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Christopher Owens ðŸŽµ I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin/My irritability keeps me alive and kicking/I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit/I know beauty and I know a good thing when I see it. - Magazine

Horns Up

New Horizons 


Wolfbrigade – Anti Tank Dogs 7’ single


The Swedish d-beat juggernauts return with this mighty 7’. The title track and ‘Brainruler’ are the type of straight up rippers that we’ve come to expect from Wolfbrigade (with the latter lyrically referencing Motorhead and Amebix). ‘Necronomion’ is a much more epic beast with an insistent rhythm acting as an anchor for the more sky reaching guitar riffs. New album please.


The single can be streamed and purchased here.

 

Insurgency – Primitive Shrines cassette single


Aside from one track released to raise money for Ukraine, this is the first release from the Lancashire lads in five years (although only vocalist/guitarist Andrew Shackleton remains). Thankfully, it’s business as usual. The title track is a deranged punk/metal hybrid while ‘Final War’ has hints of Forward into Battle era English Dogs in the riffing and Chaos UK in the drumming. Excellent.


The single can be streamed and purchased here.

 

Nadja – Labyrinthine


Following on from the excellent Luminous Rot, Canada’s Nadja deliver this set of collaborations. The title track is a punishing listen due to the unhinged vocals of Alan Dubin (Khanate) and the doomy pace, while ‘Rue’ offers respite by sounding like it was recorded in a haunted Middle Eastern flea market, featuring Rachel from Esben and the Witch. The Dylan Walker led ‘Necroausterity’ rules.


The album can be streamed and purchased here.

 

The Real Codington Factory - Nickel World


With this being their 14th (!!) release since forming in 2019, these NYC noiseniks hit the sweet spot between Amphetamine Reptile style noise rock and Melvins ‘overloading the senses’ style weirdness. Songs like ‘The Human Vulcan’ and ‘Brock Lee’ demonstrate some amazing riffage, while ‘Lego Foot’ achieves the impossible of being a throwaway track that should have been developed further.


The album can be streamed and purchased here.

 

Daniel McClennan - Unfurling Redemption


The ‘experimental/drone’ label is one that is often misappropriated, but thankfully it applies here. Vast sounding drones are often embellished by cellos, guitars or disintegrating electronics to not only create a pungent atmosphere, but also build the tracks into something much more than the sub-Lustmord tripe that constitutes ‘drone’ these days. Potential soundtrack material.


The album can be streamed and purchased here.

 

Golden Oldies


Mantronix – The Album 

 Very much a product of its time, this 1985 record is the logical conclusion of the electro/hip-hop strand that had begun with ‘Planet Rock’ and was subsequently overtaken by sample led hip-hop. Nonetheless, this documents a moment where proto-house music and pop leaning rappers could exist side by side. ‘Bassline’ is the one everyone knows, but ‘Ladies’ gets more airplay from me.

   

 Sonic Youth – The Eternal.

Their last studio album of conventional songs before their hiatus/disbandment in 2011, The Eternal doesn’t try and do anything outlandish but builds on the renewed focus evident since 2004’s Sonic Nurse. New member Mark Ibold’s bass sound resonates throughout, while the guitar parts from Thurston, Kim and Lee are as dissonant and immediate as ever. Oh, and ‘Anti-Orgasm’ rules.

   

The Secret – Solve et Coagula 

With the use of the Latin tag ‘dissolve and coagulate’ for an album title, it’s fairly obvious what to expect from these Italian blackened crust types: utter apocalyptic mayhem. The thick, heavy guitar tone is powerful enough to level buildings, the speed on display is tornado like and the slower, jangly moments conjure up images of planets being sucked into black holes. Devastating stuff.

   

Rollins Band – Come in and Burn 

By 1997, Henry Rollins had transcended his hardcore roots to becoming something of a renaissance man (or, as one critic put it, a drill sergeant for Generation X). And with this record (the last with the Gibbs, Haskett and Cain line up) he proved more than a match for the burgeoning nu-metal tide, with songs like ‘Shame’ and ‘Neon’ being complex but intricate headbangers with fraught lyrics.

   

Orchestral Manuvers in the Dark – Crush

Long regarded as the moment the Wirral based synth act lost their way in favour of an American audience, retrospective listening reveals an album that, while not their finest, has some astonishing songs. ’88 Seconds in Greensboro’ mashes up the Velvet Underground with Joy Division while ‘La Femme Accident’ is quite pretty in a misshapen way.

   

 ⏩ Christopher Owens was a reviewer for Metal Ireland and finds time to study the history and inherent contradictions of Ireland. He is currently the TPQ Friday columnist.

