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Album Reviews

  • Cellar Darling – This Is The Sound

    It came as a mighty shock back in May 2016 when Eluveitie announced they were soon to be parting ways with three beloved members. Fortunately, the trio consisting of Anna Murphy (hurdy gurdy, vocals), Ivo Henzi (guitars) and Merlin...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Septicflesh – Codex Omega

    Many bands are juxtaposing orchestral stylings with heaviness in this day-and-age, and virtually all of them do it extremely well. These Greek gods do it as well as anyone on the planet, however, and it’s in this that they...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Rage – Seasons of the Black

    Frontman, vocalist and bassist Peter ‘Peavy’ Wagner has done many things right throughout his long career, he is one affable bloke who has survived many line-up changes and shifts in the publics preference for genres of metal.    How has...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Scaphis – Rituals of Torture and Death

    Melbourne Death Metallers Scaphis debut album ‘Rituals of Torture and Death’ begins heavy, steady and slow with the aptly named “Death March”. Drums are the main focus with some heavy riffage over the top and end with atmospheric sounds and the...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Venom Inc – Avé

    Without for a moment diving into a history lesson I will offer a brief background to the formation of Venom Inc. as it is crucial to understanding the context of my review. As you may already be aware, Venom...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Make Them Suffer – Worlds Apart

    The term ‘maturing’ gets bandied around a lot in musical circles. In the case of Perth’s Make them Suffer, it is absolutely appropriate. Approaching the decade mark in their career, and set to release their third long-player, this band...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Nucleust – Terra Cerebral

    These Perth lads slam out pissed-off, impactful groove-based thrash metal. Whilst purist thrash metal is kinda tired and passé these days, bands still farming this type of musical field must inject some progressiveness into their thrash to make it...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Dying Fetus – Wrong One to Fuck With

    Dying Fetus have been a major part of the extreme metal landscape since the 90’s. Wrong One to Fuck With is the overtly confrontational title of their 8th studio album. Unsurprisingly the 10 tracks on this release are as tough as the title would...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Stone Sour – Hydrograd

    Guided by the muse that determines my natural preferences for music Slipknot and Stone Sour have never been on a playlist in my media player, or in years past found their way into a permanent place in my collection...

    • Posted 8 years ago

  • Rex Brown – Smoke On This

    The artist formerly known as the bass player in heavy metal gargantuan Pantera can now lay claim to a solo album. This album feature’s Rex Brown in a very unfamiliar guise, supplying the guitar tracks and the albums main...

    • Posted 8 years ago
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