Metal problems are something that all of us face on a daily basis. From someone asking the perilous “What are you listening to?” to question, often resulting in what people might believe to be an elaborate way to dispatch someone, everyone thinking your Satan worshipping, goat sacrificing mentalist. Understanding our plight, after his not so subtle affiliations with the genre comedian Jim Breuer, known for his fantastic Rock ‘n’ Roll persona’s has at last been given the gift that all Rock ‘n’ Roll dads want, the ability to record his own album.
Album Review : Cradle Of Filth – Dusk And Her Embrace…The Original Sin
Opening the coffin lid once more we are greeted with the familiar smell of formaldehyde. Recently resurrected Cacophonous Records sees their first release being one of rebirth. A far cry from their ghoulish beginnings the Cradle of Filth of 2016 has seen an evolution within the band that will be taking them to higher plains in the realm of the horned one. Yet it wasn’t always like this, having been out of print for quite some time Dusk And Her Embrace finally sees a restoration of sorts.
Album Review: Deadlock – Hybris
It’s not been the best of times for German metalcore outfit Deadlock. The band has experienced a tragic passing of a founding member and a departure of a longtime vocalist in the 3 years since the previous release ‘The Arsonist‘. The band make attempts to rebuff themselves and channel the events into to a musical output with ‘Hybris‘.
Album Review : Whitechapel – Mark Of The Blade
Identity, one of the most important aspects of truly establishing a following. Changing their formula with the polarising self titled record Whitechapel are no strangers to experimentation. Having released Our Endless War back in 2014 the band were beginning to refine their already somewhat iconic sound. Having celebrated their tenth anniversary performing a sense of identity is now more important than ever. Returning in 2016 with Mark of The Blade, Whitechapel state their claim as true pioneers of the Deathcore genre.
Album Review : Nails – You Will Never Be One Of Us
A visceral look at the honest truth behind being part of the Grindcore scene, known for its sheer ferocity the genre employs an acidic approach to the normal alkali Metal model. Embodying all that the genre stand for Nails are anger personified. Releasing their follow up to the ferocious Abandon All Life the band set their sights this time on the genre itself with You Will Never Be One of Us.
Album Review : Gojira – Magma
Used as a vehicle for creativity as devastating an effect as death can have on a person I can also become a vessel for inspiration. Four years since the release of the critically acclaimed L’Enfant Sauvage, the band resolved to set about creating their next masterstroke. Unexpectedly brothers Duplantier lost their mother during the process owing for a total overhaul on the entire blueprint of the album. Cherry picking ten songs, each with their own unique attributes Gojira have opened an exploration in death that we are all thankfully privileged to be a part of.
Album Review : Dark Funeral – Where Shadows Forever Reign
Inescapable, omnipresent, ubiquitous death manifests itself in many ways. The subject of innumerable stories and Dark Funeral’s morbid guiding light. Using death as a figurehead the band begin their latest foray into the underworld as we enter a land where light is a distant memory, where cold governs all, a land Where Shadows Forever Reign.
Album Review: Rage – The Devil Strikes Again
Rage are finally making a comeback after a year full of drama with their first studio album in 4 years. It’s a passionate revival for the band that sits in the name, ‘The Devil Strikes Again‘.