THE world of hardcore can be impenetrable to those who stand outside looking in, a wall of aggressive music and full on rage on the vocals. But immerse yourself in it and suddenly it all makes sense.
The catharsis to those unwilling to sound their own rage, the power electrifying anger, and beneath it all a crowd of people standing
The catharsis to those unwilling to sound their own rage, the power electrifying anger, and beneath it all a crowd of people standing
BACK in the distant past - well the 80s anyway - a movement grow up around the US, a movement called thrash metal. It took punk, metal, the UK's NWOBHM and classical music into a melting pot.
When it spread like a virus throughout Europe, inspiring a horde to adopt and adapt the form to new forms and an evolutionary process saw
When it spread like a virus throughout Europe, inspiring a horde to adopt and adapt the form to new forms and an evolutionary process saw
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'CRUSADE Zero' the ninth album from Polish blackened death metal veterans Hate and their first since the unfortunate death of bassist Slawek "Mortifier" Arkangelsky.
The album consists of eleven tracks, a number of which are short
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THERE was a weird arrangement for Slomatics 10th Anniversary gig in the Voodoo - because the openers, Zlatanera had the longest set, and The Hornets closed the gig with the shortest set...nevertheless it was storming night of - well, heaviness.
All three acts have a different take
All three acts have a different take
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