Posts Tagged ‘album reviews’

  • Review: Kasium – Exhale

    February 1st, 2012 | Brutal Tunes, Music | steff | No Comments

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    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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  • Review and Album Stream: Aborted – Global Flatline

    January 27th, 2012 | Brutal Tunes, Music | steff | No Comments

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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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  • Review: Avatar – Black Waltz

    January 26th, 2012 | Brutal Tunes, Music | steff | No Comments

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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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  • Review: I Spit on Your Grave – Baby I’m Bullet Proof

    January 18th, 2012 | Brutal Tunes, Music | steff | 1 Comment

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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: Twisted Tower Dire – Make it Dark

    January 12th, 2012 | Brutal Tunes, Music | steff | 1 Comment

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    According to their biography, Twisted Tower Dire have been around since the “anti-metal nineties”, but I only heard about them a couple of weeks ago from my friend Chrissy. In 1999 they released their debut album and did a seriously epic world tour to promote it, playing with the likes of The Lord Weird Slough [...]

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