Published on March 1st, 2011 by The Editor
Staunchly independent Leicester post-rockers Maybeshewill soundtrack the chaos of a global recession, with admirable assistance from Long Distance Calling.
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Tags: electronica, instrumental, Long Distance Calling, Maybeshewill, post-metal, post-rock
Published on February 28th, 2011 by The Editor
The new single from Leicester postrockers Maybeshewill has a rather charming stop-motion animation video to accompany it.
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Tags: Critical Distance, Maybeshewill, post-metal, post-rock, video
Published on December 16th, 2010 by The Editor
The Ocean‘s latest philosophical-discourse-as-prog/post-metal-album, Anthropocentric, continues the themes – and musical growth – found on its predecessor.
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Tags: Anthropocentric, post-metal, post-rock, prog, progressive, technical metal, The Ocean
Published on December 8th, 2010 by The Editor
Leeds lads Humanfly bring the bludgeon – and a side-serving of post-metal post-apocalyptic bleakness – on new album Darker Later. Play it loud.
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Tags: Darker Later, doom, Humanfly, post-metal, progressive, sludge, stoner
Published on October 1st, 2010 by The Editor
Who better to help Constants explore the largely barren territories between post-metal and post-hardcore than reverb-hungry producer Justin K Broadrick? No one.
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Tags: Constants, experimental, If Tomorrow The War, post-hardcore, post-metal
Published on September 28th, 2010 by The Editor
Irish bruisers Them Martyrs went and got post-metal in their hardcore! Or maybe it’s hardcore in post-metal… either way, the French Extremity EP is nasty fun.
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Tags: French Extremity, hardcore, post-hardcore, post-metal, progressive, Them martyrs
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 July 8th, 2010 by The Editor
Swedish blackthrash outsiders Sorgeldom crank up the reverb – and the bleakness, too – on Inner Receivings, their fascinatingly chilly second studio album.
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Tags: black metal, blackthrash, death metal, Inner Receivings, post-metal, shoegaze, Sorgeldom
Published on July 7th, 2010 by The Editor
Newport outfit Spiridion mash up Deftones and Tool very successfully on their self-released debut A Moment Of Clarity. Give ‘em time, and they could be awesome.
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Tags: A Moment Of Clarity, alt-rock, alternative, metal, post-metal, soundscape, Spiridion
Published on June 23rd, 2010 by The Editor
Voyager and Monolith face off on the first release from new post-metal label Science Of Silence; both are competent, but Voyager are well out in front.
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Tags: doom, metal, Monolith, post-metal, sludge, Split, Voyager