Fury UK have crafted, on their second album, a massively impressive wall of METAL, according to Shawn Murtough.
Reviews Metal
TLOBF Interview :: Mastodon
Mike Copus sits down for an intimate chat with metal titans Mastodon. Taking in their obsession with ‘legendary beasts’ and the huge success of current album ‘Crack The Skye’.
Black Sabbath – The Best of Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are seen as a virtually sacred pillar of metal, a status which has brought them many “best of” compilations. The question is, in 2009, what use is this new one? Andy Johnson reviews.
Isis – Wavering Radiant
The fifth album from Californian progressive metal band Isis finds them expanding on ground laid by previous releases. The bar is set high for the offset, but do they dissapoint? Alex Cocks decides.
Nadja – When I See The Sun It Always Shines On TV
When I See The Sun Always Shines On TV is a departure for Nadja – a brighter edge to their usual huge billowing drones. The choice of covers is intriguing too: A-Ha, Slayer, The Cure…
Manatees – Icarus, The Sunclimber
Icarus, The Sunclimber is the new record from Manatees, Carlisle’s finest (ok, only) export of chthonic sludgecore: a monumental album, roaring with ambition and a real sense of career-defining poise. How do you take on the dark, dying art of sludgecore, subvert it and give it new life? Well, you might start with something like this…
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Mastodon’s latest, Crack the Skye, proves one obvious fact: as far as modern metal goes, you can’t do much better than these guys.
