With the recent release of the second album from The Vicious Head Society, Extinction Level Event, TPA’s Nick Hudson talks to band mastermind Graham Keane about the arduous process of putting the album together… Just to get this out of…
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In early 2017 I was introduced to Graham Keane’s first album under the name The Vicious Head Society, Abject Tomorrow. I will be forever thankful to a friend who insisted on buying the CD for me, as it quickly became…
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Fungi are a Mexican band who take the alt-metal sounds of the late ’90s and early ’00s, and add a progressive edge. I’m not a fan of either label, but for what it’s worth, the sound of Into the Void…
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The first release I heard from Victor Go was the Ukrainian multi-instrumentalist’s fourth album, The Leap (released last year). The internet has provided opportunities for many a one-man-band to put their music out there, and I admit I tend to…
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Listening to this album for the first time, from the first notes I knew I was in love. That reaction wasn’t unexpected, as the previous albums from both Dusan Jevtovic and Vasil Hadzimanov that I have (If You See Me…
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Norwegian Gothic may well be the album where some of Årabrot’s fans feel the band has “jumped the shark”. After two decades of making some stonkingly great and abrasive noise, Norwegian Gothic is melodic and catchy. It’s full of hooks…
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After my review of Confusion Field’s Disconnection Complete, main-man Tomi Kankainen contacted me to thank me, and let me know that he was unfamiliar with Riverside before hearing about similarities with his music. I offered an interview to set the…
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Existentia is a new band from Russia who impress greatly with their debut album, The Planet in the Universe. It’s a particularly clever title, as it contains the layers of meaning that are explored within the album. The planet in…
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“Once upon a time, there was a young lady named Katy Cocks. Katy was a classically trained singer, and I’m sure you know what that means. Katy might put on a big dress, and sing standing next to a man…
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Last year, one of my favourite releases was the debut recording from Italian band Ikitan, a twenty-minute-and-twenty-second opus named Twenty-Twenty. I couldn’t help but read into it feelings and experiences from that year. Of course, these were my feelings, and…
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