Maxi Curnow – ‘If We Make It’: A Hard-Hitting Video You Need To See [Review]

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Although everyone has the right to express themselves however they like, the world needs more musicians willing to stand up for a positive cause and draw attention to serious issues. Maxi Curnow is one of those musicians.

The video below is fucking harsh. It’s not easy viewing, not by a long shot. But it also only hints at the brutal reality the assorted emergency services deal with every day.

Maxi Curnow isn’t just an insanely talented multi-instrumentalist with Read more…

Posted on 08 November 2015

Mestis – ‘Polysemy’ [Review]

Mestis Polysemy

Through Mestis, Animals As Leaders guitar maestro Javier Reyes has set out to challenge himself, setting the following self-described standards:

1) “Create a style of music that focusses on being emotionally exploitive and technically sound…

2) …yet simple enough for the average music listener to appreciate…

3) …using the eight-string guitar in a form that is unconventional to the “trends” or independent of characteristics that are found in music styles/genres that have popularized it, [and]…

4) …create music that [expresses] my personality, upbringing, emotions and musical taste.”

While the results are unlikely to immediately appeal to 1D fans or your gran, Polysemy is definitely a far less cognitively overwhelming prospect than the average instrumental guitar-driven offering. What really sets it apart, though, is Javier Reyes’ ability to Read more…

Posted on 05 November 2015

A Dark Orbit – ‘Inverted’ [Review]

A Dark Orbit

Heavy music is often dismissed as bring brutish and blockheaded. Sometimes, that’s fair enough. A Dark Orbit, however, are fiercely intelligent.

That extra cognitive capacity lends a sense of near-bottomlessness to Inverted. It’s the sonic equivalent of doing this:

I’m about to sound like Yoda, but for the faint-hearted, this is not. Weighing in at 15 tracks totalling well over an hour of sludgy subterranean grooves, bleak and Read more…

Posted on 03 November 2015

SikTh – ‘Philistine Philosophies’ [Review]

Sikth

The masters of tech-metal are back, and just as fiercely original as ever.

It’s been almost a decade since what once seemed like SikTh’s swan-song, 2006’s Death Of A Dead Day. In that time, SikTh have inspired countless metal-oriented musicians across the world – but nobody has ever managed to incorporate more than a sliver of SikTh’s signature sound into their own work. These guys are simply inimitable.

Frantic, fierce, insatiably voracious…Philistine Philosophies is all of the above and more. This is no nostalgia trip. SikTh made a name for themselves by Read more…

Posted on 02 November 2015

Outside The Coma – ‘The Battle Of Being’ [Review]

Outside The Coma

Remember science class? Man, it was boring. Stuck staring at a textbook or a blackboard while the world’s most monotonic teacher droned on and on about everything from leaves to light.

You were interested in light, at least. Sunlight. The light from the sun shining outside, while you were kept out of it.

But one day, you got to experience something even cooler than escaping. You gathered around the teacher’s table with your friends, to watch a series of substances with arcane names go up in flames. Blinding lights; miniature explosions; the world’s most compact firework display.

After all the sleepy gloom that came before it, that lesson was imprinted on your memory forever. Even when it was over, you were still buzzing. Excited.

The Battle Of Being is just like that lesson. Read more…

Posted on 27 September 2015

Monuments / No Consequence / Toska [Live Review – The Boileroom, Guildford, 12/8/2015]

Monuments

Progressive Promotions have great taste in bands. The lineup for this show was absolutely immense, kicking off with TMMP favourites Toska (92%). Regular readers will have already read many evangelical words about these guys – but they fucking deserve it. This time out, performance was prioritised over precision, resulting in one of the most intense, borderline apocalyptic Toska sets yet. A couple of mistakes were made, but who the fuck cares when the music is that epic?

Following Toska’s opening barrages has proven tough for some, but local legends No Consequence (88%) Read more…

Posted on 13 August 2015

Heights / Throatpunch City / Eschar / Toska [Live Review – The Star, Guildford, 27/6/2015]

Heights

This lineup was unmissable.

Regular readers will already know how much I love talking about Toska. These guys are beyond insane, boasting telepathic tightness and currently-instrumental tunes heavier than the Terminator’s ballsack. Over their last few shows, Toska have been experimenting with a variety of dynamic approaches, and seem to have settled on a rawer, more focussed, and emotionally immersive sound than ever before.

Level Up: Achieved.

Having followed Eschar for so long they’re probably considering a restraining order, it’s safe to say that I think they’re alright – maybe even pretty good. The only thing Eschar seem to struggle with is Read more…

Posted on 28 June 2015

No Consequence [Interview]

No Consequence

Surrey-based tech metal outfit No Consequence are on the rise for a reason. These guys embody everything a modern metal fan could reasonably ask for: flawless technique, dense and intense tracks, and intelligent messages behind it all. With NC’s third album Vimana out as of yesterday, TMMP talked to vocalist Kaan Tasan about his band’s latest effort, grooves, and change…

Your new album Vimana is due out soon. What thoughts/feelings are going through your heads right now?

Well, we’re obviously excited and very proud of what we’ve accomplished with Vimana. But it’s always a stressful time having spent so long creating something, then releasing it to the world. You always want a positive response, but that doesn’t always happen [laughs]!

Your lyrics are very socially aware. Did any specific experiences and/or people first inspire you to address social issues/politics/religion/etc?

I guess for me personally, it’s just life. That’s what inspires me the most, the Read more…

Posted on 09 June 2015

Slam Dunk Festival 2015 [Festival Review]

Slam Dunk

From the outside, alternative music festivals can seem intimidating. Certain corners of the media choose to portray alternative music fans as universally antisocial and self destructive. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth.

Festivals are full of people out for nothing more than a good time. Great bands, passionate fans, and meticulous organisation are all essential pieces of the puzzle – and Slam Dunk’s organisers provided the former and latter. In Wolverhampton, everybody won.

Behind black t-shirts and often morbid iconography, the themes of the day were love, respect, and gratitude. Second stage openers Shvpes set the tone with a rapturously received hometown set packed full of Read more…

Posted on 29 May 2015

No Consequence – ‘Vimana’ [Review]

No Consequence

No Consequence are known as purveyors of top-notch tech metal. Their instrumental skill is indisputable – as is the level of social awareness amplified through past classics such as Coerce:Conform and Enemy of Logic. Beyond that point, you still have to take pristine production, ball-bursting heaviness, and shattered-mirror riffage into account before you get the whole picture.

Vimana sees the introduction of a new side to No Consequence. Their signature blend of fragmented riffs, disjointed melodies, and Read more…

Posted on 21 May 2015

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