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    Steve Waddell of ‘OATH Sc’ talks new release ‘Computer Warrior’, DIY recording, and how the future of noisy guitar music is still looking good.

    Featuring members of TANTRUM and HAUNT, OATH Sc might have just have just knocked out its best release yet. OMM guest writer GRIMSLATH treks to the highlands… Read more “Steve Waddell of ‘OATH Sc’ talks new release ‘Computer Warrior’, DIY recording, and how the future of noisy guitar music is still looking good.”

    16th Dec 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    ANTIGEN on the Central European crust punk scene, vocal melodies, and latest album ‘Dust and Ashes’.

    Who doesn’t love a bit of d-beat? