Tag: metal
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Cruickshank – self-titled
This new Ontario noise rock band is made up of local metal scene veterans, dudes who’ve done time in outfits like Teethmarks and Greber. Their self-titled debut offers up 32 minutes of tuneage for people who like unhappy music. “Clouded” kicks things off, a three-minute, mid-tempo, grinding dirge that even throws some blastbeats into the…
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Techfest 2019
4-7 July, Newark Showground, UK UK Tech-Fest is a festival that celebrates all things technical, progressive and djent. Festival was formed in 2011 and has seen over the years headliners such as Sikth, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Acacia Strain, Northlane, Animals as Leaders, Between the Buried and Me, Protest The Hero. Festival’s 2019 edition…
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Leather Lung – Lonesome, On’ry and Evil
While the Waylon Jennings reference in the title of this seven-song, 27-minute EP is what caught my attention, outlaw country this is not. Rather, Leather Lung is more like Boston’s answer to Weedeater or Dopethrone – drug-fuelled, downtrodden sludge blues, with a few interesting touches along the way. “Barbed Wire” starts things off with a…
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Mystic Festival 2019.06.25-26
Tauron Arena, Krakow, Poland Having retired the Mystic Festival in 2006, heavy metal promoters Mystic Production have brought this year the event back with a bang! Mystic Festival 2019 was taking place on 25- 26 June at Poland’s largest sports and entertainment hall Tauron Arena in Kraków: 2 days, 3 stages, 28 amazing bands! Tuesday,…
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PREVIEW: Helliad Fest takes its first steps in 2019
Tickets: https://www.eventim.pl/HelliadFest2019 Adult tickets from 64 PLN Children’s tickets from 32 PLN www.helliad.com www.facebook.com/helliad
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Saint Vitus – self-titled
It’s a good thing that Saint Vitus spent a couple years out on the road with Scott Reagers back in the fold before heading into the studio to record this second self-titled album with their original singer. I caught ‘em in Cleveland in 2016, and they were quite strong in the live setting. Reagers has…
