About Author: Mat
Posts by Mat
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The Grotesquery : The Facts and Terrifying Testament of Mason Hamilton
Posted on April 28, 2012 | No CommentsThe Grotesquery’s latest foray into their particular brand of horror death metal is a- gulp, shiver- concept album with clear and obvious influences from Edgar Allen Poe and HP Lovecraft. It... -
Nachvorst : Silence
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsHolland’s miserablists par excellence return with this, their second album and, you will be delighted to know, it’s as grumpy and depressing as you could hope for. The duo have now... -
Huntress : Spell Eater
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsEven if you have not actually heard Huntress, chances are that, even with just a passing interest in matters “heavy” and “metal”, you have already seen them. At the very... -
Overkill : The Electric Age
Posted on April 23, 2012 | No CommentsCredit where it’s due time. Admission of guilt time, too. I never really got into Overkill, back in the day. There, I’ve said it. Tar and feather me, why don’t... -
Epica : Requiem for the Indifferent
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsWhether it was the break to indulge their creative juices (with the largely well received MaYan project) or just a more focused attention to detail, the latest record from Dutch... -
7 Horns 7 Eyes : Throes of Absolution
Posted on April 17, 2012 | No CommentsIf I was being honest with you, I haven’t been spending the last few months worrying about where the next slice of brilliant progressive death metal was coming from. My... -
Cancer Bats : Dead Set On Living
Posted on April 8, 2012 | No CommentsWhen Cancer Bats agreed to play an additional set at last year’s Sonisphere festival I doubt that even they, in any kind of self regarding chutzpah, would have thought that... -
Tellusian : Scania
Posted on April 5, 2012 | No CommentsThis two track E.P from Sweden’s Tellusian is a curio in these days of super extended albums but those of you with a keen eye for detail will be intrigued... -
Meshuggah : Koloss
Posted on April 4, 2012 | No CommentsWhen I first heard Meshuggah back in the day (and I mean genuinely back in the day, not just last Friday), they left me dumbstruck. They were almost like nothing... -
Jumping Jack : Trucks and Bones
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsAs nice as it is to have records that are clever and studied and very knowing, sometimes you can get an equal level of pleasure from records that are straightforward,...
