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Batmobile bracing for impact

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 redbraces

BATMOBILE: Brace For Impact Release year: 2023Label: Music On CD Having started out in 1983, Dutch Batmobile are one of the original psychobilly groups, and a steady presence within the scene. The band did take a short hiatus in the … Continue reading Batmobile bracing for impact

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Ages of Sword and the Horned God

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 redbraces

LIVE BY THE SWORD: Cernunnos Release year: 2023Label: Rebellion Records If you’ve been following our site, you may have noticed we’ve heaped praise on US-Dutch Live By The Sword in the past, in our reviews of both their debut full-length … Continue reading Ages of Sword and the Horned God

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Remembering the glorious dead

December 25, 2022December 25, 2022 redbraces

LIVE BY THE SWORD: The Glorious Dead E.P. Release year: 2022Label: Rebellion Records As I wrote in my review (read here) of US-Dutch Live By The Sword’s debut full-length, Exploring Soldiers Rise, they represent an oi! band of a new … Continue reading Remembering the glorious dead

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Join the supersonic beat commando

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 redbraces

SPEEDMOBILE: Supersonic Beat Commando Release year: 2022Label: Butler Records What do you get when you combine Dutch psychobilly legends Batmobile with compatriot action rock legends Peter Pan Speedrock? Well, of course, you get Speedmobile: one third Batmobile (Jeroen Haamers on … Continue reading Join the supersonic beat commando

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Celestial nightmares and exclusion from light

June 12, 2022June 12, 2022 redbraces

GRAND CELESTIAL NIGHTMARE: Excluded From Light And The Pleroma Release year: 2022Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions/New Era Productions Grand Celestial Nightmare – whose name sounds like another silly Dimmu Borgir album title – is another in a long list of … Continue reading Celestial nightmares and exclusion from light

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No dawn for Iku-Turso

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 redbraces

IKU-TURSO: Into Dawnless Realms Release year: 2022Label: Wolfspell Records/Korpituli Productions Finnish-Dutch Iku-Turso are at it again: Into Dawnless Realms is the successor to 2020’s Pakana (reviewed here), and it sees the band continue on the same path as before. So, … Continue reading No dawn for Iku-Turso

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Living by the sword

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 redbraces

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

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Into the heathen foray

July 22, 2020August 9, 2020 redbraces

IKU-TURSO: Pakana Release year: 2020Label: Wolfspell Records Last time we bumped into Finnish-Dutch Iku-Turso, named after a sea monster in Finnish national epic Kalevala, was with their Storm Over Isengard mini-album. That album saw them go into full 90’s Norway … Continue reading Into the heathen foray

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A grim fate to perish

April 6, 2020March 18, 2020 redbraces

GRIM FATE: Perished In Torment Release year: 2020Label: Xtreem Records Heavy, lurching old school death/doom is a well that never seems to run dry. The classic sound, which seemingly forever plays second fiddle to the speedier brutal death metal of … Continue reading A grim fate to perish

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Iku-Turso paying homage to Norway

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 redbraces

IKU-TURSO: Storm Over Isengard Release year: 2019Label: Wolfspell Records/His Wounds Were it not for the title of the mini-album, Dutch-Finnish Iku-Turso would come across as shamelessly ripping off the entire style of certain classic 90’s Norwegian black metal acts. But … Continue reading Iku-Turso paying homage to Norway

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