Swedish legends, Katatonia, are one of the most distinctive artists in heavy guitar music. They started as a vicious death-doom band in the early 1990s but retooled their sound in…
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Vancouver duo, Tribunal, started work on their debut album five years ago but already had a vision of what it should sound like in its embryonic stages. It needed to…
We hope our favourite artists will remain faithful to their established sound, yet we never experience the thrill and trepidation that comes with seeing them experiment with pastures new when…
Grá have a rich heritage in black metal with current Dark Funeral frontman, Heljarmadr, on guitars and vocals, and Godhead Machinery guitarist, Niklas Ekwall, joining for their latest album. Now…
Iowa black metal quartet, Dryad, aim to write the filthiest and most abhorrent music for the mainstream to detest. This means they earn an appreciative nod from Darkthrone and a…
Ropes Inside a Hole (RIAH) presented their debut album in 2019 and followed it with a split record in 2020 with Postvorta. The two years since were some of the…
*** Go to our YouTube channel in the link below to see the video review of this record in episode #20 of the SBR Album of the Week. East Anglian…
It’s easy to mistake KOLLAPS\E for Danish post-metal trio, Kollapse, or even for Australian post-industrial noise terrorists, Kollaps. It’s a word in demand among artists that want to unsettle listeners,…
Austin Koll spent many years as a drummer in various American hardcore bands before exploring the possibility of doing his own thing. As a multi-instrumentalist, he took the plunge in…