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Steve P

Steve P has written 20 posts for Sonic Dice

Album Review: Asmegin

By Steve P ⋅ November 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Arv]
[Label: Napalm]

So, Viking metal eh? I have to say, I don’t get it. I’ve never heard of Roman grindcore or Gaul thrash, yet for some reason if you come from Norway and rip-off traditional folk songs, you’re a fully fledged Viking. By the same logic, if I play ‘Pop Goes The Weasel’ with some […]

EP Review: Grave Digger

By Steve P ⋅ November 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[EP: Pray]
[Label: Napalm / SPV]

Any band that has been around as long as Grave Digger must be doing something right – they celebrated their 20th anniversary back in 2000. This extended release features the first single off their forthcoming 14th album, ‘Ballads of a Hangman’. It also marks the first time they’ve used two guitarists.
‘Pray’ […]

Album Review: Dignity

By Steve P ⋅ November 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Project Destiny]
[Label: Napalm Records]

I’d like to start this review off with a little tip for you - if you stick an album into your computer, and all the track lengths are the same (give or take a few seconds), then you should be scared. Either the band is either manufactured nonsense or being heavily […]

Album Review: History Of Guns

By Steve P ⋅ October 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Acedia]
[Label: Line Out Records]

The first word that sprung to mind when I opened the envelope with this CD in was ‘pretentious’. The album title is Latin and a reference to the seven capital sins AND there’s a definition quoted on the back of the inlay that’s repeated on the press release just in case; […]

Album Review: See You Next Tuesday

By Steve P ⋅ October 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Intervals]
[Label: Ferret]

See You Next Tuesday started as a joke, claiming to play “brootal grind for brootal dudes”. However, when they realised people were listening, they knuckled down, got signed to Ferret and put out their debut, ‘Parasite’. Only they didn’t really knuckle down –- song titles like “How to Survive a Vicious Cock […]

Album Review: In This Moment

By Steve P ⋅ October 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: The Dream]
[Label: Century Media]

In This Moment are probably best known as “that metalcore band with the chick singer” or, thanks to their first single ‘Beautiful Tragedy’, “the Killswitch Engage rip-off… with the chick singer”. It’s a fair comment – their debut did bear a remarkable similarity to Killswitch’s last few singles (especially ‘Rose […]

Album Review: Bleeding Through

By Steve P ⋅ October 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Declaration]
[Label: Trustkill/Nuclear Blast]

I have to admit, I’ve had a soft spot for Bleeding Through ever since a friend of mine brought a copy of “Portrait of the Goddess” back from a trip to the states. Yeah they weren’t doing anything amazingly inventive, but what they were doing was about twice as fast as everyone […]

Album Review: Anima

By Steve P ⋅ September 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: The Daily Grind]
[Label: Metal Blade]

Anima are another new signing to Metal Blade as part of their “New X-treme” line-up. As far as I can tell from the other New X-treme bands I’ve heard, this essentially means (a) they’re young and (b) they play some kind of death metal hybrid. Well, the press pack photos […]

Album Review: Clouds

By Steve P ⋅ September 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: We Are Above You]
[Label: Hydra Head]

Led by Adam McGrath of Cave In fame, Clouds’ modestly titled ‘Legendary Demo’ got some pretty good reviews when it appeared last year. Can this, the bands’ first full length, build on that introduction?
Well, from the moment the first chunk of guitar bursts forth from your speakers, you’ll […]

Album Review: All Shall Perish

By Steve P ⋅ August 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[Album: Awaken The Dreamers]
[Label: Nuclear Blast]

James Murphy (the other guy from Death to get a brain tumour) once complimented my guitar tone - as one of the best melodic soloists in death metal, I was pretty damn stoked. It’s a weak link, but the fact that California’s All Shall Perish mention Mr. Murphy in their […]

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