SC.U.M. Born Too Soon LP (Reissue) (Porterhouse Records) Listening to the reissue of Montreal-based punk/hardcore outfit SC.U.M.’s Born Too Soon LP really takes me back. I mean, I understand that the...

It isn’t slowing down at all – there’s an even bigger bouquet of fresh riffs out there since the last edition of Bandcamp Friday, and I’m not mad about it.  The header image this month is by Brad...

Teenage Bottlerocket So Dumb, So Stoked 7” (Pirates Press Records) In 2023, calling something instantly gratifying feels as though it might be a setup to defuse potential disappointment, but that is...

Hunting Lions Dark (one-sided 12”) EP (Pirates Press Records) While I can’t keep myself from wondering why Hunting Lions elected to keep the music on the Dark EP contained to just one side of this...

Copenhagen, Denmark’s CHAOTIAN recently came through Toronto as part of their first Canadian tour, and absolutely laid waste to a full house of death metal aficianados.  Hellbound’s Danielle Griscti...

The Great Heathen Tour saw Viking metal legends Amon Amarth joined by death metal giants Carcass, Obituary and Cattle Decapitation for a North American tour of epic proportions. Belatedly, here are...

C.C. Voltage “Berliner Pilsner” 7” (SNAP!! Records) Prior to hearing the “Berliner Pilsner” 7” single, I confess that I had never heard any of C.C. Voltage’s music before but, after hearing these two...

Kepi Ghoulie Kepi and Friends – Full Moon Forever LP (Pirates Press Records) After having already reviewed Kepi Ghoulie’s “other” album released this year (the Ramones In Love LP), I can say with...

It was an absolute rager at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, on a Sunday night no less, for the legendary CARCASS with Municipal Waste, Sacred Reich and Creeping Death.  Your friendly neighbourhood...

Cheater Slicks Ill-Fated Cusses LP (In The Red Records) After the last couple of decades (basically, from 1996 forward) which have seen the release of a multitude of great albums recorded with...

It’s a bit of a long one this month.  A veritable bouquet of fresh riffs – for you! In the April 2023 edition of Bandcamp Friday.  Look I might have gotten a bit carried away and included a pre-order...

Dope Blood Money Part 0 LP (EPOD) While the sequence in which the parts of Blood Money are supposed to play is a little unclear (that this LP is numbered part zero implies it’s supposed to be a...

Daddy Long Legs Street Sermons LP (Yep Roc Records) It’s funny how an album cover is capable of getting the gears to begin running in a listener’s mind and cause them to begin drawing conclusions...

Grindcore legends Napalm Death return to Glasgow with the Campaign for Musical Destruction 2023 tour. Just in December, these crazed Englishmen in Glasgow opened the eclectic bill of Volbeat and...

Canadian Technical Death Metallers Archspire are bringing their Tech Trek Europe Tour to Glasgow. It’s been just over three years since these madmen were last in the city and the Cathouse is rammed...

Kepi Ghoulie Ramones In Love LP (Pirates Press Records) No matter how open-minded listeners might be, some albums are simply intent on challenging their audience’s expectations – and Kepi Ghoulie’s...

Few death metal bands have left such an imprint on the genre as Florida’s seminal band Death. This influential act was formed by Chuck Schuldiner back in 1984. He left this earthly plane far too soon...

Heavy metal veterans Raven are playing in Edinburgh tonight, their first show in Scotland’s capital since 1982. This was precisely a year before their seminal All for One album came out, which...

Another Bandcamp Friday has arrived! This one really crept up, and there’s been no shortage of awesome releases. As with last month’s edition, to keep things from getting too overwhelming, your...