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DENOUNCEMENT PYRE: ALMIGHTY ARCANUM
This band’s second LP is the fruit of some considerable labor. Almighty Arcanum is the culmination of ten years’ toil in the Australian underground, hopefully yielding some recognition as well. Denouncement Pyre‘s conscripts have found the time and inspiration to forge an excellent record, … Read the rest of this entry →
VOMITOR: THE ESCALATION
Australia is really good at what I called wasteland metal. The kind of black/war/thrash bands it has churned out for decades are the type that emphasize chaos and destruction over every other aesthetic. It wasn’t surprising to see that the members … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: SPIRE
Despite having a hilariously unreadable band logo that looks like an ice cream cone or a prosthetic wazard beard, Australia’s Spire are a serious collective of ambient and experimentally inclined musicians. In my love-hate relationship with experimental music, the tide … Read the rest of this entry →
ONE MAN METAL PART THREE
The third and final installment of this hour long documentary attempts to delve into the personal lives of of Scott Conner, Russel Menzies and Jef Whitehead. Though the sight of a grown man wearing robes and screeching into a cave … Read the rest of this entry →
VOYAGER: MEANING OF I VIDEO
Much like Voyager themselves, this new video is slightly melodramatic but ultimately loaded with enough substance to be really original and satisfying. From the synth-laden breakdowns to the lead guitar licks, they did well in picking the title track from … Read the rest of this entry →
SO RONREY: COOL ONE MAN BLACK METAL DOCO
Part one of this expose on the hermits of what has been dubbed “basement black meta” over the last decade or so is just about what you’d expect it to be. It’s not doing any favors for those of us … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: NAZXUL
Back in about 2001 on of my favorite obscure death metal bands changed their name from Deadspawn to Scarblind. They released one album under the former moniker and the resulting Emissions of Reality, though average by today’s standards, was anchored … Read the rest of this entry →
KUNVUK: CONSUME RAPTURE
Kunvuk is an Australian act that has been garnering a decent amount of attention for their schizophrenic approach to heavy music. The comparison they often get is System of A Down. Though it’s fitting for a band that indulges in word salad verses, … Read the rest of this entry →
Kettlespider: Avadante
Today is turning out to be pretty proggy. Everyone meet Kettle Spider, a very meldodic progressive metal band that reminds me occasionally of Cartoon Theory, who I can’t stop spinning in my free moments. Naturally when they emailed me and were … Read the rest of this entry →
Free EP Download And Music Video From The Amenta
Australia’s The Amenta is a nice mix of styles; though there are some industrial overtones here and there, the black metal and bits of post-rock are what stand out to me. Even the presence of the latter still leaves this … Read the rest of this entry →
New Be’lakor Track Is Pretty Good If You Like Doomy Sads
Austrian melodic death/doom band Be’Lakor is now streaming a new track. Looks like the new record Of Breath and Bone will be some sort of sick concept album about Red Riding Hood getting out of a speeding ticket, if you … Read the rest of this entry →
Ruin Of Remembrance: Second World
Ruin of Remembrance play a mix of doom and melodic death metal that can be described as dramatic. It’s along the lines of Insomnium and Before The Dawn but with more cavernous vocals and one foot planted more firmly in … Read the rest of this entry →
Elysian’s Unique Spin On Groovy Melodeath
So Here’s the deal. We try to avoid the cannibalistic policy of linking you to too many other sites for streams and debuts. Still, one thing is for sure; you should be reading the blog of our fellow Seattleites No … Read the rest of this entry →
Yes, Another Melodeath Grab Bag It Is: Ablazer, The Absence, Orpheus, Descending
Sometimes it’s hard to beat the crowd pleasing digestibility of solid melodic death metal. Here a re a few bands of note. In fact, I think this may be the strongest melodeath grab bag to date. Finland, Australia, Greece and … Read the rest of this entry →
Disembowelment: Full Discography Stream From Relapse Records
No, this is not a C squad grunge band called ‘Lower Case D’. Nor is this one of those Gen X ‘alternative’ churches. No, no, kiddies, this is an Aussie band called Disembowelment (Ya see when two dark ages barbarians … Read the rest of this entry →
Weekend War Cry: Airbourne – Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
Roadrunner Records gets a lot of flack for carrying Char Kroeger’s Nickelback and a variety of other post-grunge gooftroops but they sure do some stuff right. If a Jet cover band cast a spell to drain all the talent out … Read the rest of this entry →
The Aussie Thrash of Randomorder
The Aussies strike again. Don’t know what it is about this site that hits so well over in this mammoth of the Commonwealth but it must be our rugged adventurous spirit. At least that’s what I’ll keep telling myself. Though … Read the rest of this entry →
Voyager: The Meaning of I
Though we’ve been on a bit a prog kick lately with the reviews, I think I’ve personally been pretty successful with avoiding any wankfests. When I heard Aussies Voyager described as a synth-happy amalgam of Nevermore, Dream Theater and Cynic, … Read the rest of this entry →
If You Cover Dissection and Do it Well, I’ll Post About Your Band.
Astral Winter are well-known friends of the program here at ShredderNet and our Tasmanian friends have done gone and covered one of the most bestest Dissection tunes. Though no mortal man can come close to the brilliance of Storm of … Read the rest of this entry →
Tuesday Time Machine: Mortal Sin Circa 1986
The trainwreck that is Metallica‘s later career can often even taint the listening experience of some of their best work. I’ll still jam Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightening but Master of Puppets and …And Justice For All are … Read the rest of this entry →