Who remembers when Sylosis burst onto the scene with 2008’s Conclusion of an Age? Five fresh-faced Metallica worshippers from Reading glared with the bite of Sepultura and hissed like a…
Tag: extreme metal
*** Go to our YouTube channel in the link below to see the video review of this record in episode #48 of the SBR Album of the Week. Baltimore death…
Grindcore is a lifestyle, not too different to black metal. The latter burn churches, espouse Satanism, and worship Friedrich Nietzsche, whereas the former often come from working class communities and…
“Washing machine metal” is a term invented for Marduk’s brand of black metal. Those of us who bought 1999’s Panzer Division Marduk in the days when a malevolent front cover…
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…
Scream Blast Repeat enjoyed Nixil’s 2021 debut, All Knots Untied. We remarked that ‘Black metal is a crowded field, but Nixil find it easy to avoid cliché. Their music embraces…
Nostalgia for tongue-in-cheek gore is more common that you think. Even this reviewer finds satisfaction in revisiting the old Friday the 13th films from the 1980s. No matter how much…
*** Go to our YouTube channel in the link below to see the video review of this record in episode #45 of the SBR Album of the Week. Every year…
London metallic hardcore quartet, Negative Frame, are going places. Literally. They played their first show in Portugal last year and return to Iberia in October. With past support slots alongside…