Album Reviews
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Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound
Tribulation has been a band that has been hard to define over the years, constantly changing the style of music they play in a way few can pull of well. Nether the less the band continue to grow in popularity and remain as one of the extreme metal stand out acts. There new album ‘Where...
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Asphyx - Necroceros
Dutch death metal legends Asphyx are set to release their first album since 2016 titled ‘Necroceros’. Fans have been eagerly awaiting new music from the band, and now the wait is over. An extremely heavy and brutal record will leave fans eager to mosh to their heart’s content. Up first we have ‘The Sole Cure...
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Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose (Live at Brixton)
Bombay Bicycle Club’s new live album ‘I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose (Live at Brixton)’ is a celebration of the bands pre-pandemic live shows, more specifically giving us a listen into the bands sold out November 2019 show at Brixton Academy. The show saw the band playing the entirety of their 2009...
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Goldfinger - Never Look Back
Goldfinger returns, after 3 years, with a new album titled “Never Look Back”. The Ska Punk band have bounced back with more of their iconic style. The new record sees the return of Charlie Paulson for the first time since 2002’s ‘Open Your Eyes’ record. Take the back seat while I tell you exactly what...
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King 810 - AK Concerto No. 47, 11th Movement in G Major
KING 810 have returned with all the ammunition you would expect from the Flint natives! David Gunn and co have not disappointed with their fourth album consisting of the unrivalled amounts of grit and danger we have come to expect from the gang like band. It’s safe to say the future of metalcore is in...
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The OBGMs - The Ends
The OBGMs, Or The Oooh Baby Gimme Mores, start their second album off with ‘Outsah’, leading us in with a mix of percussion clamouring together, before taking us into a strong punky rock drum and bass infusion. The song gives us our first listen to the OBGMs unique stylings with screamy, disguised vocals. ‘Outsah’ is...
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snake eyes - skeletons
Starting off this EP is the very fast paced ‘don’t worry’, the song instantly grabs you in it’s complex layers of noise. The repeated lyrics “Yeah, I’m good, I’m fine, don’t worry” show how people constantly try to disguise the noises in their heads, when trying to hide their true feelings. The song also takes...
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Creeper - Sex, Death & The Infinite Void
I’ve been aware of creepers’ existence since their first album released a few years back, however I’ve never got around to listening to any of their music. I only heard about ‘Sex, Death & The Infinite Void’ on the day it released, through friends stories on instagram. So I went into this album clean not...
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Alestorm - The Curse of the Crystal Coconut
Starting off “The Curse of the Crystal Coconut” is the first single of the album “Treasure Chest Party Quest”. A song that tries to separate Alestorm from their usual pirate based lyrics, but ends up sounding as piratey, if not more, than previous alestorm songs. The music video for this turns the weirdness up to...
