Jase W prefaces his latest review with the fact that he bloody loves Haken. To him they’re a band that can do no wrong and he sees them as a band that’s as close to a modern-day Pink Floyd as we can get. Now he’s not sure if they’re clairvoyant or whether the album name was a tongue-in-cheek revision given what’s currently happening worldwide at the time of writing this review, but this is a direct follow-up to their pretty fantastic ‘Vector’ album.
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Something is stirring in the heart of Norwegian black metal. Nadir, newcomers with a combined pedigree steeped in the roots of the country’s BM scene have arrived with a heavyweight four track EP. Taking a collective inspiration from past projects and pulling together a fast, aggressive and melodic sound. Charged with energy they’re seeking to take up the banner for BM and surge to the forefront.
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Just days after the Spanish government eased some of the restrictions around the beer bug-induced lockdown, death metal veterans Aposento once again crawl their way out of the country’s northern wastelands with just their third album in their three-decade-long career (well, they did take a 15-year break in the middle of it). And the result is an album as dark as the wine of the Rioja region from which they hail…
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One advantage of the current lockdown has been being able to catch up on music that previously had fallen through the net of potential review material, which is how Monk came across this recently released debut album from Birmingham death groovers Atarka, which had been loitering in the darkest recesses of the ÜR inbox for the past month or so…
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Pittsburgh punishers 156/Silence are set to release their upcoming album, ‘Irrational Pull’ on 5 June. With it being the quartet’s only second album, it is rare to see a band evolve their sound so much, in just a few years. No longer being attached to a record label, they are bringing a crossover of metal and hardcore to a new level. Sewing an emotional, dissonant feel, with dynamic vocals from frontman Jack Murray with a haunting, twisted side. For fans of Code Orange, Knocked Loose and Vein.
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