black Metal sound, such as Blood Ritual has always sounded somewhat mediocre to me, and their later Industrial Black...

    • Posted 7 years ago
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