Disease – Beartooth | Sick. Diseased. Beautiful. | Album Review
While the wider world is going to s**t, your world doesn’t have to be, ‘Disease’, the new album from Beartooth, may just save your life.
Articles by Nick Meekham
The Insulated World – Dir En Grey | Anxiety Attack Anthems! | Album Review
The first of the Autumn/Winter, pre-Christmas album batch comes from the land of the rising sun, Dir En Grey, with ‘The Insulated World’. A band that can still hold the title of one of the most charismatic and enigmatic bands in music today! How does this new release hold up though? Find out inside…
A Beginners Guide To… Industrial Music!
Sometimes, you just need to hear a mangled machine orgy, inaudible lyrics and/or various samples of old B-Movies. In a nutshell that is Industrial music, a unique genre that seems to transcend to all corners of the music spectrum.
Dictator – Scars on Broadway | Exotic Riot Fuel | Album Review
Hold on, you mean to say that our Nick has given an album a very good score indeed? What kind of magic has ‘Dictator’, the brand new album from Scars On Broadway, cast upon our notoriously hard to impress Chief metal-head? Find out inside…
Endless Scroll – Bodega|Indie Music For Art Teachers!|Album Review
When asked about reviewing Bodega, my initial research showed all the usual buzzwords: ‘fun’, ‘thought provoking’ and the one term that nearly made me laugh my latte through my nose ‘exciting’. To that person I ask, exciting?! F**k me, we have different definitions of excitement!
Outlaws ‘Til The End Volume 1 – DevilDriver|Line Dancing From Hell|Album Review
It is too hot to rock. So we thought we should review probably one of the heaviest bands this side of the western continent, DevilDriver. Find out more on their new country/metal crossover album inside…
Teen Angst Anthems|Untouchables – KoRn
2002 was a unique time in music. A bygone era where rock music was embraced in the loving bosom of mainstream media, used for Wrestling shows, movie trailers and shampoo commercials. However the undisputed champions of the raging teenage daddy issues were indeed KoRn.
Desolation – Khemmis|As Cliché As A Cliché Can Be Clichéd|Album Review
Is ‘Desolation’, the new album from Khemmis, a new metal gem or a paint by numbers headbangers romp? Find out more inside…
Bad Witch – Nine Inch Nails|Does The Final Release In A Trio Of EP’s Live Up To A Legacy Of Over Twenty Years? (Content Warning: Rubber Chickens)|Album Review
It is always commendable for a band to aim to keep things new and interesting, but does the finale in a trio of EP’s from Nine Inch Nails deliver on the band’s stellar reputation? Find out more inside…
Prequelle – Ghost|Pure Sequitur Pop Metal Sure To Peeve The Purists|Album Review
That’s right, Ghost are back with new frontman, Cardinal Copia, as well as a brand new album in the form of ‘Prequelle’. Is it yet more pop-tinged, fun metal that’s bound to peeve the purists and fuel the haters? Find out inside…
