The Decayist 024: Frozen Gate – Behind The Dark Ice
In the autumn of 2016 an album appeared out of nowhere that set us up perfectly for winter.
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Playlist: TD0719
For our seventh playlist of 2019, we’ve picked twenty bangers. Just twenty bangers. Enjoy.
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Live report: a day out at 2000 Trees
When one of the best festivals around puts a good chunk of your favourite bands together on one day, there’s only one thing for it. You jump in the car and have yourself a day trip.
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The Decayist 023: Top 10 Albums Of The 1990s
We are nothing if not list-making children of the nineties. They’ll let anyone make a podcast these days.
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Playlist: TD0619
For our sixth Spotify playlist of 2019 we’ve tapped into the full discographies of two of our favourite bands. Ten from Palm Reader. Ten from Employed To Serve. Flawless.
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Review: Violent Life Violent Death – Sadness Rains
There aren’t many bands around at the moment that excite me more than Violent Life Violent Death.
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Metallica’s St Anger on trial: the defence
I guess you could call me a St Anger apologist, but it’s not a term I use myself. Why? Because it suggests Metallica has something to apologise for on this record.
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Metallica’s St Anger on trial: the prosecution
There are certain rites of passage that every Metallica fan experiences regardless of when they discover the greatest metal band there’s ever been.
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Review: Death Angel – Humanicide
You’ve heard of the Big Four of thrash metal. Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax. Four names scratched into history without dispute.
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Live report: Ithaca at The Victoria, Birmingham
Fucking hell, The Victoria is a sweatbox. It’s not even at capacity for the visit of Ithaca and it’s not even that warm outside, but that hasn’t stopped the mercury rising to uncomfortably sticky levels inside the tiny room above a not-particularly-large pub in the second city.
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Review: Petrol Girls – Cut & Stitch
If you were picking one band to tackle the clusterfuck that is planet earth in 2019, Petrol Girls would be more than a solid shout.
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The Decayist 022: Thunder – Backstreet Symphony
Well, there’s no accounting for taste. Thunder are massive, and they’re the subject of this month’s podcast.
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