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The Violent Hearts – ‘Everything and Nothing’ (Self-Released)

The Violent Hearts – ‘Everything and Nothing’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Sep 1, 2021 | ,

Post-punk band The Violent Hearts released a self-titled E.P. in 2014 and then disappeared into the ether for the next seven years. The ex-Sharks/Computers band members, James Mattock (vocals), Carl Murrihy (bass) and Aidan Sinclair (drums) had seemed to come out fighting, re-branded and ready to rock but ‘Everything and Nothing’ is the first release for quite some time. As they emerge from the shadows with a tellingly titled collection of songs it remains to be seen whether they have everything or nothing to offer.

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In The Absence of Words – ‘A Collection II’ (Self-Released)

In The Absence of Words – ‘A Collection II’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Sep 1, 2021 | ,

Sweden’s music scene has a lot going for it. There’s a wealth of genres and subgenres spawning bands and artists to suit near enough everyone. The metal aspect alone has enough output to facilitate entire record shops with albums. What the majority of all of the artists have in common though from whichever genre background, is vocals. With In The Absence of Words, as the name suggests, we’re taking a different path. Having already released ‘Collection I’ that featured heavy synth and effects layers to create immersive soundscapes, ‘Collection II’ follows a similar vein. The concept being that vocals can detract from the ideas that are being conveyed by the music and instrumentation. With their removal we are presented with a different dynamic.

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Inglorious – ‘Heroine’ (Frontiers Music)

Inglorious – ‘Heroine’ (Frontiers Music)

Posted by | Aug 31, 2021 | ,

The pandemic has done one of several things for upcoming and established artists; Write new stuff of their own, revisit old stuff of their own, pack it in altogether or, in the case of Inglorious, look to their influences and cover them.  Whilst covering old classic rock tracks is feasible, to cover tracks previously released by female artists is either very brave or very foolish, especially for a male singer – remember the Darius Danesh moment!

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Apostolica – ‘Haeretica Ecclesia’ (Scarlet Records)

Apostolica – ‘Haeretica Ecclesia’ (Scarlet Records)

Posted by | Aug 31, 2021 | ,

It seems like “super groups” are coming back into fashion again, where musicians from well-established bands join forces to produce something that combines all of their strengths together into something a little popularised bit special. However, recently this seems to have also been combined with the anonymity that Ghost have exhibited throughout their career, so we now have “super groups” where we have no idea who the members are. Sleep Token is possibly the latest venture that springs to mind, but it’s not them Jonny B here to talk about today… Instead, he has something that promises to be right up his street with a mysterious “anti-clerical” group slated for fans of Sabaton and Powerwolf; JB simply could not resist!

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