‘They have the ideas, and the iconoclasm of a great artist, but the content needs refining,’ is what we said about An Autumn for Crippled Children’s (AAFCC) album from last…
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German metalcore stalwarts, Caliban, are the Teutonic Hatebreed. With eleven albums under their belt since their formation in 1997, they’ve shared stages with legends in the hardcore and metal scenes,…
There seem to be more bedroom experiments in black metal than in amateur pornography. What is it about this outsider genre that attracts acolytes from all over the world? Basic…
Sunderland deathcore fiends, Osiah, are the most fearsome band in England. Anybody who heard 2019’s Kingdom of Lies will appreciate their ability to combine slam and brutal death metal (BDM)…
Italian artist, Damien, is the vocalist in black metal outfit, Comando Praetorio, but he also channels his introspections into the death-doom agony of Tetramorphe Impure. Combining his Dead Hopes EP…
Infected black flies spread onchocerciasis when they bite into human flesh. It creates a parasitic worm in the human body and leads to extreme itching, disfigurement and often blindness. Medical…
One-man black metal EPs always create apprehension in a reviewer. Will it be yet another bedroom project from somebody who embraces anonymity and the comfort of batting away criticism with…
Ontario quartet, Cathartic Demise, made their first splash in the underground metal scene with their self-titled EP in 2019. Now they’re ready to unleash their debut album on the world,…
Almost anything is ‘prog’ these days. It could mean that it sounds like Magma or Knifeworld, or Iron Maiden’s recentish noodly stuff, but in this case, it’s a less over-polished…