Review: Wristmeetrazor – Misery Never Forgets
Hardcore is a broad church. The lineage from Agnostic Front and Sick Of It All to Wristmeetrazor might not make much sense at face value, but this is 2019.
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Review: Festerday – iihtallan
In 1989, in Finland, Timo Kontio, Teemu Saari and Kena Strömsholm formed Cardinal, a death metal band that would later take on various other monikers, record some demos, and disappear off the face of the earth.
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Cut from Diamond: how the Midlands made Metallica
“Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with. Tygers Of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden.”
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Chris Nee’s Albums of the Year 2018: 10 to 1
We’re gathered here today to reveal my Top 10 Albums of 2018.
Chris Nee’s Albums of the Year 2018: 20 to 11
It’s Christmas time and that can only mean one thing. Here are numbers 20 to 11 in my Top 20 Albums of 2018.
Picks: Palm Reader, The Wonder Years, Bleed From Within
The Picks feature has existed under one guise or another for a few years now. This one’s special.
Chris Nee’s Albums of the Year 2017: 10 to 1
You’ve seen the lower half of my Top 20 Albums of 2017. Now let’s step it up a notch. My ten best albums of the year are, as you might expect, stupidly good. So, off we go.
Chris Nee’s Albums of the Year 2017: 20 to 11
2017 has given us an embarrassment of riches in the world of rock, metal and hardcore.
Revisiting Disintegration by The Cure
Not everybody arrives at metal music in the same way. Some grow into it. Some later grow out of it. Some discover it through friends, or anger, or tragedy.
Your future is Palm Reader
This British scene, whatever it is, is in phenomenal shape. We already have a scintillating Employed To Serve album this year.
Revisiting Say It Like You Mean It by The Starting Line
2002 isn’t exactly remembered as a vintage year for many in our musical bailiwick but to some it was a temporary interruption of the dark ages.
13 genuinely great nu-metal songs
Funny old game, nu-metal. As a moment in time it was perfection, bringing fresh ideas and even fresher fans into the alternative subculture.