music REVIEW: Beastwars – Blood Becomes Fire
In which Rob McAuslan finds a new band to shout about, and by God you’d better listen…
In which Rob McAuslan finds a new band to shout about, and by God you’d better listen…
Can Rob McAuslan resist another Darkthrone album? Of course he can’t.
Rob McAuslan takes a journey out to the universe inhabited by Canadian tech/thrash/prog legends Voïvod. Is ‘Target Earth’ a bullseye?
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.
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.
Will the tenth album from Neurosis be their biggest yet? Rob McAuslan lets us know what he reckons.
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.
Day 3 of Rob McAuslan’s Big London Adventure, and he’s hoping that Torche can see it off in style.
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.
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.
Rob McAuslan learns the value of listening instead of just hearing, courtesy of Enslaved and their latest album RIITIIR.
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!
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…
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!
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.