Posts from the ‘Brutal Tunes’ Category
In light of my desire to include more reviews from local NZ metal bands, Kieran Cooper – vocalist/guitarist of Auckland band Kasium (and producer of I Spit on Your Grave’s debut, which I reviewed a couple of weeks ago) – contacted me about doing a review. And here it is: Kasium’s sound is pure, unaltered [...]
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Islander and team over on No Clean Singing are, and I quote, “happier than pigs in shit” to premier the full-album steam of Global Flatline, the new Aborted album being released by Century Media. And she’s a absolute beaut. With new blood in the form of Ken Bedene (ex-Abagail Williams) and Michael Wilson (System Divide) Aborted [...]
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Black Waltz, the forth full-length album from Swedish metallers Avatar, releases on the US on Feb 14 2012. Don’t let the Valentine’s Day release date fool you – this is no soppy power metal lovefest, but a solid, catchy, almost industrial-style album that will probably launch Avatar into the mainstream market. Produced by Tobias Lindell [...]
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Edited to add some gig photos from Misery of Chaos NZ. So. I missed Heresiarch (because I fell asleep on the couch and had to change my t-shirt because I drooled on it? I can neither confirm nor deny), but my mate Ross said they were “like a bulldozer”, which I think is a pretty [...]
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Named after one of the sickest horror films I’ve ever seen (I watched the original version a couple of weeks ago, it still sits uncomfortably at the back of my mind), I Spit On Your Grave’s debut EP will have filthy grindcore fans gnashing their teeth in appreciation. Aside from having a classy cover, their [...]
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Review: Kasium – Exhale
Linking Horn: A Quest Into the 77th Link
Review and Album Stream: Aborted – Global Flatline
Review: Avatar – Black Waltz
Gig Review: ABSU, Heresiarch, Nullifier and Exordium Mors at the Kings Arms
