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Returning from their slumber after their record Omen of Disease, Broken Hope have announced their brand new album Mutilated and Assimilated and their first track to premiere will appeal to Kurt Russel no doubt, that’s right my friends Broken Hope went full Carpenter and unleashed “Mutilated And Assimilated” to echo The Thing.
For those thinking that Death Metal is consistent with the stereotype of the hulking Metalhead who says “Brutal” after every syllable, wears baggy camo pants and drinks until he passes out, this is for you. Welcome John Frum, with a combined resume the band consist of members from The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Faceless and John Zorn to name a few. Like Gorguts, progenitors of the theoretical movement making Death Metal some of the most complex music to mould your cranium around, John Frum don’t only exhibit their technical capability but bring a unique, psychedelic element of the spiritual into the equation, a stirring in the noos if you will.
Few eras will ever truly match the creative magnitude that was seen in the eighties. The golden days of creative enlightenment, coming off the back of the seventies and building a sound altogether entirely new and different itself. Not lending itself only to music however, all throughout the creative world there were milestones being made in the art of self expression. Though a fledgeling genre, through the nurture of the eighties, Sci-Fi for example was just one of the many other sectors that was in bloom. In a time before the idea of image often transcended the actual composition of a song itself, before the advent of MTV music used to be simple. Wanting to echo these traits the Swedish Super power, made up of members of Soilwork, Arch Enemy among others join us as we take a look into the eighties with an exclusive video.
Could this years Damnation be their most eclectic yet?
Not all days of the mid week have to be bad as Tuesday The Sky serenade us with their brand new single, “Today The Sky“.
As a Metalhead, no doubt all of you will face the day to day struggle of finding the most Metal thing. Whatever it be, any form of subgenre, we as Metalhead’s seem to have an innate want to turn it into something that will be as Metal as possible. With this in mind, I set about to find the most Metal Disney film of all time and I think I found it.
The enigmatic genius that is Steven Wilson has finally broken the silence surrounding his brand new fifth album. Titled To The Bone the record is set for an August 18th release and the first via Caroline International. Well at least he gave everyone else a chance at Album of the year.
It’s no secret that the resurgence of vinyl is taking names, this is all well and good but what about the more niche online market? For the fans who aren’t content with just bog standard black LP’s, the fans hunting for that elusive colour, for the band you might not have seen anywhere else. Well let me introduce to Heavy Ritual Records!