Cambridge death metal fiends, Celestial Sanctuary, produced one of the defining albums of 2021. Their stock in the UK underground metal scene right now is like a big tech company…
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Copse attracted the attention of Church Road Records after releasing their debut EP in 2020. Like many in the post-black metal genre, their aim is to take the cathartic rage…
How did black metal become a high brow artform? To answer that, we must highlight its differences with old school death metal. Compare a photograph of Death in 1987 with…
By Kirk Houghton South London death metal-hardcore unit, Burner, released their debut album on 23 June and started their promotional tour at The Black Heart in Camden on 1 July.…
*** Go to our YouTube channel in the link below to see the video review of this record in episode #38 of the SBR Album of the Week. Burner excited…
Brighton sci-fi sludge lords, Wallowing, are an unforgettable live act. Each band member wears a black beekeeper mask and trilby with a fluorescent green chest torch. Their artwork and lyrical…
*** 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…
Implore released their last two albums on Century Media and earned a reputation as the closest thing to a Teutonic mathcore band or even Germany’s answer to Converge. They had…
New Zealand quartet, Landlords, formed in 2017 out of the ashes of various metal and hardcore bands in their native Hamilton and bonded over a shared love of shoegaze and…