This year’s Desertfest was an unabashed celebration of the riff. Here’s what happened.
Author: frenchie
Festival Preview: Hellfest 2019
The Astral Noize guide to the must see acts at this year’s Hellfest.
Introducing the Sludgy Death’N’Roll Horror of Video Nasties
Melodeath meets sludge meets black’n’roll in the music of these Scouse oddballs
Expectations Help Nobody: Inside the Anxiety and Nihilism of Daughters
Daughter’s Alexis S.F. Marshall talks about maturing musically and defying expectations.
Review: Kurokuma – Sheffield’s Best Metal Bands, Vol. 1
Sludge, tribalism, psychedelia, electronic music and Jamiroquai covers from Sheffield’s self-appointed scene leaders.
Review: Big|Brave – A Gaze Among Them
Canadian trio Big|Brave unleash their fourth monstrous full-length of intense, noise-laden drone rock.
Festival Preview: Ones To Watch at Desertfest London 2019
The ten acts we’re most excited to catch at this year’s Desertfest London.
Review: Sunn O))) – Life Metal
How does the latest slab of drone-metal from Sunn O))) fare amongst their back catalogue?
Review: Tim Hecker – Anoyo
Tim Hecker will need no introduction. His music is constantly at the forefront of the genre, using electronic production and meticulous editing to shift, warp, pitch-bend and glitch his drawn out synth sounds. Hecker’s approach […]
Roadburn 2019 Spotlight: Uncovering the Extraordinary Experimental Cello of Jo Quail
Experimental cellist Jo Quail on collaborating with metal artists and playing Roadburn.