Ron Jarzombek is a guitarist infamous for his unique style of playing, by taking sometimes rather silly time signatures, lightning-fast playing, an eclectic sense of melody and making it fun! His intriguing acrobatics have been […]

Black metal is a style which has evolved hugely from it’s humble beginnings of much derivation and exotericism. For every band which has tried to rewrite the formula, there have been a thousand following it […]

Strange stuff that shows its ugly dysfunctional teeth from the beginning. and if you consider the fact that this is mostly electronica related, you know its going to be positively insane. It is, but in […]

No new album here (thanks, Suleiman, for the tip), but a kind of Best-Of/Remix/Unreleased material collection. This is my first conscious encounter with RED HARVEST – a band I have culpably neglected up until now […]

Red Harvest’s sixth release, “Sick Transit Gloria Mundi,” is a punishing piece of work that would just as soon pummel the listener as rock their socks off- it does a little of both. Crushingly heavy, […]

Commence Rat-King-Are-Awesome special part two. If you are sensible, you will have probably read the first part of the special already and will know my views on Rat King’s first full-length “The Plague Of Hamelin”. […]

This review marks two extra special occasions; The first time (I believe) that an Indian band have been featured on our humble site, and also the unveiling of the fantastic “Rat King” to our avid […]

Fat rhythmic guitar riffs in the typical Nu Metal style, powerful mid-tempo drums, guttural vocals, spiced with keyboards and elektro sounds – Is this Ram-Mstein? No, it’s the debut-album of Ram-Zet. At the first listening […]

The British mavericks could probably make their career easier: every two years they could quite comfortably write a replica of their heavily praised debut album “The Dark Third”, thus outpace their rival applicants, give regular […]

Progressive metal in the vein of early Fates Warning is what’s on display here and the band deliver and incredibly unique work. Winding riffs surround their ideas as Psychotic Waltz effectively deliver their ideas to the audience. The amount […]