Covid-19 lockdown might be responsible for placing most bands in a state of inertia, but Venom Prison had the novel idea of re-recording their two EPs from 2015 and adding…
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They may have the most sanctimonious football club in the world, but Barcelona also has one of the most exciting bands on the planet. Obsidian Kingdom are the name you…
Post metal is a genre that can sometimes descend into shapeless noise. Shorn of the repetition of conventional guitar riffs and virtuoso drums, the primal aggression becomes the focal point…
Hellripper is the one-man project of Aberdeen recluse, James McBain. If you haven’t heard the name, you won’t forget it after one listen to this blast of blackened speed metal.…
There are two types of hardcore. The early punk of Minor Threat, Bad Brains and Black Flag and the ‘tough guy’ or ‘beatdown hardcore’ ascendant since the 1990s with the…
If any band were deserving of the full live symphonic treatment, it’s Greek metal masters Septicflesh. For twenty years they’ve honed their craft, progressing from their initial death metal beginnings…
Not all staff at Scream Blast Repeat go to sleep at night with a guitar solo in their heads. Editor, Jack Von Bismarck, is the exception. A well-executed sweep pick…
Jairo Guedz is the original Sepultura lead guitarist who played on Bestial Devastation (1985) and Morbid Visions (1986). For those unaware of the band’s early days, Brazil’s most famous metal…
Along with Napalm Death, Anaal Nathrakh are the undisputed kings of extreme metal at home and on the wider global stage. No other band can claim such consistency as this…