High on Fire—De Vermis Mysteriis
High on Fire—De Vermis Mysteriis (eonemusic, 2012) High on Fire’s sixth album, De Vermis Mysteriis, is the Oakland, California trio’s best work yet. A spectacularly convoluted conceptual gambol, it...
View ArticleBarren Earth—The Devil’s Resolve
Barren Earth—The Devil’s Resolve (Peaceville, 2012) Why you’re all not endlessly raving about Finnish sextet Barren Earth is beyond me. The progressive death and doom band’s second full-length, The...
View ArticleKelly, Von Till and Wino—Songs of Townes Van Zandt
Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till and Wino: Songs of Townes Van Zandt It’s perfectly understandable if the notion of listening to country music leaves you feeling nauseous. It’s a genre bloated with...
View ArticleArc of Ascent—The Higher Key
Arc of Ascent—The Higher Key Space-rockers Hawkwind don’t get enough credit for helping to imbue the psychedelic spectrum of metal with a distinct accent. Lyrics from the band’s ’74 release, Hall of...
View ArticleDevice—Enemy Blood (Single)
Device—Enemy Blood (Single) A couple of days back, on the rather fitting 6/6, Vancouver, Canada based four-piece Device released their debut single, “Enemy Blood”. Within their ranks lurks one of my...
View ArticleOld Loaves—Bad Rides 7″/Drowser LP.
Old Loaves—Bad Rides 7″/Drowser LP. June 2012 has to go down as a damn near perfect month for Old Loaves. The band released their debut full-length, Drowser, on Bandcamp on the 21st, and watched it...
View ArticleExordium Mors—Sacrifice, Perish and Demise EP
Exordium Mors—Sacrifice, Perish and Demise EP Exordium Mors’ metal has a markedly pitiless temper, much like that of fellow New Zealand kin Witchrist, Winter Deluge and Diocletian. The five-piece band...
View ArticleDevice—Lost My Soul (Single)
Device—Lost My Soul (Single) “Lost My Soul” is salvo number two from Vancouver, Canada quartet Device, who released their debut song, “Enemy Blood”, on Bandcamp back in June. I threw in a disclaimer...
View ArticleMatt Hinch: Interview
Photo courtesy Becky Hinch. Matt Hinch is a Canadian writer I’ve long admired. I’ve been following his work on his ‘Kingdom of Noise’ blog since we met on Twitter many moons ago. I’ve always been...
View ArticleTitan—Burn
Titan—Burn Acrophobia is the fear of heights, and Burn, the debut full-length from sludgy hardcore behemoths Titan, fills me with just such dread. Colossal walls of riffs are to be found on Burn....
View ArticleShallow Grave — S/T
Shallow Grave – S/T New Zealand has a twisted heart filled with endless wrath and frustration. That’s ably reflected in the country’s most ill-omened metal, and the self-titled debut from Shallow...
View ArticleSinistrous Diabolus: Total Doom//Desecration.
Sinistrous Diabolus: Total Doom//Desecration. Twenty years. That’s how long we’ve waited for Sinistrous Diabolus’s debut full-length, Total Doom//Desecration. Back in 1993 the Christchurch, New...
View ArticleDying of the light: Interview
Dying of the light: Interview Earlier this year, Auckland, New Zealand duo Dying of the Light released their latest EP, Monolithium. Band members Chris Rigby (vocals and bass) and Rangi Powick (guitar,...
View ArticleTrepanation: Hideous Black Abyss
Trepanation, Hideous Black Abyss. Get on this. [black metal death metal grind core metal punk war metal demo] All the good words, at name your price too.
View ArticleInto Orbit: Caverns
Into Orbit: Caverns German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer shuffled off this mortal coil back in 1860, but not before leaving heartwarming maxims about life like this behind: “Human existence must be...
View ArticleBulletbelt Interview + Murderer’s Collar Stream
Back in 2012, Bulletbelt released their first full-length, Down in the Cold of the Grave. Black metal led the charge, but the Wellington, New Zealand-based band mixed in plenty of thrash’s jagged bite...
View ArticleTis The Season: Part One
Tis the season, my friends. It’s that time of year when everyone begins listing their favourite metal albums, which means it’s also that time of year when some folks will be getting their knickers in...
View ArticleNew Zealand Metal Favourites 2014
Vassafor/Sinistrous Diabolus Split 12″. Cover art N.K.S. Additional layout Bad News Brown. Over the past few years, New Zealand metal has been garnering increasing amounts of international attention....
View ArticleTis The Season: Part Two
Welcome back. In part two of Tis the Season we’re continuing on with the lists of top picks from 2014 that were graciously handed to Six Noises by a variety of writers, fans, musicians, and label...
View ArticleCrust, Punk, and Grimy Metal Favourites 2014.
Punk rock opened the gateway to heavy music for me. Specifically, the first volume of the Punk and Disorderly compilation series, which I first heard back in the early ’80s. In the decades since, I’ve...
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