Manes ‘Teeth, Toes And Other Trinkets’ CD/LP/DD 2014
On the surface, Manes have been very quiet for the past five years, the eclectic ‘How The World Came To
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Caïna: An Interview With Andrew Curtis-Brignell
After seven years of producing some the UK’s most intriguing black metal, spanning from icily harsh blasts of old-school misanthropy
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Wooden Shjips / Helicon @ SWG3, Glasgow 12/12/2013
Even if not much is known about Helicon, those with keen powers of observation can get a good idea in
Read More >>Scorpion Child – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2013
It always seems strange when Nuclear Blast release a rock record. Their cause-and-effect relationship with the likes of In Flames
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Purson @ Broadcast, Glasgow 09/12/2013
It’s nearly half nine before anyone finds out that tonight’s support had failed to turn up but, being rational, it’s
Read More >>Rising ‘Abominor’ LP/DD 2013
I remember once reading a webcomic (Scandinavia and the World, to be precise) which joked that while the other Nordic
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Scorpion Child / Semper Fi @ Audio, Glasgow 17/11/2013
Local support always have a rough time of it, though there are certainly a few things they can do to
Read More >>Kuolemanlaakso ‘Musta Aurinko Nousee’ CDEP/12″ 2013
Despite its success in their native Finland and overall genre-humping madness, last year’s debut from death-doom voyagers Kuolemanlaakso flew under
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Nails / Blind To Faith / No Island / Notebooks @ Classic Grand, Glasgow 13/11/2013
As I spot people queuing outside the venue for an already-early hardcore gig, I wonder what it is that makes
Read More >>Year Of No Light ‘Tocsin’ CD/LP/DD 2013
As the post-metal tag slinks ignominiously back to the hole from whence it came, the bands who found themselves lumped
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Russian Circles / Chelsea Wolfe @ SWG3, Glasgow 26/10/2013
While Russian Circles and Chelsea Wolfe may not share much except for their record label, their disparity makes identifying their
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