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Spy # Row – ‘Blood Brothers’ (Fastball Music)

Spy # Row – ‘Blood Brothers’ (Fastball Music)

Posted by | Apr 26, 2019 | ,

Despite the fact that they have been together for around 14 years, Frankfurt trio Spy # Row are very much young kids on the Über Rock block: not only is this their debut album, but add into the mix the fact that their youngest member (unfortunately their bio doesn’t say which one) only turned 21 last year, and their youth is extremely apparent. However, what is immediate equally obvious is that this is no wet-behind-the-ears crüe of inexperienced kids playing at the rock music game, as ‘Blood Brothers’ is a hugely accomplished album that would put many bands twice or three times their age to shame…

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Lost in Kiev – ‘Persona’ (Pelagic Records)

Lost in Kiev – ‘Persona’ (Pelagic Records)

Posted by | Apr 25, 2019 | ,

France has produced some of the biggest names in synth-laden music to hit the alternative scene this decade, the whole synthwave movement blossoming within its borders thanks to the likes of Justice, Carpenter Brut and Perturbator. Paris natives Lost in Kiev may not be an out and out synthwave band, but the influence of that scene has clearly crept in on ‘Persona’, the post-rock band’s third record. The eponymous song comes heavy in retro-futurist vibes, likely to pique the interest of any John Carpenter fans, but also with tonally rich guitars which will likely please fans of the likes of Sleepmakeswaves, Blanket or Brontide.

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Astral Doors – ‘Worship Or Die’ (Metalville)

Astral Doors – ‘Worship Or Die’ (Metalville)

Posted by | Apr 25, 2019 | ,

ÜR boss Monk first came across Swedish power metal crüe Astral Doors a little less than two years ago, when he reviewed their seventh studio album, ‘Black Eyed Children’. At that time, it was easy to see where the band’s influences clearly lay, as they plotted a well-trodden path through the legacy laid by the late, great Ronnie James Dio. In fact, at the time, Monk remarked that the godfather of power metal’s vocal chords could have been transplanted into the throat of Astral Doors frontman Nils Patrik Johannsson, such was the eerily similarity which permeated the album. However, here we are with the band’s newest opus, and a very different kettle of fish it is indeed.

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Death Blooms – ‘You Are Filth’ (Self-Released)

Death Blooms – ‘You Are Filth’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Apr 24, 2019 | ,

The latest shining hope of British metalcore, Death Blooms already made some waves with the release of their self-titled debut EP back in 2017. Possessing a clear ear for massive choruses and the canny sense to sidestep the formulaic trappings of modern metalcore (read: they don’t write whole songs based around breakdowns – that can be all the difference sometimes, folks), the band set their sights on conquering the metal scene along the same routes as fellow UK metalcore acts Bury Tomorrow, While She Sleeps or Architects. Following on from that first EP, the band return with ‘You Are Filth’ – a release which lands just in time for their first ever headline run in England.

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