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Gig Review: High On Fire + Pelican

By John Skibeat ⋅ December 25, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Venue: Barfly, Birmingham
Date: 15 December 2007

With two such wildly differing bands, tonight was always going to be about subtlety and aggression; serenity and conflict. This scenario slowly plays out before our eyes but with more passion and intensity than we could possibly have ever expected.
The joss-sticks are lit and Pelican hit us with their instrumental […]

Album Review: Faceshift

By John Skibeat ⋅ December 19, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Album: Reconcile
Label: Black Lodge

Earlier this year, disillusioned with their own material, death metal veterans Eternal Oath announced they were splitting. Just a few months later and with some fresh impetus, guitarists Petri Tarvainen and Peter Nagy-Eklof formed Faceshift. Reconcile is their debut release, recorded in a matter of days, and it’s certainly a change of […]

Album Review: Deserves To Die

By John Skibeat ⋅ December 18, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Album: Surrender All But Our Skin
Label: Grind That Axe

Formed in 2005, Deserves To Die have rapidly gained notoriety via their four-song demo and immediate invitation to tour with bands of the calibre of Enter Shikari, Send More Paramedics, The Architects and The Bled. After being invited to play the Leeds and Reading festivals they signed […]

Gig Review: The Black Crusade

By John Skibeat ⋅ December 7, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

Venue: Brixton Academy, London
Date: 24 November 2007

The monstrous queue running around Brixton Academy filters in at such a slow pace that few get to the see Shadows Fall hit the ground running. The band’s friendship with the two headliners has secured them this slot and they intend to make the most of it with lead […]

Single Review: Young*Husband

By John Skibeat ⋅ December 6, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Single: Could They Be Jealous Of Us
Label: Culture Deluxe

Due for release on November 26th under the Culture Deluxe label this is Young*Husband’s debut single. Watford-born singer-songwriter, Euan Hinshelwood, just out of his teens, has an impressively confident vocal when you consider that the natural introverted nature he confesses to has previously held him back. Everything […]

Album Review: Paul Howard + Jo Clack

By John Skibeat ⋅ December 6, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Album: Blake Songs
Label: Head Count

Paul Howard, remembered best from his days in 80’s band Tender Trap, has never stopped writing music. On this collaboration with Jo Clack, they take on the force of visionary poet William Blake’s words and set them to music to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth.
It’s an interesting concept and […]

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