Category: Sound

Without music, life would be a mistake. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Loitered Lens: The Dead XIII

19/05/2016

Horror metal from straight outta Catacombs, The Dead XIII morgue Islington up. Photos ...

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The treatment

Me Generation, not Re-Generation. (The Treatment, Islington Academy)

18/05/2016

The Treatment breathe some new life into UK rock at the Islington Academy...

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Gravenous Hour

Technical Brutality for (nearly) a Gravenous Hour (Katalepsy)

17/05/2016

Blasting their way to the top of the Death Metal scene, Russia's Katalepsy release album number two. Review...

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Loitered Lens: Sumo Cyco

15/05/2016

Sumo Cyco exhort the Camden Underworld crowd to a filthy frenzy. Photos...

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The incomprehensible and the incomparable. (The Fall)

14/05/2016

A review of The Fall, Monday 25th April 2016 at The Garage, Islington...

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Sumo Cyco

Sever spawned a Monster’s Ball (Sumo Cyco live at The Underworld)

13/05/2016

A kerosene cocktail of sparky lust and punk metal power - Sumo Cyco raise the temperature at the Underworld. Review...

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Loitered Lens: Massive Wagons

12/05/2016

Massive Wagons leave their London fans feeling dirty and used. In a good way. Photos...

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Misplaced Childhood, Live in London (Fish, Islington Academy)

11/05/2016

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcap o mark last year’s thirtieth anniversary of Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood, Fish played an extensive sold-out tour...

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Vodun

Dining out on Legba’s Feast (Vodun, The Lexington)

09/05/2016

More than soulful, Vodun are spiritual. The heavy psych trio shift paradigms at the Lexington...

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Loitered Lens: Phobophobes

08/05/2016

Live photos of Phobophobes at The Garage 2016. Supporting the Fall...

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30 Years of ‘Bert: New Order at the Royal Albert Hall, 1986 & 2016

07/05/2016

Three decades separate New Order's Royal Albert Hall gigs. Trebuchet reports. From both. ...

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Frank Benkho

Vivid and Almost Dangerous: A Trip To The Space [Between] (Frank Behnko)

06/05/2016

Atmospheric experimental analogue synthesis, without the navel-gazing self-regard...

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Haken, Affinity

A Titan of Modern Progressive Rock. Affinity (Haken)

04/05/2016

Eschewing the cliches of the genre, this is Progressive Rock reinvented for the twenty-first century...

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in mourning

Nordic Death By Triple Guitar (In Mourning)

03/05/2016

Swedish triple-guitar death metal troupe In Mourning get melodic on Afterglow....

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Butcher Babies

Loitered Lens: Butcher Babies

01/05/2016

Top-poppin' queens of metal Butcher Babies put the front in frontwoman at the Underworld. Photos ...

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Acoustic Success From Droney Metallers (Amen Ra)

30/04/2016

Switching to acoustic, Amen Ra retain all their power and mood ...

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Avast Load of Salty Shanty (Dread Crew of Oddwood)

28/04/2016

Dead men tell no tales, but the Dread Crew of Oddwood take no prisoners with Lawful Evil ...

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Long Distance Calling

Let Out the Kraut: Trips (Long Distance Calling)

26/04/2016

What happens a German electro-prog band hands out the brown acid. Album Review...

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Loitered Lens: Griever

24/04/2016

Metalcore newcomers Griever accelerate the gloom at Islington Academy 2. Photos...

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Sonny Lanegan

Grainy nihilist post-industrial ain’t what it was (Sonny Lanegan)

23/04/2016

Boasting some solid grooves, Sonny Lanegan's industrial rock is immersive, if not hugely original...

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Tightly controlled musical chaos: Retrogore (Aborted)

21/04/2016

Aborted prove that the sicker the theme, the more intense the impact...

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Bottled Out of Eden (Knifeworld)

19/04/2016

Unique as ever, Kavus Torabi's progressive rock outfit Knifeworld raise the bar...

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Loitered Lens: Shawn Klush

17/04/2016

All era Elvis from Shawn Klush, fronting the King's own band The Sweet Inspirations. Photos...

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devilsfingers

April Metal (Grimner, Miasmal, The Wolves of Avalon)

15/04/2016

The nightmare of history menaces the month's metal releases...

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Wytch Hazel

Deep they Delved, Richly they Riff: Prelude (Wytch Hazel)

12/04/2016

Mining a less-exploited seam of 70s rock than the usual, Wytch Hazel evoke Wishbone Ash and Jethro Tull with their Prelude LP...

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Purson

Loitered Lens: Purson (100 Club)

10/04/2016

Launching a new album on an eager crowd, Purson lit up the stage at The 100 Club, London. Photos...

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Birushanah

Experimental Doom, Post Hardcore, and What Sounds Like Dustbin Lids (Birushanah)

09/04/2016

Japanese post-hardcore experimental brilliance this may be, but please stop banging those hubcaps. Birushanah reviewed...

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Shawn Klush Watford

Sweet Inspirations on the Elvis World Tour (Shawn Klush)

06/04/2016

Shawn Klush takes care of business at the Watford Colosseum, setting up his Elvis World Tour UK dates...

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Bang. Zoom. Crazy… Hello (Cheap Trick)

06/04/2016

Classic infectious rock from Cheap Trick - the band Japanese metallers know as The American Beatles...

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The Quireboys, 2016

Loitered Lens: The Quireboys (Islington Academy, 2016)

03/04/2016

A four-headed pile-up of hard rock in Islington saw The Quireboys come out tops. Photos...

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