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Wiegedood – ‘De Doden Hebben Het Goed II’

Amenra are one of the most powerful and important underground bands of the last 20 years. It’s a bold statement, but one that cannot be ignored. Their influence as artists spreads far and wide across the European heavy music scene, so much so that an entire collective

Wednesday 08 February 2017

Iron Reagan – ‘Crossover Ministry’

While revivals come and go like the weather, thrash has never needed one because it has always been there. Some bands reach more success than others, but there is always a high quality of music coming from the underground. Iron Reagan are one of the leaders of the new

Monday 06 February 2017

Ocean Grove – ‘The Rhapsody Tapes’

Every once in a while, a band drops a debut album that becomes a reference point. These debuts can shape not only the creator’s career, but also the future work of others that are yet to even take their first breaths. Of course, there are no guarantees in this

Sunday 05 February 2017

Allison Crutchfield – ‘Tourist In This Town’

Allison Crutchfield is no stranger to making powerful music. Having already spent time honing her craft in P.S Eliot along with her sister, Katie – who you will know from the excellent Waxahatchee – and Swearin’, Crutchfield has expanded into a different avenue with ‘Tourist In This Town’. It

Friday 03 February 2017

Lower Than Atlantis – ‘Safe In Sound’

Middle of the road pop rock bands are ten a penny in 2017. Pop down any supermarket and you’ll probably find the likes of You Me At Six, Twin Atlantic and Young Guns clogging up the “rock” section (don’t be offended – it’s basically anything that has an instrument

Beachheads – ‘Beachheads’

While the ‘side project’ tag still gets thrown around these days, it often feels a little redundant. Why can’t a band made up of musicians who happen to be in other bands just be called, well, a band? Calling something a side project makes the final product feel redundant,

Construct – ‘The Deity’

Do you like TesseracT? Djenty prog-metal five piece Construct like TesseracT. They like TesseracT so much that their debut album ‘The Deity’ sounds like a collection of B-sides, rarities and demos from the more renowned band’s vaults. This might come off as overly unfair on the Stoke-On-Trent based Construct. Everyone

Thursday 02 February 2017

The Menzingers – ‘After The Party’

“I was there when the wall came down, I’ll be there when the ocean rises,” howls Greg Barnett midway through ‘Thick As Thieves’, prophesying the end of the world over a gnarly riff. We’re only two songs into ‘After The Party’, and hell yeah, the hangover is

Wednesday 01 February 2017

Energy – ‘Apparition Sound’

After undergoing some changes, 2017 marks the rebirth of Energy. The Boston punk band found success among their peers in the mid 00s, but sadly, slipped under the radar in the years that followed. With their support slot on Creeper’s upcoming UK tour, ‘Apparition Sound’ is now getting a

Tuesday 31 January 2017

Galactic Empire – ‘Galactic Empire’

Unless you’ve been living in a Sarlacc Pit for the last few years, it’s fair to assume you might have noticed that Star Wars is popular again. After a decade of Prequel Trilogy hangover, Disney’s intervention, and the subsequent release of The Force Awakens and Rogue One,