EP Review: Kieronononon

[EP: Brutal Technopunk]
[Label: Roxxor]

Watch out, Kieronononon are one of those wacky bands, with a crazy never-ending name, a sarcastically titled EP and zany wigs on in their press photos. These guys are out there, man. As for the music, it follows a similar mentally off-kilter pattern with this five track EP going from one sound […]

Brain Drill: New Drummer Announced, Need Bassist

Northern CA technical Death Metal outfit Brain Drill has just announced Joe Bondra of Pennsylvania as their new drummer. Video footage of Joe covering Brain Drill songs along with songs the band recorded with him when he came to the bay area just this past weekend has been posted at their MySpace page. “I always […]

Interview: Soulfly

For a band who may never have existed but for the downfall of the legendary Sepultura, Soulfly have done a damn good job of making their own colossal mark on metal. By combining thrash with groove they’ve battered us with album after album with their new offering ‘Conquer’ arguably their heaviest to date. Rich E […]

Album Review: Lustmord

[Album: Other]
[Label: Hydra Head]

I wouldn’t like to meet the person that enjoys this music down a dark alleyway. The thing is with ‘Other’, Lustmord’s follow up to 2007’s ‘Juggernaut’, is that there isn’t really any music here. For those not in the know, Lustmord, real name Brian Williams is the father of a so-called genre […]

Album Review: The Mirimar Disaster

[Album: Volumes]
[Label: Undergroove Records]

I haven’t heard such a good set of accomplished tracks on a band’s second release like this, and from such a blatantly talented brisket of musicians, for a while. The Mirimar Disaster have been touring and recording since 2004 and formed out of various bands. Their sound is a conglomerate of various […]

Album Review: DragonForce

[Album: Ultra Beatdown]
[Label: Roadrunner]

One thing I can’t quite understand with modern metal is the lack of genuine enthusiasm. Modern metal bands don’t play music, they perform it as an exercise in technical proficiency. There seems to be some sort of agenda that the more technical a band is, the more boring they become on stage. […]

Album Review: Goldblade

[Album: Mutiny]
[Label: Captain Oi! Records]

Anybody who knows “what’s up” will know that old-time UK punk rock achieved perfection in 1983 with Peter and The Test Tube Babies’ classic ‘Mating Sounds Of South American Frogs’ LP, the perfect compromise between parody and punk rockage. Since then there have been many punk bands (British or not) trying […]

Gig Review: Soulfly + General Lee + Federal Black 40

[Venue: The Junction, Cambridge]
[Date: 19 August 2008]

With a band of Soulfly’s calibre on the bill and a capacity of a 1,000+ the recently-revived local metal scene is about to be tested. By the time local rockers, Federal Black 40, step forth the place is approaching half-capacity and things are looking good. The boys on stage […]

Album Review: Hawnay Troof

[Album: Islands of Ayle]
[Label: Southern]

I’m sure all of you understanding people out there will appreciate how I feel right now. Waking up from a heavy night of drinking in London, with the biggest hangover of my life and an imminent 4pm-2am shift at work starting in a few hours, to find that my first promos […]

Get Well Soon: UK Tour Details

Get Well Soon will play their first full UK tour in September/October 2008.
Get Well Soon is the musical vision of 25 year old Berlin based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and philosophy student, Konstantin Gropper.
Live, Konstantin is augmented by a 7 piece band, accompanied by his sister on backing vocals and violin, and his […]