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Parkway Drive – ‘Viva The Underdogs’ (Epitaph Records)

Since their inception in 2003, Australian metallers Parkway Drive have been hell bent on bringing their brand of hard hitting anthemic metalcore to as many people as possible. Along the way they’ve earned themselves a legion of fans as well as a host of naysayers. People love them and love to hate them. Initially, Phi C was one of the latter category. He just didn’t get it. Their music never won him over. Then he heard ‘Ire’ and saw more of their live performances and he was a convert. The fan polarisation came to the fore when they took to the headline slot of 2019’s Bloodstock festival with many praising the organisers for giving Parkway the chance while others were highly vocal in their dismay. Quite rightly the Byron Bay quintet heeded none of the negative comments and set about putting together a live show with the goal to win everyone over and leave the doubters crushed…

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Me And That Man – ‘New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol. 1’ (Napalm Records)

For those unfamiliar with the concept – and, if you’re not, where the feck have you been hiding for the past few years – Me And That Man is a sort of “alter ego” project from Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski which has seen him explore a much darker, and much personal side, of his artistry than the pure black metal limitations of Behemoth have allowed him to do. Now, Darski has never been a man to compromise. In his 25 years as the frontman of Behemoth, one of the most iconic, confrontational and innovative extreme metal bands not only of their own but any generation, he has never backed down from a fight. He has taken on leukaemia – and beaten it. He has taken on the Polish government – and beaten it. He has taken on the critics, and beaten us, consistently. He has stood on the precipice, and jumped wholeheartedly into the abyss below, confident in the knowledge that he will both survive and prevail.

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So Long Until The Séance – ‘The Mourning After’ (Self-Released)

So Long Until The Séance – or SLUTS as they are affectionately abbreviated to in this wee corner of the Überverse – are very much an anomaly on the Northern Ireland scene. Not only are they the only band pursuing the horror punk route, but they are also the only ones who adopt openly camp onstage demeanours (but, then, that does suit their musical style), so much so that the amount of make up they wear would keep Kat Von D in business for the duration of this global lockdown: I mean, going into the male toilets in the minutes before they go on stage is to risk coming out covered in feckin’ talcum powder…

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