Unholy Grave – Thunder Vibration

Since its formation in 1993, the Japanese grind band, Unholy Grave, has released tons of good material. 12 full-length albums, an impressive amount of EPs, and a massive number of splits. This is truly a legend, that turned 30 years this year… time flies fast. So what the hell is “Thunder Vibration”? This album was released almost 10 years ago (2014) by Heavy Metal Super Star Records and was limited to 130 hand-numbered copies. It`s extremely hard to find a copy of that stuff… but miracles sometimes happen. In the 2021 year, Grindfather Productions and Selfmadegod Records joined forces and … Continue reading Unholy Grave – Thunder Vibration

Agathocles – Bomb Brussels!

These recordings are something like a „Belgian Peel session“, a studio recording done for the Belgian national radio station. Kloot P. Wee, a producer and DJ of a metal program on the national radio station contacted the band  and offered them to record a session at the recording studios of the Belgian national radio station. It was recorded in April 1996 and broadcasted by the radio station a few months later.11 legendary Agathocles mince core tracks pressed on a 12″ sawblade vinyl, spinning at 45 rpm for the best fidelity. Vinyl released by Animate rec! Continue reading Agathocles – Bomb Brussels!

Rotten To The Core Records (15.05.23)

It`s pleasure to finally have a big boss here! How are you doing my friend? Hope everything is well on your side. Hi Alex, I’m well. Thanks for your interest in my label. Really though, I hope things are getting better out your way. Don’t let the bastards grind you down! The label is active for a really long time. And for all these years you released a lot of various bands. How’s label doing nowadays? Yeah, so the label has been around since 2008, but I’ve been running the distro since 2002. The label’s managing, but the distro is what’s … Continue reading Rotten To The Core Records (15.05.23)

Go! Fest! (19.03.23)

Greetings guys! Hope you`re all well. Please introduce yourself to our readers. Let`s start! Zenn: Here’s Zenn, ¼ of the GO!FEST crew. I’ve played in several bands in the past (one of them, Compost, was reviewed in this website years ago) and I write reviews and interviews on The New Noise (Italian) and Touch of Evil. I’m also a UX/UI designer and Front End Developer with very bad music tastes. Pompeo: Hi, I’m Pompeo, for 11 years one of the people in charge for Go! Fest, together with Daniele, Andrea and Siro, who joined us this year. I also play … Continue reading Go! Fest! (19.03.23)

Fractured / FAGX

Today I learned something new about the Belgian and the US scene. I am pretty sure this split will be interesting for you too. So what do we have here? Fractured is a powerviolence band from Los Angeles… guys are fast and truly aggressive. FAGX (Fahrenheit AGX) is a Belgian band that existed for only a short period (1 year or so)… they played a weird mix of fastcore and mincecore. Side A – Fractured. Pretty solid amount of songs with good energy. Must say this is a good material, however, the general sound is a bit raw. Interesting fact … Continue reading Fractured / FAGX