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Christopher Owens ðŸŽµ I am angry, I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin/My irritability keeps me alive and kicking/I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit/I know beauty and I know a good thing when I see it. - Magazine

Horns Up

New Horizons 


Wolfbrigade – Anti Tank Dogs 7’ single


The Swedish d-beat juggernauts return with this mighty 7’. The title track and ‘Brainruler’ are the type of straight up rippers that we’ve come to expect from Wolfbrigade (with the latter lyrically referencing Motorhead and Amebix). ‘Necronomion’ is a much more epic beast with an insistent rhythm acting as an anchor for the more sky reaching guitar riffs. New album please.


The single can be streamed and purchased here.

 

Insurgency – Primitive Shrines cassette single


Aside from one track released to raise money for Ukraine, this is the first release from the Lancashire lads in five years (although only vocalist/guitarist Andrew Shackleton remains). Thankfully, it’s business as usual. The title track is a deranged punk/metal hybrid while ‘Final War’ has hints of Forward into Battle era English Dogs in the riffing and Chaos UK in the drumming. Excellent.


The single can be streamed and purchased here.

 

Nadja – Labyrinthine


Following on from the excellent Luminous Rot, Canada’s Nadja deliver this set of collaborations. The title track is a punishing listen due to the unhinged vocals of Alan Dubin (Khanate) and the doomy pace, while ‘Rue’ offers respite by sounding like it was recorded in a haunted Middle Eastern flea market, featuring Rachel from Esben and the Witch. The Dylan Walker led ‘Necroausterity’ rules.


The album can be streamed and purchased here.

 

The Real Codington Factory - Nickel World


With this being their 14th (!!) release since forming in 2019, these NYC noiseniks hit the sweet spot between Amphetamine Reptile style noise rock and Melvins ‘overloading the senses’ style weirdness. Songs like ‘The Human Vulcan’ and ‘Brock Lee’ demonstrate some amazing riffage, while ‘Lego Foot’ achieves the impossible of being a throwaway track that should have been developed further.


The album can be streamed and purchased here.

 

Daniel McClennan - Unfurling Redemption


The ‘experimental/drone’ label is one that is often misappropriated, but thankfully it applies here. Vast sounding drones are often embellished by cellos, guitars or disintegrating electronics to not only create a pungent atmosphere, but also build the tracks into something much more than the sub-Lustmord tripe that constitutes ‘drone’ these days. Potential soundtrack material.


The album can be streamed and purchased here.

 

Golden Oldies


Mantronix – The Album 

 Very much a product of its time, this 1985 record is the logical conclusion of the electro/hip-hop strand that had begun with ‘Planet Rock’ and was subsequently overtaken by sample led hip-hop. Nonetheless, this documents a moment where proto-house music and pop leaning rappers could exist side by side. ‘Bassline’ is the one everyone knows, but ‘Ladies’ gets more airplay from me.

   

 Sonic Youth – The Eternal.

Their last studio album of conventional songs before their hiatus/disbandment in 2011, The Eternal doesn’t try and do anything outlandish but builds on the renewed focus evident since 2004’s Sonic Nurse. New member Mark Ibold’s bass sound resonates throughout, while the guitar parts from Thurston, Kim and Lee are as dissonant and immediate as ever. Oh, and ‘Anti-Orgasm’ rules.

   

The Secret – Solve et Coagula 

With the use of the Latin tag ‘dissolve and coagulate’ for an album title, it’s fairly obvious what to expect from these Italian blackened crust types: utter apocalyptic mayhem. The thick, heavy guitar tone is powerful enough to level buildings, the speed on display is tornado like and the slower, jangly moments conjure up images of planets being sucked into black holes. Devastating stuff.

   

Rollins Band – Come in and Burn 

By 1997, Henry Rollins had transcended his hardcore roots to becoming something of a renaissance man (or, as one critic put it, a drill sergeant for Generation X). And with this record (the last with the Gibbs, Haskett and Cain line up) he proved more than a match for the burgeoning nu-metal tide, with songs like ‘Shame’ and ‘Neon’ being complex but intricate headbangers with fraught lyrics.

   

Orchestral Manuvers in the Dark – Crush

Long regarded as the moment the Wirral based synth act lost their way in favour of an American audience, retrospective listening reveals an album that, while not their finest, has some astonishing songs. ’88 Seconds in Greensboro’ mashes up the Velvet Underground with Joy Division while ‘La Femme Accident’ is quite pretty in a misshapen way.

   

 ⏩ Christopher Owens was a reviewer for Metal Ireland and finds time to study the history and inherent contradictions of Ireland. He is currently the TPQ Friday columnist.

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