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Pariso / Nothing Beyond Everything After
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,...
Atlantis / La Petite Mort
EP Review
Atlantis / La Petite Mort
Synthy post-rock might be the worst of all genres, but occasionally a gem manages to somehow reveal itself. Idiot Pilot are one such band, and Atlantis are a great example of another, managing to cover a lot of ground in a relatively short amount of...
Calvaiire / Rigorisme
EP Review
Calvaiire / Rigorisme
Hailing from Laval in Northern France, Calvaiire are an offshoot of labelmates Birds In Row and As We Draw, and clearly share a similar sonic palette; primitive aggression is the common thread here. This is belligerently demonstrated on ‘...
Red Fang
Interview
And it's Monday night in Manchester for Red Fang again. A schedule-stretching five bands took the stage at Moho Live. Of the supporting cast, the phenomenal Black Tusk were especially striking; a fireball of punk energy and savage beardy metal...
Author & Punisher / Ursus Americanus
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...
Author & Punisher
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...
What The Blood Revealed / 13th Note Café Glasgow Thanks John Decay
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...
Mastodon / Manchester Academy
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...
Cloudkicker / Let Yourself Be Huge
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,...
Opeth - photo courtesy Alex Rogahn
Gig
As a venue, the Academy is great for bounce-along anthems, massive riffs, sweaty aggression; Opeth are simply not about any of these things, or rather musically, they don't sustain this physical element of rock concerts for any significant...
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