It will probably come as a surprise to anyone I’ve rumbled with online lately, but my lifelong instinct to closely follow and engage with all
Read moreImpotentie – Demonstratieve Opnamens (Drunken Sailor Records / Swollen City Records 2018)
Impotentie are (as far as I can tell) a post-punk 2 piece from Montreal that sing in… wait for it… Dutch. Fucking Dutch, mate. I
Read moreThe Last Gang – Keep Them Counting (Fat Wreck Chords, 2018)
There was a time when I followed Fat Wreck Chords something approaching religious fervour, I guess around the mid-late 90s and very early 2000s. They
Read moreIron Reagan / Gatecreeper split 12in (Relapse, 2018)
So this here split 12in record is billed as being between two of the most talked about acts in the wider extreme metal scene, Iron
Read moreTurnstile – Time & Space (Roadrunner, 2018)
Mentally, I associate Roadrunner with (back in the day) the early Sepultura back catalogue, dodgy Krishna hardcore like Shelter, and some dodgy tough guy hardcore
Read moreDesert Storm – Sentinels ( APF Records, 2018)
There’s nothing everyone loves more than a good fucking riff. Essentially that’s what a lot of good and bad guitar-based music boils down to: how
Read moreMammoth Grinder – Cosmic Crypt (Relapse, 2018)
After a five year absence since their last full length (Underworlds), Mammoth Grinder return to the frontline with their fourth full length record, Cosmic Crypt.
Read moreThe Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing – Double Negative (Leather Apron, 2018)
An Essay by Mr Lee Morrissey (Moz), on Double Negative, the fourth, and most recently made available full length recorded collection of songs by Messrs
Read moreThe Glorious Sons – Young Beauties & Fools (Earache, 2018)
Ah, Earache Records. What once was the last bastion of heaven for the extreme and downright disgusting of the heavy metal world, is now reduced
Read moreCold Years – Northern Blue EP (Homebound Records, 2018)
Somebody remind me what year it is again? Honestly, I could’ve sworn that the last 10-odd years were a figment of my imagination. Listening to
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