FREE MUSIC MONDAY – VALERIAN SWING “A U R O R A” Album
Valerian Swing is an Italian instrumental, math rock trio who finally got the recognition they deserved from a wider audience in their home country, after firstly being appreciated abroad. In 2014, their popularity, especially in the local indie rock scenario, increased considerably allowing them to play bigger and bigger venues. This was especially true with […]
ENSLAVED RELEASING 13TH FULL-LENGTH
The progressive black metal gods Enslaved have returned to the studio to record their 13th full-length titled "In Times." Hear what the guitarist/composer Ivar Bjørnson has to say about the album: “I was so deep into the songs and ideas for such a long time (or have my head so far up my own a**, […]
FREE MUSIC MONDAY – SEARCHING FOR DIAMONDS “WEARY HANDS” EP
Zurich, Switzerland is home to these diamond hunters. Metalcore and Melodic Hardcore stem from this bands approach as they've just recently put out their debut EP, "Weary Hands". Searching For Diamonds had the following to say of their line up and sound: After the dissolving of each band, Josip and Gino united to create a […]
FREE MUSIC MONDAY – DYING HUMANITY
I just stumbled upon this gem thanks to Bandcamp. Dying Humanity is really just an excellent band claiming home in Chemnitz, Germany. Their sound makes several musical sounds and ideas and squashes them together into music that is both heavily abrasive and melodically uplifting. To be a tad more specific, they combine elements of Death […]
FREE MUSIC MONDAY – AS ANIMALS EAT MY INSIDES “DEVOURED” ALBUM
Here's an up and coming Metalcore band from Atlanta, Georgia. As Animals Eat My Insides just released their debut album, "Devoured", about a week back and it shows some potential from this young band, hitting hard in places. For the most part, they fall in with the wave of modern metalcore but there is much […]
THE VOYNICH CODE “IGNOTUM” EP REVIEW
Some bands find their feet quicker than others. The Voynich Code have barely been together for a year and have already produced an EP worthy of a far longer gestation period. Combine this with the fact they are all school botheringly young and the notion of prodigal achievement very quickly rears its head. Using Deathcore […]
PERIPHERY – THIRD “JUGGERNAUT” WEBISODE
Now is the time of Periphery. All kinds of information has recently been released in regards to the upcoming Periphery double album, "Juggernaut". Looking further back, there have also been plenty of video updates released, but here's the third official webisode put out by the band in support of the new album(s). You can also […]