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It's the year 2000. I’m in sixth form and by the quirks of being in a group of friends that are trusted by the staff we somehow have our own common room. Of sorts. We have tea and coffee making facilities, a sofa, some hastily re-upholstered stools, and a bunch of rails of costumes for... Continue Reading →
This is the most ripped-off Metalcore record of all time. This is one of the top three metal records of the nineties. This record is the reason the melodic Death Metal subgenre exists and is the innovating sound behind the extreme europian scene as we know it today. “Slaughter of the Soul” is so forward-thinking... Continue Reading →
Twenty-Five years ago the greatest death metal album was given to the world. Symbolic by Death is a journey. A formation of songs that encrypt the listener into an inviting climb of what thrash metal had buried within itself to become. Although Symbolic came towards the end of the Death Metal genres peak in the... Continue Reading →
Diamond Eyes is by far a gateway album for me and is a huge reason as to why I got into Deftones. I think I was about 13 when I'd first listened to them and that album in particular. We'd bought it on CD and always used to play it in full, no skips (it's... Continue Reading →
As a lifelong Springsteen fan, I have re-visited this record many times and last week I did so again in preparation for this article. This was the 2nd Bruce album I bought and when asked to review it for its 40th anniversary I thought it would be pretty easy. But this time, while listening to... Continue Reading →
What happens when the power goes out? When there’s no electricity to the instruments but the creativity still sparks? If you write an album acoustically you don’t take that material and try and amp it up. You let its soul ride out whole and pure. Risky business for most bands but when you are Led... Continue Reading →
A quietly melodic Spanish guitar plays out a nice little tune, nothing too special, nice, sedate and calming. Then in a mere 38 seconds, the world comes crashing down into a fiery world of guitars, drums, noise and the cacophony of thrash. It’s track one, side one of Master of Puppets. Battery. Metallica. The old... Continue Reading →
