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Album Review : Steven Wilson – 4½

January 22, 2016 No Comments

Tackling modern day conventions head on Steven Wilson has never been one to shy away from modernity. With his absolutely astounding work Hand Cannot Erase. Seeing the man tackle themes of classic Wilsonian agenda, isolation and sadness are on the menu. Living in a society that thrives on convenience slowly becoming greedy in the era of instant gratification patience has indeed become an afterthought. With that in mind we delve into the transient story that is neither foreword to The Raven That Refused To Sing or index of Hand Cannot Erase and is simply 4½.

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Album Review: Frostbite – Etching Obscurity

January 20, 2016 No Comments

The wave of frosty releases continues with the self-described ‘progressive black’n’roll’ band Frostbite composing melodic tails of the harsh Canadian winter.

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Album Review : Megadeth – Dystopia

January 20, 2016 No Comments

Understanding situations and learning from past experience forcibly led mankind to become adaptable. Leading to advances in all manner of invention war was inevitably one of them. Welcoming the future with open arms Megadeth have kept this modus operandi in mind for their latest release Dystopia.

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EP Review: Unbowed – Dogma

January 19, 2016 No Comments

Blackened death metal from the nicest country on Earth? Yes please!

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Album Review : Abbath – Abbath

January 19, 2016 No Comments

Can a legacy outlast a name? After their recent legal dispute regarding trivial matters everyone’s favourite Black Metal icon Abbath, decided to take the frost bitten high road and go it alone. Enlisting King and the mysterious Creature the man entrenched himself to record his brand new self titled album.

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Album Review: Rhapsody of Fire – Into the Legend

January 18, 2016 No Comments

It’s no secret that Rhapsody of Fire have struggled a bit musically since separating with prolific songwriter Luca Turilli, who branched off and made his own string of grandiose albums. The band have lost and gained members, lost the backing of a full orchestra and as a result their preceding effort ‘Dark Wings of Steel‘ was lacklustre. 3 years on Rhapsody of Fire are giving it another go to revitalise the band with ‘Into The Legend‘.

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Album Review : Casualties Of Cool – Casualties of Cool

January 15, 2016 No Comments

None too shy of going off the beaten track Devin Townsend is a man who thrives on the experimental. A back catalogue littered with unrivalled rage in Strapping Young Lad to recent musical stylings of Ziltoid and his endless quest for coffee. Previously releasing their album digitally, Casualties of Cool saw Townsend once again toy with the metaphorical envelope. Teaming up with singer Che Aimee Dorval the two welcome you into the weird and wonderful brand of space country.

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EP Review : Aborted – Termination Redux

January 13, 2016 No Comments

Christmas may have only just passed but here we are getting an early present from Aborted. Celebrating their landmark twentieth anniversary the band saw it fitting that they would commend such an occasion be releasing Termination Redux. Not quite the album that many are after but serves as a fantastic aperitif to the main course which will be dished out this spring.