B-SQUADRON: Everything You Hate Release year: 2022Label: Rebellion Records One of the newer crop of UK oi! bands – relatively speaking – B-Squadron have prior to this released one album, one 7″ and taken part in some compilations. Considering their … Continue reading B-Squadron and things you hate
INFESTED ANGEL: Submit To Death Release year: 2022Label: self-released Hailing from Birmingham, England – the birthplace of heavy metal, considering both Black Sabbath and Judas Priest came from there – Infested Angel are a relatively newcomer death metal trio. Submit … Continue reading Submit to infestation
CURRENT 93: If A City Is Set Upon A Hill Release year: 2022Label: HomAleph Current 93 are, of course, legends and icons of industrial, post-industrial, neofolk, apocalyptic folk and experimental music of all stripes. Throughout their lengthy discography, the group … Continue reading Is Current 93’s city set upon a hill?
PRESSURE 28: Stand Your Ground Release year: 2022Label: self-released Talking about the latter-day classics of UK oi! and skinhead music, Pressure 28 are… well, not a band you usually see mentioned. The reason for that is pretty obvious, too: though … Continue reading Pressure 28 stand their ground
THE LAST RESORT: Skinhead Anthems IV Release year: 2021Label: Randale Records This year it will be 40 years since UK oi! group The Last Resort released their landmark album, A Way Of Life – Skinhead Anthems. Much water has passed … Continue reading Anthems for skinheads
THE METEORS: Dreamin’ Up A Nightmare Release year: 2021Label: Mutant Rock Records If you’re into psychobilly, the abbreviation OTMAPP will be familiar to you. If it isn’t, you’re not into psychobilly – simple as that. It stands for, of course, … Continue reading Wreckin’ up a nightmare
THE SHARKS: Phantom Rockers parts 1 & 2 Release year: 1983/2021Label: Nervous Records/Western Star Records In the world of psychobilly, there are few names more legendary, iconic and influential than The Sharks. Not only is virtually all of their recorded … Continue reading Take a razor to your head with The Sharks
UNDEAD: Existential Horror Release year: 2019/2020Label: Kadabra Music With what appears to be a zombie on the cover of the album, Undead set the tone for the record from the go. The band, whose members reside in Spain and the … Continue reading Curse of the Undead
DYSEMBLEM: Autotomy Release year: 2019Label: III Damnation/Immortal Bytes Death metal is a rotting grave filled with worms of every kind. It’s all too easy to get lost in a particular approach to the genre and lose sight of how much … Continue reading Death sabbaths with Dysemblem
CARCASS: Reek Of Putrefaction Release year: 1988Label: Earache Records Trailblazing UK goregrinders Carcass had an interesting evolution during their first three albums, going from the lo-fi bass-buzz maelstrom of their debut to the at times quite intricately technical death metal … Continue reading Reek Of Carcass
Only Death Is Real 