If the Bulb Archives series has taught us anything about its creator, it’s that he is a musician of many talents and tastes. Misha Mansoor is known...
The evolution of South African-born Robyn Ferguson as an artist has been an interesting one to follow, from her days as guitarist/vocalist for Christian death/black metal...
As we reach the halfway mark in Misha Mansoor’s Archive series under his Bulb moniker, the evolution of the artist becomes clearer and more defined. The...
Brutal death metal is, in essence, the most extreme form of the parent genre, taking all of the intensity and most fearsome elements of its foundation...
Johannesburg’s Chaos Doctrine formed in 2010, but went through a number of line-up changes and limbo before releasing their 2018 self-titled debut. Their sound is one...
With each successive release of the Bulb archive series, we are watching the progression and musical maturation of Misha Mansoor from his demo days into his professional...
On Friday the 13th, 1970, a little band from Birmingham released their self-titled debut album through Vertigo Records, a melancholy, blues-drenched, guitar riff-heavy affair with a...
Once again, Archives: Volume 7 proves that we have a really exciting rabbit-hole ahead of us in the rest of the series, a geeky wonderland where...
Power Trip is a Texan band that have made waves in their 12-year existence. Over two albums, a compilation, and a handful of EPs, they have...
South Africa’s Deadline has a dedication to one thing and one thing only – pure, unadulterated, old-school heavy metal (the way Ozzy used to make it)....
Is djent dead? A lot of misguided folks will tell you that the sub-sub-almost wasn’t genre absolutely is, having been nurtured and formed by Meshuggah over...
Reviewing music is a tough gig; let no-one tell you any different. To try and sum up the impact of a particular album and explain the...
Poland’s Behemoth has grown substantially through the years, from their black metal grassroots to one of the most popular and successful extreme metal bands with their...
With Havok’s previous album (2017’s Conformicide), they chose to think outside the box and experiment with their solid thrash template, something that didn’t sit particularly well...
Danzig changed the way that I view and listen to music when they released their seminal self-titled debut in 1988 – at the time, I was...