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Every Time I Die, King Tut’s, Glasgow, Wed 7 Dec 2011

Every Time I Die - King Tut’s, Glasgow, Wed 7 Dec 2011

Relentless stream of three-minute blitzkrieg salvos

(4 stars)17 Jan 2012

King Tut’s is sold out tonight, and rightly so. US noiseniks Every Time I Die are one of the most engaging bands in the broad church of metal, preaching their inimitable brand of plunging rock ‘n’ roll since way back then in 1998. Trash Talk do a good…

DevilDriver - Beast

DevilDriver - Beast

Enough gratifying moments here to see past the raw gristle of ‘rusty chainsaw’ music

(3 stars)11 Feb 2011

(Roadrunner Records) DevilDriver are, for lack of a better phrase, purveyors of what could be called ‘rusty chainsaw’ music. It grinds and grunts at frenzied pace, and when it’s on a bit of downtime, it’s still pretty lethal. Beast may be a cringing…

Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage

(4 stars)11 Jan 2010

‘This is the Taste Of Chaos tour, not the Taste Of Tampons tour’, says Killswitch Engage guitarist and general oddball Adam Dutkiewicz, before requesting that the now pungently perspired crowd pogo up and down and side to side again once…

Dream Theater - SECC, Glasgow, Sun 11 Oct

Dream Theater - SECC, Glasgow, Sun 11 Oct

Prog rockers entertain

(4 stars)15 Oct 2009

Progressive metal godfathers Dream Theater are here tonight for their Progressive Nation tour, and they bring with them some buddies who share their insatiable love for odd-timings and guitar wankery. Sub-headliners Opeth impress with their melancholic…

InMe

InMe

Essex rockers show off their new album

3 Sep 2009

InMe have had a bit of a rough time in recent years. The alt.rock band went from being the poster boys of a teenage generation – with tracks like the brooding ‘Firefly’ regularly on music television in the early 00s and helping to win an army of devoted…

Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage

(3 stars)25 Jun 2009

(Roadrunner) It seems that for today’s metal bands to achieve success, they’ve got to be able to mix the traditional guttural distortion with clean melody and soaring choruses – and Killswitch Engage are premier purveyors of this dichotomy. This…

Clutch - Strange Cousins From The West

Clutch - Strange Cousins From The West

(3 stars)25 Jun 2009

(Weathermaker) Clutch are one of those bands who constantly find themselves outside the circle of mainstream music, and unfortunately, it seems they’ll never transcend the fringes. This is their ninth studio effort and, rather unspectacularly, keeps…

Serpico

Exposure: Serpico

28 May 2009

It seems to be quite a quick rise to fame. How did it all get started? Not that quick! We formed the band in mid-2005 and released our EP at the start of 2007. It got some nice reviews and we’ve basically been on the road as much as possible since…

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