PIG was one of the first names to drag me into the gritty world of industrial rock when I was figuring out my mid-adolescent self in the mid 1990’s. The Lord of Lard, or Raymond Watts as he’s christened here on Earth, began his long and illustrious career working with the likes of KMFDM, Foetus,…
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Full disclosure, I love Syd.31. I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t. So take that bias for whatever it’s worth. Okay, that’s a little harsh. You’re entitled to your opinion. But I’ve no doubt you’ll likely share mine once you peep the haunting, gritty, and deliciously infectious “Demon Night (A True Story)” music video. Having reviewed…
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My first word to pop into the old chrome dome when pouring into System 6′s most recent album, “Gnosis”, is “refreshing”, and it took exactly ten seconds into the first proper track (incidentally, the album’s title track) to come up with that word. System 6 is the brainchild of Blake Attebury, who began the project…
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Oskari Lappalainen began his musical journey in 2008 when he found himself suddenly inspired by more obscure forms of electronic music. He spent almost a decade honing his craft in various projects before creating Kizunaut in 2017. Before starting . Citing influences such as Nine Inch Nails, Covenant, Perturbator, Carpenter Brut, and Irving Force, Kizunaut…
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Pressure are a melodic and eclectic hard rock band hailing from Stockholm Sweden, fronted by vocalist Olof Jönsson and also featuring Simon Forsell (guitars, drums, backing vocals), Ignacio Arrúa (Bass), Emil Salling (Guitar) and most recently joined by Olli Violet on additional vocals. Forsell and Salling lead the charge with a distinct twin guitar attack…
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As much as I would love to tell you that I woke up one fateful day last week and thought to myself, “You know what the world needs? A Grindcore song about guys who talk a lot of noise on the phone but are never as tough in person”, I can’t tell you that. I…
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You walk into a cemetery. There’s a fog so thick, it’s almost cliché`. A lonely, vengeful, smiling face greets you from behind one of the tombstones. You’re frozen, chilled, and frightened beyond movement if ghosts and that kind of thing get to you, but ultimately the two of you sit down for a conversation about…
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Sam Astaroth and Nicholas Asis absolutely destroy this cover of DMX’s “Stop Being Greedy “What kind of music do you make?” It’s one of the simplest questions you can a musican, and yet we all hate that question. The problem is, if we can’t answer it accurately, we aren’t guaranteed an audience. But if we are…
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Heavy music has always been like a drug. The more you have, the more you need, and the harder it gets, the more difficult it is to find anything hard enough. But the true legends are always the ones who can redefine extremity and broaden the sonic spectrum it can exist in. Casketmaker is one of…
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First Angel Media has scoured through our writers, reviews, catacombs, and vaults and is pleased to launch the ever-evolving, rotational, and official First Angel Media Spotify playlist, “First Angel Music”! All artists contained therein have been reviewed, covered, or in some way promoted by First Angel Media, and in some cases, even work for us! Here is…
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