London-based cyber punks The Kanz believe in doing things the old-fashioned way, by releasing a fuckton of singles over the past five years or so… and they have a shed load more in the pipeline, with the most recent being released just this past Friday, which provided us with the perfect excuse to catch up with workaholic frontman (and sometime actor) Fabio Nania to find out what makes him, and the rest of the band tick…
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Bona arrived early on Sunday afternoon for his second successive dose of the finest prog rock that this island has to offer, with a liberal dose of visiting contributors thrown in for good measure.
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It was that time of year again, when Bona arrived at the O2 Academy in Sheffield for a weekend of progressive rock music. He got there just in time to catch the first band…
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Now and again, an album comes at you totally from out of the left field and leaves you wondering, after the first hearing, “what the fuck have I just listened to, ‘cos that was not what I was expecting”? This latest album from Thanateros fits just that scenario. Let Monk explain…
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The seemingly contrasting fusion of harsh, blackened death growls with an almost angelic voice over the top of a boisterous symphonic metal soundscape is hardly a new formula and has been tried and tested to varying degrees of success over the past couple of decades. Following in the footsteps of generic predecessors such as Lacuna Coil and Leaves’ Eyes, Swiss dark metallers Askara are the latest act to try and strike the fine balance of such stylistic blending.
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