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  • Machine Head – Catharsis

    Give any new album at least three or four listens before you truly judge it. That’s a lesson I have learned over the years, and I always stick to it. Especially when reviewing. I am an unabashed fan of...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Ensiferum – Two Paths

    Ensiferum are a Finnish “Melodic Folk Metal” band whose sound has the spirit and energy of Viking Sagas and a name which translates as “sword-bearing”. Founded in 1995, Ensiferum has released 7 studio albums to date including the subject...

    • Posted 7 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 7 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 7 years ago

  • Stälker – Shadow Of The Sword

    Throughout my years of supporting metal, there has been a good few trends that have been progressing through the metal scene. The massive growth of black metal, especially due to the fact that with enough skills (or lack thereof),...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Shining – X: Varg Utan Flock

    Music for many artists/bands can often be seen as an extension of their emotions and with the music that Sweden’s Shining play that has always been the case since their formation in 1996. This is the tenth studio album in...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Electric Wizard – Wizard Bloody Wizard

    John Lee Hooker was a lot of things to a lot of people. Significantly he was an astounding blues guitarist and vocalist, one of the greats. His principle place in the pantheon of rock’n’roll is due to his signature...

    • Posted 7 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 7 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 7 years ago

  • Morbid Angel – Kingdoms Disdained

    Album eleven in the pantheon of Morbid Angel recordings has been issued, that means it’s time for the letter K to lend its virtue to the title. Kingdoms Disdained is 11 tracks of guitarist extraordinaire Trey Azagthoth and his...

    • Posted 8 years ago
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