Published on March 30th, 2011 by The Editor
Ambitious and wide-ranging prog metal from Jolly on The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part 1); it won’t change your whole life, but it’ll change 46 minutes of it.
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Tags: Jolly, metal, prog, progressive, The Audio Guide To Happiness (Part 1)
Published on February 9th, 2011 by The Editor
It’s been a five-year wait for The Octopus, the third album from Mancunian space-rockers Amplifier. Is it worth it? Depends what exactly you waited for, really.
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Tags: Amplifier, heavy rock, metal, prog, progressive, the Octopus
Published on November 30th, 2010 by The Editor
Dave Wyndorf and the Monster Magnet circus roll into Manchester, and roll back out again leaving grins on every fan’s face, no matter how long-standing.
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Tags: hard rock, metal, Monster Magnet, rock, stoner rock
Published on November 24th, 2010 by The Editor
Who the hell are Left Side Brain? Based on Rifftrospective‘s look-back at a ten year career, they’re one of the best British alt-metal bands I’ve never heard of.
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Tags: alt-metal, alternative, Brit-rock, Left Side Brain, metal, Rifftrospective
Published on November 10th, 2010 by The Editor
If the last few Monster Magnet albums have disappointed, Mastermind might be the one to win you back over with its solid consistency and classic Wyndorf stories.
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Tags: hard rock, Mastermind, metal, Monster Magnet, rock, stoner rock
Published on October 26th, 2010 by The Editor
The Contortionist may be named for a circus act, but their post-rock tinged technical prog metal sounds like pure space opera; prepare to land on the Exoplanet.
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Tags: Exoplanet, extreme metal, metal, progressive, technical metal, The Contortionist
Published on September 30th, 2010 by The Editor
Page Hamilton’s back again; I didn’t hear the last two Helmet albums, but I’ll bet my bruised and paper-cut balls that they weren’t as good as Seeing Eye Dog.
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Tags: alt-rock, Helmet, metal, noise rock, post-hardcore, Seeing Eye Dog
Published on September 27th, 2010 by The Editor
Sludge-pop progenitors Torche have returned – though their new EP/album Songs For Singles is more short sharp heavy pop than sludge, most of the time.
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Tags: alternative, metal, pop, sludge, Songs For Singles, stoner, Torche
Published on September 24th, 2010 by The Editor
Berlin threesome Rotor make a roaring dirty sludgy noise, but it’s crafty and angular and jazzy too. All kinds of post-whatever everything, right here. Good.
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Tags: 4, alternative, groove metal, jazz-metal, metal, post-metal, post-rock, progressive, Rotor
Published on August 27th, 2010 by The Editor
Melodic vocals, thrashy guitars, hypertechnical drumming and a bunch of industrial nastiness… Return To Earth have your end-of-the-world soundtrack right here.
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Tags: Automata, cyborg rock, hard rock, industrial, metal, Return To Earth, thrash
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