Sons of the working class
LAWMAKER: All Work, No Class Release year: 2021Label: self-released Oi! and working class street punk are forms of music that are often derided as sounding rather samey; someone once made the joke that there are about a dozen oi! albums … Continue reading Sons of the working class
Altars of obscure & obscene gods
ALTAR OF GORE: Obscure & Obscene Gods Release year: 2020Label: Nameless Grave Records With a cover like this, you know what you’re getting. That’s right: death metal. And of a certain kind, too. Not brutal, progressive or technical death metal. … Continue reading Altars of obscure & obscene gods
Straight outta Lithuania
TORO BRAVO: Mes Tokia Karta Release year: 2021Label: Pasidaryk Pats Records, Mangy Little Mut Records Originating in the UK, oi! has since it’s inception and maturing in the late 70’s and early-to-mid 80’s spread throughout the world. Still, apart from … Continue reading Straight outta Lithuania
Law, order and brickwall oi!
LAKI & JÄRJESTYS: Kuka lystin kustantaa? Release year: 2021Label: Hellstone Records Finnish oi! has always been something of a rare commodity. The scene itself is small but resilient, but home-grown bands tend to be quite few, and many of them … Continue reading Law, order and brickwall oi!
Blasphamagoatachristing purity
BLASPHAMAGOATACHRIST: Bastardizing The Purity Release year: 2020Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions It takes a special kind of guts to name your band Blasphamagoatachrist… I mean, any way you look at it, that’s a pretty awkward name. And that’s probably the … Continue reading Blasphamagoatachristing purity
Tortured whole by Sanguisugabogg
SANGUISUGABOGG: Tortured Whole Release year: 2021Label: Century Media From the starting sounds of Sanguisugabogg’s debut album, Tortured Whole, it’s obvious what’s on offer. Commencing with an almost pig-like guttural growl, it’s clear that this is death metal of the brutal … Continue reading Tortured whole by Sanguisugabogg
Blasphematorial depths of obscurity
BLASPHEMATORY: Depths Of The Obscurity Release year: 2019/2020Label: Nihil Verum Nisi Mors/Nuclear Winter Records US duo Blasphematory certainly don’t aim low; in the promo sheet, they invoke the names of such gloomy luminaries of ancient Finnish death metal murk as … Continue reading Blasphematorial depths of obscurity
Pandemmy for pandummies
PANDEMMY: Subversive Need Release year: 2021Label: Big Bad Wolf Records/Headbangerz Records What’s in a name, eh? Obviously, the name of an artist will most often be the first impression the potential listener gets, and as such, the wrong name might … Continue reading Pandemmy for pandummies
Living by the sword
LIVE BY THE SWORD: Exploring Soldiers Rise Release year: 2021Label: Rebellion Records US-Dutch Live By The Sword have been at it for a few years already, releasing a few 7″‘s and one 12″ MLP as well as partaking on a … Continue reading Living by the sword
The crude death of Tenebro
TENEBRO: Liberaci Dal Male Release year: 2020/2021Label: Dismal Fate Records/Xtreem Music Italy has a long history of gruesome and macabre horror movies. The giallos of Dario Argento, the blood-drenched horror of Lucio Fulci and the notorious Cannibal Holocaust by Ruggero … Continue reading The crude death of Tenebro
Only Death Is Real 