music REVIEW: Krisiun – Arise From Blackness
Henry Fogarty takes a journey into Brazilian brutalists Krisiun’s murky past with the audial aid of reissue compilation ‘Arise From Blackness’.
Henry Fogarty takes a journey into Brazilian brutalists Krisiun’s murky past with the audial aid of reissue compilation ‘Arise From Blackness’.
Hang The Bastard have a new record out. “Who?” we hear you ask. Rob McAuslan is dying to tell you about them inside…
Caught between tours, Black Breath once again stepped into Kurt Ballou’s God City studio and pumped out their new LP Sentenced to Life. Did the pressure get to them?
Chris Ward gets gloomy with the Yorkshire band’s document of their live show earlier this year.
Anger-fuelled duo Black Cobra are back with their fourth LP and Luke Morton is still recovering from the effects.
Chris Ward scratches the surface (do you see what I did there?) of New York wrecking crew Sick of it All’s 25th anniversary collection of re-recorded classics.
Luke Morton feels the pace pick up with SSS’s onslaught of thrash punk in their third album ‘Problems To The Answer’
Demons on the loose in the earthly realm, you say? Who else to call but wizard Woo-chi to save us! Gerald Wiley finds out that humanity would be safe, if only the titular demon slayer could keep his hands off the wine and the women for five minutes…
Is the second instalment from Havok just as good as the first? Rob McAuslan finds out if the Colorado thrashers’ Time Is Up.
Time-travelling warrior-wizards are the order of the day in the latest all-action martial arts comedy from Korea. Check out the lowdown and the brilliantly bonkers trailer within!
Resident thrash merchant Rob gets his ears around an offering from Italian throwbacks Death Mechanism.
Classic Brit thrashers Onslaught return with their second studio album since their 2005 reunion. Our resident thrash-fiend Rob breaks out the cut-off t-shirt and skinny black jeans once again and takes a listen.
Floridian quintet A Day To Remember release their fifth album – Ross Jenner renders his verdict on their blend of pop-punk and metal.
The Bay Area masters return with their new offering. Rob weighs-in with his thoughts inside.
Oakland power trio High On Fire return with their fifth album of almost unbearably manly metallic war anthems. Philip Whitehouse grabs his broadsword and charges into the fray.
Phil Whitehouse took a trip to Wolverhampton’s premier rock-friendly pub, The Giffard Arms, to take in an evening of metallic extremity with a trio of up-and-coming acts.
Classic thrashers Death Angel release their third album since their 2001 reformation. Rob’s cut-off t-shirts make a reappearance for an authentic listening experience.
Seriously irate hardcore crew Terror return with their fourth full-length outpouring of indignation – Rob McAuslan lets us know what he thinks.
With the remaining fragments of Running Free still ringing in our heads Mark Wrigley, Ross Allen and Paige Manley stick two grubby fingers up at the notion of sleep to give you the low down on the final day of Sonisphere Knebworth.
We’re gonna be piling down to Sonisphere in a couple of weeks, and here’s part I of our guide of bands that shouldnt be missed, featuring The Bowtime Bar, Red Bull and Jagermeister stage acts.