ISOTOPE – Isotope LP

ISOTOPE

  When I first heard this album, and I admit, this was my first encounter with the band, I was literally on my knees looking for my jaw. It’s that good. Shame ISOTOPE is so unknown in Europe and this album is probably impossible to get hold of here. And buying it from the band […]

(review) OVER POWER – Ruination LP

OVER POWER

  I do have a weakness for some grind core, provided it is well recorded and embedded in metal. Death metal preferably. Welcome to OVER POWER from Kediri, East Java – Indonesia. Sounds exotic enough? But the noise they make does not and you are all familiar with such a recipe. It’s a great blend […]

SURYA – Solastalgia. Pre-release review.

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I’ve been waiting for this moment for a few months. It’s no secret SURYA is the gang I made friends, travelled and played with, and their music indwells here at SANCTUS PROPAGANDA HQ on regular basis. “Solastalgia” is their second full length album on Argonauta Records and it both, continues what the band started on […]

(review) WAR CURSE – Eradiction LP

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  Thrash metal fans take notice. It’s been quite a while since I last heard good old Bay Area underground thrash. Except that this one comes from Ohio. I am usually careful when it comes to fairly new metal bands for various reasons and am not overenthusiastic, but in case of WAR CURSE, I overdosed. […]

(review) SYSTEM OF HATE – There Is No Madness Here LP

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First of all, apologies to those who care for not writing about this record earlier, as it was released in August last year (!). I was being very selfish about it and kept it for myself only. Why? Because this is one of the best things to have come out of the DIY conspiracy around […]