In addition to its undeniably iconic songs, Guns N’ Roses has created a Los Angeles-born brand that is well-established in every corner of the globe. The band’s name and logo are inscribed on merchandise proudly worn by fans from Europe to the Americas and from…
LiveKill and Lives Lost Reviewed
February 13, 2024
LiveKill – Scum of My Life
Similar artists: Slipknot, Korn, Static-X
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Progressive Metal
Anger has done some marvellous and some terrible things for the human race. Naturally, most of the time, we are tempted to focus on its destructive…
Reliquia and Swansun Reviewed
January 14, 2024
Reliquia – The Graveyard School (Unit 26 Version)
Similar artists: Paradise Lost, Tiamat, Moonspell, My Dying Bride, Katatonia
Genre: Gothic / Dark Wave
The tritone isn’t the only musical element ever banned by religious organizations. Each spiritual…
MERVYN and Last Chance to Say Goodbye Reviewed
November 13, 2023
MERVYN – Oblivion
Genre: Heavy metal, Electronica
The present is immensely tense. This is something that oughtn’t surprise anyone who’s been in the vicinity of a news report during the last few years. While it might all be a mess of our own making and…
The Tilt and BIFTER Reviewed
November 10, 2023
The Tilt – Bloodspring
Similar artists: The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus
Genre: Gothic / Dark Wave
Statistically speaking, it’s likely that great things will happen once rock bands decide they no longer want to be liked. Frankly…
Jonathan Young x Judge & Jury – Drinking Blood
Similar artists: Sabaton, Three Days Grace, Ghost, Evanescence, Caleb Hyles
Genre: Progressive Metal / Djent
The days of being able to scare your friends by playing heavy metal songs are long gone. If you…
Clay Gods: Helen Kelter Skelter and Bone Throwers Reviewed
September 19, 2023
Bone Throwers – Alluvium Altar
Similar artists: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs, DOPE LEMON, Dead Meadow, Wand
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
Most musical genres have a relatively short lifespan. You’re heralded as a…
The Happening: Oceans In Silhouette and Porch Coffin Reviewed
September 18, 2023
Porch Coffin – Oblivion
Similar artists: Fiddlehead, Drug Church, Superheaven, Balance And Composure, My Chemical Romance
Genre: Punk, Alternative Rock
The lion tamer doesn’t actually taunt the beast he is working with, and rockstars rarely take on their…
Nebulae Come Sweet – Claritas
Similar artists: TOOL, Meshuggah, Cult Of Luna, Mastodon, Katatonia
Genre: Progressive-metal
Imaginative, ambitious heavy-metal music has finally been handed its most important music. Whereas when the genre first began, it was…