#Metal
Album Review
Pariso / Nothing Beyond Everything After
Probably the greatest band to be named after a female body builder (with musical muscles to match), Pariso have finally knuckled down to crush some bones with their very first full-length. Nothing Beyond Everything After is a grinding, extreme,...
Album Review
Author & Punisher / Ursus Americanus
When David stepped aboard the Phaelon based Trimaxian Drone Ship in ‘Flight of the Navigator’, his experience was one of fun and frolics; star chart analysis, cute aliens and extraterrestrial travel with a Beach Boys soundtrack. The...
Interview
Drawing inspiration from a career in mechanical engineering, Author & Punisher (or Tristan Shone to his family) constructs custom built instruments seemingly rooted in the field of robotics engineering; requiring physical interaction...
Gig
The evening gets off to an ominous start: after an ungodly wait at the bar, the charlatan posing as a barman stated that they had no Havana Club – but “How about Sailor Jerry’s rum, as it’s just the same?” I could have...
Gig
Whoever put this line up together has been pretty shrewd. There's something here for every Mastodon fan as an apéritif before the main course; could the night match my bloated expectations?
Red Fang are the ideal men to agitate the...
Album Stubble - Unsigned
Cloudkicker / Let Yourself Be Huge
Up until this point, Cloudkicker’s reputation has rested some pretty righteous slabs of instrumental and technical post-metal. 2010’s Beacons earned wide praise for its combination of furious polymetric riffing and unsettling,...






