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The Norwegian band Audrey Horne just released a self-titled album earlier this week. The album is filled with 11 melodic hard rock tracks, mixed and produced by Joe Barresi.

In a generation where the boundaries of metal are consistently being pushed far beyond their supposed limits, as anyone who has listened to Mastodon’s Crack The Skye can verify, the mere existence of a band with such an outdated, irrelevant style as Taking Dawn comes as something of a surprise. If Time To Burn was [...]

Post-rock is a genre synonymous with being used as background music for advertisements and film due to its atmospheric and instrumental songs. So it is unsurprising that Mogwai’s long 15 year reign at the top of the genre means their music is used a lot in these forms, but something is always missing. Burning is [...]

Despite the cold temperatures, snow and heavy pollution, about a hundred people managed to get to the opening-week of Kvarteret in Bergen.
Two hours after the doors had opened, the supporting act The Goo Men finally came on stage and started with a new song “Good To Me”, which is from their new album “Three Thumbs [...]

What is it about Germany that keeps producing quality metal acts? They’ve conquered thrash (Kreator, Sodom), metalcore (Caliban, Heaven Shall Burn), crossover (Rammstein, Scorpions), power metal (Helloween, Grave Digger) and now Anima have laid claim to the modern death/deathcore throne with their sophomore release Enter The Killzone.
The genre is by no means a new hunting [...]

With a name like Bonecrusher, you know you’re going to get loud, fast and brutal metal when this gig rolls into town. And so it was with Ingested (7) who got things off to a pounding start with a tight set. You know a band is going places when they’re the first on the bill [...]

In a period where the style that has come to be known as metalcore has been in some form of steady decline, the self-titled debut album from Illinois five-piece Denial Machine really is a breath of fresh air. With a sound that combines melodic intricacy with death metal-inspired savagery, it is essential that fans of [...]

Evile (supported by Warbringer and The Fading), Cathouse, Glasgow, 17.1.10.
It’s almost impossible to believe that this is the first tour The Fading have ever embarked on, and on the evidence of tonight’s showing it is certain to be the first of many. The Israeli band’s infectious brand of in-your-face thrash and pseudo-deathcore breakdowns shook the [...]

Domes Of Silence issue the first new material since their debut album Mescaline, with this new single, Temple Of The Wasp, which has been released through iTunes and other download formats, backed up by B-side Bad Wisdom. Since their debut they have survived vocalist Sean Parkin’s

With an interesting sound that comprises powerful vocals, infectious melodies and impressively well-written songs, Californian rockers Hydrovibe certainly have the capacity to become a major success in the not too distant future. Recent full-length Nothing Left To Lose is proof of the band’s talents; a thoroughly enjoyable array of imposing anthems of various styles, this [...]