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Interview with Tas Danazoglou of Satan’s Wrath

“If you read this you are a loser.” - Tas Danazoglou Interview by Jason Guest Jason: Hi Tas. Thanks for taking time out for this interview and congratulations on Aeon’s Of Satan’s Reign. It’s a great...

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Mothertrucker – The Power Of Independent Trucking

Review by Jason Guest Instrumental music is always a challenge. Without vocals, bands have to work hard to retain the attention of their listeners; without song-like structures or even lead breaks,...

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Interview with Steve Asheim (drums) of Deicide

“Man’s will is controlled in great part by the dark side, be it outside influence or supernatural forces or just from within our own twisted minds.” - Steve Asheim Steve Asheim – Deicide Interview by...

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Ghost BC – If You Have Ghost EP

Review by Jason Guest Once upon a time in a galaxy not so far away, audiences loved the enigmas that rock and metal bestowed upon them. Band stories became the stuff of legend and soon, that of  myth....

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Satan’s Wrath – Aeons of Satan’s Reign

Review by Jason Guest Metal Blade Like death and taxes, it’s a certainty that every Motörhead review you ever read will begin with the line, “three things in life are certain: death, taxes and...

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Hell – Curse & Chapter

Review by Jason Guest Nuclear Blast Two years after 2011’s Human Remains, Hell return with album number two, Curse & Chapter. In-keeping with their theatrical aesthetic, the darkly carnival...

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Zemial – Nykta

Review by Jason Guest Hells Headbangers Greece’s Zemial – the work of Archon Vorskaath – have been hard at it since 1989. Research into the band’s back catalogue – one that’s more than worth exploring...

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Masiro – EP

Review by Jason Guest Self-released (name your price here) The genre tag “mathcore”, perhaps more than most, is a problematic one. It’s that word “math” that does it little favours. It implies that...

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Deicide – In The Minds Of Evil

Review by Jason Guest Century Media Since 1987, Deicide (known as Amon between 1987 and 1989, as if you didn’t know) have been brutally, ruthlessly, unremittingly, remorselessly slamming the father,...

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Interview with Vorskaath of Zemial for Midlands Rocks

“Extreme metal is such a new form of music and already it is being pinned down and limited in its scope. I feel that it makes a fine platform for experimentation and with the right attention, may host...

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Iron Bonehead Productions: Cult of Fire + Fōr + Abyssous + Putrid Yell/Eaten...

Reviews by Jason Guest With a few releases from Iron Bonehead Productions reviewed previously, we’ve got a few more for you. First, from Czech Republic, we have Cult of Fire’s second album, मृत्यु का...

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The Darkness @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – Monday 2 December 2013

Review by Jason Guest; photos by Sam Knight Earlier this year, The Darkness played the much bigger Civic Hall next door (Ed: reviewed here), so when this venue was announced as the setting for the...

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Interview with Fōr

“Freedom for us is the illusion that is draped over our eyes by the cosmic order.” - Fōr Interview by Jason Guest Jason: Thanks for taking time out for this interview and congratulations on Blakaz...

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Invictus Productions: Malthusian + ZOM + Manifesting + Slutvomit + Possession

Reviews by Jason Guest Since 1999, Irish label Invictus Productions have been working to bring unto the world the best of the underground, more information on which can be found on their website. You...

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Interview with Heretic Cult Redeemer

“All the people who dwell on this earth originate from the same genus. Someday this breed will be destroyed and in its place will come a new one.” - Heretic Cult Redeemer Interview by Jason Guest...

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Interview with Svar of Triumph, Genus

“It is a condemnation of the idea that we are all equal” - Svar Interview by Jason Guest Jason: Hi Svar. Thanks for taking time out for this interview. Congratulations on your debut (Ed: reviewed...

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Watain + Funeral Throne + Coltsblood @ Library, HMV Institute, Birmingham –...

Review by Jason Guest; photos by Sam Knight Openers Coltsblood’s “Unfathomable Doom from the North” is slow – really slow – and crushing – really crushing. With the combined down-tuned devastation...

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Interview with Malthusian

“We are all at the mercy of Mother Earth and are subject to her whims. If she decides to wipe us out there is nothing much we can do about it.” Interview by Jason Guest Jason: Thanks for taking time...

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Agonia Records: Temple of Baal + Inferno + Code

Reviews by Jason Guest With an ever-growing list of great bands to their name, Polish label Agonia Records have featured in these pages before with releases from bands as diverse as Svartsyn, Aborym,...

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Moribund Records: Thrall + Moon + Vardan + Nocturnal Fear/ Seges Findere

Reviews by Jason Guest Moribund Records have been bringing extreme metal from the underground to the world since 1993. And from their ever-growing list, we have a few recent releases up for review....

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