Poly-Math are fast becoming Names in the British math- / post-rock underground, and rightly so. 2015’s Reptile churned a fair few minds and pricked up many an ear – and now, Poly-Math’s debut mini-album Melencolia is set to take them up a level.
Look at the running times for each of Melencolia’s three tracks Read more…
If you think girls can’t rock, you’re nothing more than a master of rectal ventriloquism.
For proof, see IDestroy’s new EP. With one eye on the era of classic punk, and the other on the modern world where “rough around the edges” is an increasing rarity, Vanity Loves Me is a Read more…
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With Lemmy and Bowie having graduated to the great Hall Of Fame in the sky and poppy rubbish dominating the airwaves, rock ‘n’ roll needs all the fresh blood it can get in order to keep on fighting the good fight.
Back in 2005, Wolfmother emerged as major vital force donors, their eponymous debut dropping bomblike into the mainstream’s staling consciousness. Since then, Read more…
Countless songs have been written about overcoming problems and moving on – but Blood Youth’s music cuts deeper than the average. 2015’s debut EP Inside My Head proved a hell- and hair-raising hardcore rampage, fuelled by Kaya Tarsus’ mind-inflaming personal struggles – and now, Blood Youth have reached the point of Closure.
It’s well deserved, to say the least.
Listening to Closure, it felt like my brain was being Read more…
Appearances can be deceiving.
Wolf Down’s music is hectic, aggressive, and vicious. From the moment first track proper Against The Grain kicks off with harsh beats and old-school thrashy riffage, you’d be forgiven for assuming that Wolf Down are here to do little more than get in your face for no good reason. But below the surface, Incite & Conspire is set to deliver a message centred in sensitivity, sense, and compassion.
It’s easy to forget that hardcore isn’t all about one thing, namely getting Read more…
And now for something completely different.
Completely different.
Danimal Cannon’s Lunaria is a mostly instrumental industrial-prog album, composed on a 1989 Nintendo Game Boy and loosely based around a conceptual story inspired by the Giant Impact Hypothesis.
Whether you’re new to the chiptune world or a die-hard veteran, you’re unlikely to have heard something this relentlessly left of centre before.
Acclimatising to Lunaria’s claustrophobic, digitised-to-the-nth-degree universe is challenging, to say the least. But once you get past the initial sense of sonic culture shock, its true nature as Read more…
In a culture completely dominated by music with all the depth of a raindrop, where music videos commonly feature suited and booted guys treating barely-dressed women as property, intelligent rock bands and kickass frontwomen are needed now more than ever.
Heel are here to deliver what we need.
The Parts We Save frequently feels on the edge of falling apart, marking it as an album located light years away from Read more…
Progressive metal is often dismissed for being too something. Self-indulgent. Flat. Soulless. Etc.
Sometimes, the criticism is justified; at other times, it isn’t.
In Toska’s case, none of the above apply. This is progressive metal with heart, soul, and spirit – not to mention the kind of forward-thinking intelligence that defines the best the genre has to Read more…
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Lovers of old-school, no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll, stick around. Monster Truck have everything you need.
From scuzzy riffs to sleazy, wah-drenched leads and full-pelt energy, opener Why Are You Not Rocking says it all: Monster Truck are all about keeping it hard, authentic, and real. Sittin’ Heavy as a whole is all about doing whatever the hell you like, without giving in to the siren call of conformity – and in a world increasingly driven by Read more…
Metal bands generally occupy one of several levels:
Level One: Total Beginners. Loose, sloppy, and rubbish. Need to spend more time in the woodshed and the rehearsal room.
Level Two: Getting Good. Tight; solid technique; cool but generic songs.
Level Three: Emerging Awesomeness. Read more…