It may appear that there would be little, if any, commonality between the dank, grey-skied post-industrial cityscapes of the north-east of England and the broiling, skyline-shimmering heat of the Mojave Desert, but there obviously is some sort of deep inner, almost psychological connection as this album exhales the fumes of the former and spits the grit of the latter in equal proportions.
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Guitarist John Sykes has died at the age of 65, following a battle with cancer.
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The Scottish proggies have emerged from the studio after a five-year absence, with a new album due to be released in the second half of March. They gave us the first taste of what to expect at the tail end of last year, and now add another piece to the musical mosaic with this second course.
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Right from the outset Monk has to state his business (sic) and admit that, having once dubbed them “one of the Titanic Trio of the three worst thrash bands on the island of Ireland”, this Belfast-based “war jazz” trio are one of those bands he loved to hate, and hated to love, but now loves to love – and this totally brilliant slice of audio-visual lunacy emphasizes his gradual change in affections for the beys.
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One thing that’s pretty great about being in a social group where everyone takes their support of bands quite seriously is that there’s a never-ending stream of recommendations that get thrown your way and Autarkh was the latest of them for our man Jase W. As such he landed back in Haarlem for them heading up Patronaat’s Stage Three! Along for the ride were Farer and Alkhahest to round off an evening of noisy Dutch metal. Jase has been doing as much as he can to get stuck into the local bands since moving here so this was another chance to get that little bit more familiar with the underrated metal scene in the Netherlands.
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