Essex metalcore quintet, Of Our Design, are like a melancholic who needs the release of emotional and aggressive music to expunge the dejection paralysing their body. On a musical level…
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Norwich death-doom quintet, Consecration, write and record their music as if auditioning for a contract with Peaceville records. Their sub-genre of doom is synonymous with England, mainly the industrial and…
Swedish quartet, Tungsten, are one of the most unique groups in metal. Not because of their sound, but because they started as the brainchild of Hammerfall/Manowar drummer, Anders Johannson, as…
Astronoid are a conundrum. The meandering melodies of shoegaze have always been a part of their sound but so have the savage dynamics of thrash metal and black metal. They’re…
Goregrind quintet, Gronibard, are legends in the French underground but not so famous outside their own country. Now returning with their first full-length release since 2008’s We Are French Fukk…
Canadian metal supergroup, Imonolith, released their debut in 2020 and worked through the pandemic on a follow-up EP. This evolved into a long play record, and now the band are…
Beyond the Structure are the Necrophagist of Estonia, although that sounds more like the epithet for a serial killer than a technical death metal band. The point is they play…
Florida is famous as the world capital of death metal but not so much for the deathcore offshoot that offends so many of the old guard. Into this fractured landscape…
The prospect of vocal colossus, Vicky Psarakis, fronting a nu metal band with her husband should fill you with alarm. Could it be that the talented frontwoman of SBR favourites,…