2022
Roundup: June Jollies
Written by Melinda, Barlovv, Kep and Ellis Heasley A mix of fresh mini reviews mixed with excerpts from larger reviews the team did of June releases. Underground metal and hardcore big and small. Pick and […]
Unspeaking Axe Records
2022
Kep’s Mid-year Top 10 Albums, 2022
Written by Kep Six months of 2022 are down for the count and lots of great metal has already hit our ears. Below are my top 10 album of the first half of the year, […]
2022
Album Review: Besieged – “Violence Beyond All Reason” (Thrash Metal)
Written by Kep >Besieged – Violence Beyond All Reason>Thrash metal>Manitoba, Canada>Released June 6, 2022>via Unspeakable Axe Records Thrash is a relatively simple beast. You can boil pretty much any variation of it down to a few essential […]
2021
Album Review: Malformity – “Monumental Ruin” 9/10 (Death Metal)
Malformity has had about as uncommon a journey to their debut full-length Monumental Ruin as any band ever. 2021 marks a full THIRTY YEARS since bassist Eric Snodgrass and guitarist Dan Ratanasit first got together and formed the group in 1991, and 26 since they added a drummer and second guitarist and released their first demo, Black Holes to Heaven, in 1995. After those two demos, they split up entirely for nearly TWENTY MORE YEARS before re-forming with new members Craig Vogel and Glenn Sykes on drums and guitar in 2014. Now, after two well-received EPs (Lectures on the Apocalypse and The Rapturous Unraveling) in ’15 and ’18, Malformity is finally, finally ready to drop their first full album into the world. […]