Most punkers can name at least one compilation from whatever part of the scene they belong to, my cd collection was created during the 90’s and punk compilations were a huge part of that.The big compilations were the “Punk O Rama” (Epitaph Records) and “Fat Read More …
Based out of Ballarat,Victoria Aussie Mad Dog’s Bunyip have recently released their cracker of a second album Cryptid Erectus. Bunyip are more Australian then VB on weetbix or Vegemite on toast and delivering their own unique brand of music with a sound that mixes components Read More …
Hailing out of New Zealand Masters of Doom and sludge Beastwars return with their most powerful and meaningful album to date IV releasing on the 28th of June.IV is the fourth album from doom heavyweights Beastwars and follows on from the 2011 self titled release,2013’s Read More …
Inert are a death metal band hailing out of Stockholm and Barcelona, heavily influenced by bands such as Entombed,Death,Dismember and Grave.Inert started as a two piece in 2015 by Gustavo (Vocals) and Xavier (Guitars) and seen the duo release Inert’s first Ep “Obliteration Of The Read More …
Instrumental progressive metal, could that be a thing? Well, hell yeah! For me at least. I’m that guy that loves all those long songs by Iron Maiden, where there are lots and lots of music and no lyrics. So for me, this works really good! Read More …
FasterForward are a 3 piece band from Quebec, Canada who play a melodic and energetic type of punk music. The band released a 4 track EP titled “E.P.” back in 2017. FasterForward released their debut album “Limitless” on the 15th of April 2019 through the Read More …
Skinny Dog is a 5 piece band from Taunton, Somerset, UK that formed in January 2018. They released a 5 track EP called “Puppy Days” on the 27th of October 2018. The EP kicks off with a song called “Freeloader” its got a very familiar vibe Read More …
Hailing out of Port Pirie, South Australia are Maniacal a five piece metal band consisting of Thrash,Groove and Death elements of metal.Maniacal formed in 2008 and released their first outing in “Buried In Hell” in 2010 which was recorded at the one and only Against Read More …
There is a new punk label called Wreckless Enterprise based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia that started up this year (January 2019).A brief description of the label is found on the new release which I include here for a sense of completeness …“Wreckless Enterprise Read More …
Constantine is a modern metal guitar virtuoso hailing out of Athens,Greece who began playing guitar at the age of 12 and that evolved into soaring solo’s shredding guitar riffs,and just simply an exceptional musician of the highest caliber. Over the years he has played with Read More …
Wykan are a really cool band hailing out of Montreal,Canada. Wykan play some of the most unique sounding metal I have heard in a while with a mix of Psychedelic Doom / Heavy Blues / Stoner Rock and Black Metal,creating a sound of what you’d Read More …
There must be something in the water down under in Australia because there are some exceptional Hard core bands around at the moment and Melbourne’s Hardcore outfit Born Free are one of the bands leading the charge.They are ready to drop their no nonsense straight Read More …
