Freddy Lim (Chthonic) [READ THIS INTERVIEW]

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Freddy Lim is not a normal politician. While his contemporaries are satisfied serving their own self-interests, Freddy Lim has made his name by helping others. As well as fronting Taiwanese extreme metal band Chthonic (pronounced “Thonic”), Lim has acted as chair of Amnesty International Taiwan for four years, organised a pair of Free Tibet concerts, met the Dalai Lama three times, formed Taiwan’s New Power Party in 2015, and been elected as a Taiwanese Member of Parliament in January this year.

This guy’s CV is impressive, to say the least.

Where the average politician is closed-minded, Freddy Lim is open. Where his opponents oppress, he aims to free. Most of all, where the average autocrat clings greedily to power and wealth and bullies others into surrendering their own, Freddy Lim is giving and generous.

As proof, I offer the above list of achievements, and this interview. Enjoy, and fight the good fight.

To a lot of people, metal is a very negative or even evil thing. How can it be used as a positive force for change?

For me, metal is just a style of music. So I think most people, they don’t understand metal. Most people think only strange people will like metal; they don’t consider it a serious business Read more…

Posted on 19 October 2016

Exist Immortal – ‘Breathe’ [Review]

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When most people discuss bands in real life, they rarely do so using hundreds or thousands of words; they sum it up succinctly. Face to face with a metal-enamoured mate in a rush, I’d describe Exist Immortal as “a sick tech-metal band,” and recommend the person in question check them out. But if that same guy or girl hadn’t yet heard Meshuggah, that same task would become far harder; pushed for time, I’d tell them just to listen to Nothing and brace themselves.

On Darkness Of An Age, Exist Immortal managed to combine an impressive range of influences from the increasingly ubiquitous Meshuggah to Fear Factory and Devin Townsend. The result? Read more…

Posted on 17 October 2016

Steel Panther / Bowling For Soup / Buckcherry [Live Review – Wembley Arena, London, 15/10/2016]

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Wembley Arena is drowning in not-quite-November rain. Within its cavernous confines, the metal-enamoured masses gather to chat and watch impatiently as an onstage drum tech runs through a standard-issue soundcheck. Slowly, showtime approaches.

Arenas are often accused of sucking the soul out of live shows – but what they actually do is present performers with the ultimate challenge, that of Read more…

Posted on 16 October 2016

Meshuggah – ‘The Violent Sleep Of Reason’ [Review]

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Meshuggah’s entire discography can be summed up in one word: Intense. Having birthed the modern prog-metal genre known as djent, the Swedish titans remain one of the heavy music world’s most influential collectives, synonymous with clinically precise grooves and hypercomplex rhythmic structures. The Violent Sleep Of Reason, however, is a little less surgical than before.

By recording The Violent Sleep Of Reason live, Meshuggah have found a new way to get heavier – by giving the production a raw, classic-album vibe. The results sound fresher than much modern metal, which tends to push the digital envelope too far and wind up sapped of soul and vitality. This is Meshuggah at their most…whisper it…organic. Read more…

Posted on 09 October 2016

Alter Bridge – ‘The Last Hero’ [Review]

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Alter Bridge are unstoppable. Over the past twelve years, Myles Kennedy, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips have won the hearts and minds of legions of fans and critics alike. Alter Bridge’s formidable reputation precedes them; they deliver, over and over again.

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Posted on 08 October 2016

Dorje – ‘Centred And One’ [FULL EP REVIEW]

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Dorje occupy an interesting space within the modern music business. Their popularity is not fuelled by massive corporate marketing budgets, committees of image consultants, or anything remotely mainstream or traditional. Instead, Dorje have collectively harnessed the power of YouTube to get their names out there.

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Posted on 05 October 2016

Plini – ‘Handmade Cities’ [Review]

Instrumental guitar fans: Lend me your eyes. You know Animals As Leaders? They’re pretty sick, right? Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes know their shit. It’s pretty undeniable.

Glad we agree on that. Now, you know Steve Vai? Pretty insulting question, I know. Sorry. The guy’s a universe-class legend. Again, that’s just a straight plain fact.

Now, imagine Animals As Leaders teaming up with Vai for an entire album, calling in occasional cameos from Allan Holdsworth and his and Vai’s extensive back catalogue of virtuosic collaborators. Excited, moist, tumescent – the simple thought of that dream becoming a reality is guaranteed to make you at least one of those things. Good news ahead… Read more…

Posted on 04 October 2016

Suicidal Tendencies – ‘World Gone Mad’ [Review]

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When your band’s been going for well over three decades, keeping things consistently fresh is a tough ask. Mike Muir and Suicidal Tendencies have nonetheless managed it, mostly through a long line of lineup changes and the assimilation of a wide range of genres, from punk to funk to prog, into one singular STyle.

That said, the latest Suicidal Tendencies lineup is literally something else, a thrash fan’s wet dream come true. Suicidal Tendencies Version Fuck Knows By Now comes complete not only with brand new bassist Ra Diaz and guitar mangler Jeff Pogan, but also Dave Lombardo – the skin-beating ex-Slayer legend who barely needs any further introduction.

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Posted on 26 September 2016

SikTh – ‘Death Of A Dead Day (10th Anniversary Edition)’ [Special Feature]

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As the band who brought The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild into the UK metal scene’s collective consciousness, Watford tech-metallers SikTh were under no small amount of pressure to beat the legendary sophomore blues and deliver something special with Album Two. Had they stacked it, nobody could have blamed them; even the most talented creatives are capable of losing the War of Art. In the event, however, SikTh won out – and the result was Death Of A Dead Day, a titanic juggernaut of an album rammed full of exquisitely brutal genius Read more…

Posted on 22 September 2016

The Fall Of Troy / Tiny Moving Parts [Live Review – The Scala, London, 14/9/2016]

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Outside the Scala, London is wilting under a mid-September heatwave. Passers-by and queuing punters fan themselves with gig flyers, eagerly awaiting the welcome cool of air-conditioned surroundings. Within the Scala’s walls, mere minutes away, awaits an equally overwhelming experience.

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Posted on 16 September 2016

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