Review: Employed To Serve – Eternal Forward Motion
Employed To Serve go harder. You know that. I know that. They know that. So it’s no surprise that album number three totally slams.
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Review: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – End Of Suffering
When I read a review of this album that compared Frank Carter to Ed Sheeran’s evil twin brother you could have poached an egg in my piss.
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Review: Otoboke Beaver – Itekoma Hits
There are some wonderful bands in and from Japan. But too many of those who make a mark in the western mainstream conform to the western mainstream’s dying genres, offering nothing of their homeland.
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Review: Chokehold – With This Thread I Hold On
Chokehold’s last full-length album was released in 1995 so it’s fair to say I was a little young to have a grasp of Canadian hardcore last time they put out a record.
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Me, Brand New and separating art from its creators
In the summer of 2017 the fifth album from Brand New finally arrived. It was, even then, expected to be their last, and its critical and commercial success reflected the love the band enjoyed all over the world.
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Review: Blood Command – Return Of The Arsonist
Blood Command came into my world in 2012 with their phenomenal second album. Since then I’ve seen them play a superb Nottingham show in front of next to nobody, as well as exploring their prolific recorded output.
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Revisiting Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? by Megadeth
The early days of Megadeth, the road from Dave Mustaine’s departure from Metallica to his new band’s critical acclaim in the mid-1980s, are well established in thrash metal lore.
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Podcast special: Palm Reader interview
Palm Reader have a special place in our hearts. They are a world class band with three tremendous albums to their name, the most recent being 2019’s Album of the Year for This Decay.
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Review: Problem Daughter – Grow Up Trash
Real is an overplayed card in punk rock. Its very beginnings were drenched in authenticity before authenticity became a thing, and now it’s a prerequisite, a harbinger of credibility.
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Review: Body Void – You Will Know The Fear You Forced Upon Us
Fascism is so hot right now. Enabled by the polished mask of the alt-right, mankind’s most despicable belief system is back, back, back.
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Review: Venom Prison – Samsara
On Trivium’s most recent tour of the UK their fans were warmed up by the ferocity of Venom Prison, the fiery fun of Power Trip and the focus of Code Orange.
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Review: While She Sleeps – SO WHAT?
It’s been in my mind for a while now that there will eventually be a While She Sleeps record that I don’t like.
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