A year in retrospect
I should introduce this short retrospect by admitting I haven’t been wholly productive during this year in terms of reviews or features. Between the…
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The Great Old Ones & Terzij de Horde, 05/01/2013, London
Snaps from LURKER’s first show.
Godstopper – What Matters (streaming)
Experience Godstopper’s monolithic debut album.
Behind the Ritual: An interview with Monarch
Back from a gruelling tour of Europe, Monarch reveal some of the thought processes behind their latest 13bpm black mass, Omens.
Starve/Terzij de Horde – A Chosen Hollow
Stream the new split from the Netherland’s finest in its entirety. Sludge-merchants Starve come to blows with the forward-thinking black metal of Terzij de Horde in a unified concept of “a chosen hollow”.
Caretaker & Undersmile – The Undertaker EP
What makes the perfect split?
CN Roundhouse Kick – Phantomschmerz
The ridiculous name doesn’t seem to bother these new hopes for German hardcore. Stream CN Roundhouse Kick’s new EP, Phantomschmerz.