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music REVIEW: Beastwars – Blood Becomes Fire

In which Rob McAuslan finds a new band to shout about, and by God you’d better listen…

music REVIEW: Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance

Can Rob McAuslan resist another Darkthrone album? Of course he can’t.

music REVIEW: Voïvod – Target Earth

Rob McAuslan takes a journey out to the universe inhabited by Canadian tech/thrash/prog legends Voïvod. Is ‘Target Earth’ a bullseye?

music REVIEW: Cult Of Luna – Vertikal

Cult Of Luna are past masters of doomy experimentation. Does Vertikal continue their upward trajectory, or is it in fact all downhill from here? Rob McAuslan finds out.

music REVIEW: Bastard Sapling – Dragged From Our Restless Trance

Fancy some old-school black metal? Bastard Sapling strike out at mankind, all the way from the snowy wastes of, er, Virginia? Rob McAuslan corpses-up.

music REVIEW: Neurosis – Honor Found In Decay

Will the tenth album from Neurosis be their biggest yet? Rob McAuslan lets us know what he reckons.

music REVIEW: Between The Buried And Me – The Parallax II: Future Sequence

It’s fair to say that Rob McAuslan is a fan of this band. That might even be understatement in its purest form. The new Between The Buried And Me album gets Rob a bit excited, within.

music LIVE REVIEW: Torche @ London XOYO – 16/09/12

Day 3 of Rob McAuslan’s Big London Adventure, and he’s hoping that Torche can see it off in style.

music LIVE REVIEW: Vision Of Disorder / earthtone9 @ London Camden Underworld – 14/09/12

Rob McAuslan fills us in on part 1 of his weekend trilogy of London live shows, with the return of New York’s Vision Of Disorder to our shores after a lengthy absence.

music REVIEW: Cryptopsy – Cryptopsy

Canadaian death metal monsters Cryptopsy make their return with a self-titled, self-released album this year. Rob McAuslan steps over the bones of their naysayers to deliver his judgement.

music REVIEW: Enslaved – RIITIIR

Rob McAuslan learns the value of listening instead of just hearing, courtesy of Enslaved and their latest album RIITIIR.

music ARTICLE: Hellfest Sunday

It’s the final day of our Gallic metal odyssey, and the extremes of weather are only matched by the variety of musical choices on offer across the various stages. Full credit to Jack and Ryan for being onsite for the early bands again today!

music REVIEW: Sleep – Dopesmoker (Reissue)

Sleep’s masterwork gets the reissue treatment by way of Southern Lord Records. Rob McAuslan catches himself wondering if giving up the weed was such a good idea after all…

music ARTICLE: Hellfest: Saturday

Day 2 of our team’s Gallic adventure sees the guys spread out all over the site watching a weird and wonderful collection of bands. Read more inside!

music REVIEW: Rush – Clockwork Angels

19 studio albums, 44 years as a band – do Rush still have what it takes to compete with ‘the kids’? Rob McAuslan winds up his headphone amp.

music REVIEW: Entrails – The Tomb Awaits

Entrails released album number 2 towards the end of last year. Rob McAuslan figures as we’ve waited 20 years for the record, six months for the review isn’t TOO out of order…

music REVIEW: Grand Magus – The Hunt

Album number six for Sweden’s Grand Magus, drummer number three – Rob McAuslan peers past the potential for Spinal Tap gags and gives us his thoughts on The Hunt.

music REVIEW: All Pigs Must Die – God Is War

Ben Koller of Converge joins forces with The Hope Conspiracy’s Kevin Baker! Rob McAuslan lays his inner fanboy to one side and gives All Pigs Must Die a spin.

music REVIEW: Torche – Harmonicraft

The return of Torche may not mean much to some of you, but Rob McAuslan got very excited indeed when he found out about Harmonicraft.

music REVIEW: Overkill – The Electric Age

New York’s Overkill have been around for over thirty years. Is The Electric Age a new dawn, or will it be consigned to history? Rob McAuslan finds out.