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Review: Alien Weaponry – Tangaroa

What happens when you combine indigenous Māori traditions, language and cultural tales with ferocious groove metal? You get the one and only Alien Weaponry, of course! Hailed by Metal Hammer as the...

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Review: The Used – Heartwork (Deluxe)

Wild, heart-wrenching, whimsical, aggressive… There are many words that one could use to describe Heartwork, the eighth studio album – and, dare we say it, magnum opus – from rock stalwarts The Used....

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Review: Ruby Fields – Been Doin’ It For A Bit

We knew Ruby Fields was exceptional from the moment we heard the bombastic ‘Dinosaurs’.  On that track, released three years ago, Fields lamented broken promises to her childhood self – “I wasn’t...

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Review: Sleep Token –‘This Place Will Become Your Tomb’

Fusion or confusion? It’s a question that contestants are asked during MasterChef Australia when they present the judges with Vietnamese meets Italian dishes, for example. Blunt also had that question...

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Review: Trivium – In The Court Of The Dragon

It’s hard to tell if In The Court Of The Dragon – album #10 from metalcore heavyweights Trivium – is a punch to the face because it’s genuinely aggressive, or just… Loud. Trivium may talk the talk,...

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Review: Vulvodynia – Praenuntius Infiniti

Depending on where in the world you’re from, an array of things may come to mind when you hear “South Africa” – for most people it’s probably the rich history and the beauty of the country as a...

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Review: Dream Theater – A View From The Top Of The World

Now (gulp) 15 albums in, even the words “veterans” doesn’t quite do Dream Theater proper justice; they’re just that well-established as prog-metal royalty. From early masterworks like 1992’s Images...

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Review: Cradle Of Filth – Existence Is Futile

What does life in lockdown feel like? For many, it resembled hopelessness, or as Cradle Of Filth put it, ‘Existential Terror’. On their 13th album – an impressive feat in itself – Existence Is Futile,...

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BLUNT reviews: Tetu Shani –‘Life Before The Apocalypse’

Describing an artist’s sound, or their vibe, is often easier said than done, especially when said artist’s music does not play by any of the traditional rules and confines that encapsulate the various...

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BLUNT review: blackbear – in loving memory

If the blackbear singles that show up on mainstream Spotify playlists are all that you know him for, then it would be fair to assume that his latest album in loving memory is just another example of...

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