Aphyxion. A name that will most likely not ring a bell for a lot of people, however the people that do know the name will be able to tell you that it’s a band that you should observe in the future. The, surprisingly, very young Danish quintet shows a degree of professionalism in both their …
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Adestria – Chapters
This is my first review for El Gore and I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing; so bear with me here. The record I decided to write about is the debut album Chapters of the rather unknown metalcore band Adestria. At first you might think that Adestria is just your generic “more breakdowns please” metalcore …
Heartbeat Parade – Burning Nantucket! EP
Well, what do we have here? Is it Postrock? Posthardcore? Instrumental Mathrock? Or everything together? Heartbeat Parade have been causing some noise for over two years now in the Luxembourgish music scene. Their Burning Nantucket! EP gives us a preview of what’s about to happen on their first long player scheduled for later this year. Postrock …
Defy The Laws Of Tradition – Till Death Us Part
Defy the Laws of Tradition’s debut Till Death Us Part from 2009 is by far not a typical breakdown-infected, faceless and boring metalcore record like most of ‘em are. Philipp Treiber (guitar/vocals) told me that his father had a big musical influence on him by making him familiar with bands like Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa but also …
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Lost In Pain – Lost In Pain
To start off with, this album combines everything a classic metal fan desires. Fast riffs, melodies, dramatic solos and jackhammer-drums. It’s remarkable that this work was realised by four very young musicians. I know, it often annoys bands to be compared to others in those music reviews, but as Lost in Pain don’t hide the …
Le Cabaret Sauvage – Qwak
A very different sound experience reaches us from the Luxembourgish combo of Le Cabaret Sauvage. Just like a walk through the artist’s quarter in Paris, there are lots of different alleys with many different street performers to discover. Be it Chanson, Hip-Hop, Rock, Progressive, Songwriting, Indie, Funk, Jazz, everything is bundled in this album during which …
LaFaro – Easy Meat
LaFaro aroused my curiosity a few weeks ago, so I decided to buy their two releases blindly. Was it a good decision? Yes, Sir! With their second album, Easy Meat, the boys from Belfast just lift off like a rusty rocket. Their sound compromises Thrash and (Post-)Hardcore elements, mixed with a pinch of Metal and …
Mew – And The Glass Handed Kites
released: 2005 Label: Red Ink (Rough Trade) Have you ever listened to an album that was just too much for your musical horizon? And have you ever tried to listen to it again, a few years later; just to figure out that the album is genius and awesomeness in one? I have! The first time …
Arkaeon – New Level Of Inhumanity EP
An EP of a young Luxembourgish Death Metal band fell into our lucky hands a few weeks ago. To write it short and simple: it is terrific! And that normally is a good thing for Death Metal. The booklet already perfectly puts this experience in a nutshell: “Together we try to create our very own sound …
Boris – Pink
Boris have released a whole bunch of albums since 1996, and I have to admit that I don’t know that much about their other works. They are known to switch their musical style pretty often. Their repertoire reaches from psych to hard rock, from drone to sludge, from electro to pop. There is one particular …