There are a few – not so subtle – hints at what’s in store when you glance at the cover of Deadsmoke’s second album, Mountain Legacy. The first thing [...]
Ahh, The Darkness, truly the dictionary definition of a marmite band. People either love them and their ridiculous ways or absolutely, positively, no qualms about it, fucking [...]
It’s funny how quickly fads come and go in the world of heavy music. As you will no doubt recall, for the first few years of this century, nu metal was the [...]
When the main axis of your band contains doom metal overlord (and Rise Above Records founder) Lee Dorrian and ex-Electric Wizard guitarist Tim Bagshaw, then it doesn’t [...]
When one thinks of suitable names for doom bands, the name usually suites the dense, claustrophobic nature of the music. For example, with names like Paradise Lost, Electric [...]
Having a name directly linked to the Rolling Stones’ ill-fated Altamont Speedway concert in December 1969 – a day that has gone down in history as being part and [...]
Having previously existed under the slightly cumbersome moniker of What Doesn’t Kill Me, New York crossover/thrash mob Agony Kings are set to release their eponymous [...]
When Tau Cross released their self titled debut back in 2015, they received a fair bit of press coverage. And rightly so! The brainchild of Amebix frontman – and now [...]
Back in March of this year, Lisburn’s The Crawling dropped one of this years standout releases in the shape of The Anatomy Of Loss. An album which manages to be [...]
Every now and again a band comes along, you take one look at the name and being the judgemental bugger that you are, you think “this isn’t going to be my cup of [...]