GHOST GET SINISTER ON NEW TRACK 'CIRICE'

Ghost (or Ghost B.C. if you're American) are one of those bands I didn't really get until I saw them live, but there's something about a field full of people singing the chorus to Monstrance Clock...

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SLICE THE CAKE DESTROY CITIES WITH NEW TRACK

International Deathcore trio Slice the Cake are still sitting on their hotly anticipated new album Odyssey to the West and while there's still no release in sight, we have been favoured by the pastry...

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VEIL OF MAYA BECOME ENDLESSLY PREDICTABLE WITH MATRIARCH

I spent quite a long time trying to come up with a deep opinion on the new album, Matriarch, by American Progressive Deathcore outfit Veil of Maya, but after repeated listens and chances...

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H.R. GIGER DOCUMENTARY COMING MAY 15TH

The work of H.R. Giger is metal. So metal that he will be featuring in the second part of my "Art for Art's Sake" series of articles when I finally get around to finishing it. So Metal that it remains...

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STAR WAS GOES METAL FOR MAY 4th

May 4th has been official Star Wars day for about 4 years now, combining nerds two favourite things, Star Wars and bad puns. The one thing that's missing from that is Metal, nerds love Metal. What...

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INTERNET NEARLY COMES TO END AFTER H&M'S SPRING LINE IS TROLLED HARDCORE

Rock and Metal fans are no stranger to more mainstream outlets co-opting their music of choice. From UK retailer Sports Direct stocking Burzum shirts to various pop musicians sporting boutique battle...

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FREE MUSIC MONDAY: 09/02/2015

Free Music Monday does exactly what it says on the tin. Every Monday I will scour BandCamp for only the best free albums. Free Music. Every Monday! Got that? Good. Let's begin.  Cloudkicker...

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LEVIATHAN PUT ALL TONGUES TOWARD GREATNESS

One Man American Black Metal project Leviathan have put out a new track and it's a piece of bleak art. Jef Whitehead seems to have pushed the project in a Post-Black Metal direction,...

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"ART FOR ART'S SAKE"; A LOOK AT METAL'S IGNORED ARTISTS: PART ONE

One thing that arguably sets your average Metal album part from say a Pop album, or even the majority of Rock albums, is album art. Back when I actually still had a local record store I used to...

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MECHINA'S ACHERON WILL CRUSH YOUR SKULL WITH ROBOTIC CLAWS

I feel like I’ve opened some lead-lined, cyber-punk Pandora’s Box after diving into the latest release from Symphonic Death/Groove Metal project Mechina. Acheron is an hour long slab of crushing...

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