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Tommy Concrete – Unrelapsed Review

Tommy Concrete – Unrelapsed Review

By Owlswald on November 28, 2024 in Reviews, Hardcore, 25 comments

“Scottish solo artist Tommy Concrete (aka Tomas Pattison) has a proclivity for creating music that is experimental, rebellious, and seldom boring. Since 2001, the avant-garde musician has self-produced a surplus of releases dipping into punk, progressive metal, doom, black metal, hardcore, industrial, and almost everything in between. 2021’s Hexenzirkel found the Scot experimenting with epic long-winded prog compositions á la Devin Townsend. It was received negatively by AMG’s resident Frog. Fast forward three years and Tommy is back to give it another go with his tenth full-length Unrelapsed, and this time he’s using blackened hardcore as a therapeutic means to cope with his struggles with addiction.” Paving the way to obscurity.

Griefsoul – Extreme Northern Griefmetal Review

Griefsoul – Extreme Northern Griefmetal Review

By Owlswald on October 22, 2024 in Reviews, Melodic Death Metal, 22 comments

“Extreme Northern Griefmetal, the debut full-length from Finnish melodic death metal project Griefsoul, is the result of measured evolution. The creation of solo artist Emppu Kinnaslampi, the Finn has spent the past four years carefully shaping his take on the infamous Finnish melo-death sound, drawing inspiration from the frigid, dark, and unforgiving Northern winters. He did this by partially writing, composing, and experimenting with his self-described and ambitiously titled “grief metal orchestra” from the confines of a snow-covered woodland cabin.” Griefer madness.

POHL – Mysteries Review

POHL – Mysteries Review

By Owlswald on August 27, 2024 in Reviews, Heavy Metal, Noise, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Punk, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, 22 comments

“There was a time when spending my nights playing in tiny, shoulder-to-shoulder music venues with the rank of perspiration, booze, and fog felt like home. These days, however, they are places I frequent rather than dwell, an aftermath of the stark reality that is the present-day music industry. Because­­­­— if nothing else— being in a band is hard work. This is a truth UK noise rock duo POHL understand. Despite suffering from various starts and stops over their twelve-year existence, guitarist/vocalist Will Pearce (ex-Hey Colossus) and rhythmist Dr. Linda Westman (ex-Old Hope) overcame adversity to release three EPs of gratifying experimental noise rock that pulled from a platter of influences like psychedelic, punk, stoner, and heavy metal. Four years have passed since their last offering and the Sheffield rockers have now returned with their debut LP Mysteries.” POHL watching.