Just a few weeks ago, the Toulouse rugby team absolutely steamrollered Monk and DQ’s local heroes Ulster in one of the most monstrously overpowering displays of dominance seen in a long time. Well, Slift, hailing from the same French town, could well have provided the soundtrack to that complete destruction as this, their third album, is crushing, dynamic, megalithic, monolithic and utterly decimating in its ferocity, intensity and sheer unbridled power.
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To help celebrate the tenth year of the ArcTanGent festival, today’s band announcement is very likely it’s biggest ever in its history. Yes, it is a biggie, and yes it will make you all very happy.
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German composer, songwriter and producer Frank Farian has died at the age of 82.
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A couple of gigs into the new year and neither snow nor train delays can stop the big man called DJ Astrocreep from visiting an old haunt in the shape of Rebellion. An evening of heavy, heavy monster sounds awaits and its finally time to get crushed by the riffs.
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The first of two books exploring the history of the Eighties prog revival, is to be published in June.
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