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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.
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.
Much like the elusive eclipse, the gathering of Metal’s pedigree is often sparing. Coming together for their third outing we once again welcome back our noisy freakshow that is Venomous Concept. A conglomerate of Grindcore big hitters with half of Napalm Death in the form of the seemingly limitlessly busy Shane Embury, drummer Danny Herrera, bassist of Corrupt Moral Altar current touring Napalm guitarist John Cooke and finally Brutal Truth bruiser come cowboy Kevin Sharp.
The amount of change within a decade is truly astounding. In the span of just a few years Germany hosted the World Cup, one of the biggest social media sites ever Twitter is launched and the birth of the iPhone. Already with the massive advances in technology we find ourselves capable of doing things we never thought possible. Laying the foundations firmly with their now cult classic Our Darkest Days, the slow moving quintet start it all over again with the release of their ten years in the making A War Against You.
Like the colours on the visual spectrum we experience life through it’s trials and tribulations. Beginning as red headstrong individuals eventually the cocksure attitude moves into more calmer territories. No doubt still confident but quietly so, we enter the Blue spectrum of life. Comfortably gliding through life we see the metaphorical Yellow’s and Green’s of complacency and comfort until being violently shaken with the realisation that life is not as safe as we may think. We the individual are far from invincible.
As originality appears to be more and more of a mirage in today’s world, the art of the unconventional breeds difference. Having only been around for eleven years, a mere footnote in the life of a band particularly of a progressive nature, Intronaut release their brand new album. Opting for a different style to their previous record,the new offering shows another side of Intronaut that has lay dormant for sometime now. Deciding to awaken their primal States the band have tapped into heavier aspects without compromising the progressive nature of the band itself.
Death Metal isn’t quite the same as it used to be. With bands appearing left right and center the genre is an ever changing entity. Deciding that their respective bands just weren’t a destructive enough output L.G. Petrov, the man behind the inaugural grunts of Entombed, Victor Brandt Entombed’s new guitarist, Unleashed axe man Fredrik Folkare, bringing up the rear with A. Impaler form Folkare’s sister band Necrophobic and finally sticks man Matte Modin we welcome the age of Firespawn.
Supergroups can be a deceptive ideal, bringing together members from previous bands will not necessarily mean success. Releasing their 2013 effort Devil You Know immediately garnered a following. Nevertheless personally I found the album to be somewhat of a let down. Banking on the idea that the band would pull it together much of the material sounded like your middle of the road Metalcore of the 00’s. Fast forward two years and the band are set to release their brand new record They Bleed Red but will it be the same affair.