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YASS – Feel Safe

It is a devouring of the senses, an infestation of nagging dilemma and a visceral persecution of inner security. It is Feel Safe, the new album from German duo YASS bringing an infernal outlook on the dystopian future our chaos of a world seems to be heading to. It is also one stunning slab of electro-noise punk divided into tracks that bedevil addictiveness as they ravenously consume the…

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Paddang - Lost In Lizardland

Pic Prescilia Vieira Still the world descends into chaos with little thought for the future and still there are releases that share the contemplation whilst bringing a moment to feed the spirit from. The latest is Lost In Lizardland, the new album from French outfit PADDANG. Within its roundtrip of a literary tale, the record explores a world on the brink of collapse and within its thought…

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Pylon Poets – Demise of the Divine

Photography by Smart Snap Media Back in 2020 we covered the Lucid Hallucinations EP from UK outfit PYLON POETS. At the time we suggested that the trio was on course for an acclaim and success fuelled future. Though certainly they have reaped both it might be fair to say that they have yet to find the heights of broad attention that we expected. Well unafraid to repeat ourselves, the recent…

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ROTHCO - Fool's Gold EP

Pic Victoria Smith In a world and society where having a simple face to face verbal exchange seems an increasingly forgotten or certainly neglected, a personal casual chance for seeds to be sown seemingly becoming a diminishing opportunity, we present ROTHCO as the good that can come from such interaction. Described as being born out of a late-night conversation at Hull’s legendary New Adelphi…

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Tooth Gore - For Losers, By Losers

It is maybe that we were not paying particularly close attention to the Cornwall music scene over past years but it seems like across the last couple or so we have noticed a wealth of striking artists emerging upon our radar. The latest to move into the spotlight is UK solo punk artist, TOOTH GORE who has just made an attention grabbing statement with the release of his new album For Losers, By…

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Blackfyre Rising - Self Titled EP

We are not too far off the mark to suggest that things are really beginning to really stir for Scottish rockers BLACKFYRE RISING and the recent release of their self-titled debut EP is only going to escalate that rising. It is a four track slab of hard and melodic rock cured adventure that pretty much demands that the rock world should pay real attention to the Edinburgh hailing quartet. 2018…

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Autumn Lies Buried - Mob Mentality EP

As we write our thoughts on releases that have caught the ear, we generally bear a relatively calm if excited state behind our sharing. This time though, we come forward battered and bruised and in the throes of agitation, all thanks to Tennessee deathcore quintet AUTUMN LIES BURIED. The Clarksville-hailing band has just released their new EP and fair to say that Mob Mentality is not for the…

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Qualia and the Five Ancestors of the Great Maryland Kingdom - Accidentally Funding the End of the World

If like us you are coming to QUALIA AND THE FIVE ANCESTORS OF THE GREAT MARYLAND KINGDOM for the first time through their new album, Accidentally Funding the End of the World, you may be wondering why you have not come across them before. We certainly did and with a swift kick up our own backsides for not doing so. There is no doubting that the technical punk band fired up the underground with…

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Katone - Flesh And Fire

Examining themes of love, passion, and danger and the union between them, Flesh And Fire is the new EP from Detroit-based singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter KATONE. It is a three-track exploration of thoughts and sound bound in dark and hard rock instincts but a release far deeper in flavouring than that description so far suggests and one that from start to finish keenly tempted the…

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Bad Valentines - Memory Tattoos

Helsinki-based rock outfit BAD VALENTINES have just released their debut EP. It is a four-track offering that teases and taunts attention with enterprise and intent while inciting inherent punk and rock instincts within. As we have often repeated a well-stated notion, it never hurts to make a good first impression and there is no doubting that BAD VALENTINES do that and more with Memory…

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Baby And The Nobodies - Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not is its title and as that suggests the new album from BABY AND THE NOBODIES is an infestation of sound and virulence that takes no prisoners or settles for lukewarm engagement. It is a collection of tracks that bristle with attitude and defiance but equally songs that embrace melodic at times fiery seduction to trespass further into the imagination while uncaging esurient…

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The Squirts – III

There are encounters that no matter how soon or late you come to them a sure and fresh wind of adventure and joyful involvement sweeps your musical adventure. One such gust is the new album from US outfit, THE SQUIRTS. Their third full-length, the aptly named III, is a collection of power pop fuelled rock songs that almost effortlessly had bodies bouncing and spirits raised, an experience that we…

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Concrete Age - Awaken The Gods

This May welcomes the release of Awaken The Gods, the tenth album from ethnic metal stalwarts CONCRETE AGE. It offers eight intense cauldrons of the band’s ever evolving and explosive genre bridging sound, moments that whether they arouse divinities long past or presiding or not certainly provoked demons within to enlist in its revelation. Drama soaks every note, phrase and eruption within the…

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Our Frankenstein - Magnum Spire Hotel

Welcome to the Magnum Spire Hotel, a destination where your reservation is the doorway to fate. It is also a gateway into the haunting realm of Gothic industrial metal band, OUR FRANKENSTEIN, a new album that immerses ears and the imagination into their own particular darkness to feed both in equal measure. We will use the words of the band’s press release to fully introduce their new release.…

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Insult - Reside Infernus

It has been a long time coming and has certainly been eagerly anticipated and now on the eve of its unleashing it is time to see whether Reside Infernus lives up to all the hopes and expectations gathering before it. It is a query that the debut album from UK metallers INSULT swiftly and firmly answers. With relish it confirms expectancies though it is also a record that evades hopeful…

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Minot - And You're Not

It is always fun when one thing positively leads to another whether that is in opportunity, adventure or simply the enjoyment of a record and the latter is the spark for a look at the new album from US outfit MINOT. It was our piece on the latest album from British garage punks LILITHS ARMY that led to Alex of Indiana label CRUSH GROVE RECORDS getting in touch to not only offer thanks for…

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Psykosis - Mind Games

This May sees the keenly anticipated sophomore album from Irish thrashers PSYKOSIS, the follow-up to their acclaimed 2016 debut Welcome to the Psyko Ward. It has been a long wait for a second full-length from the band but closing on a decade that has seen the Dublin based outfit cement their reputation on the live stage across Europe while behind the scenes developing and honing their sound. The…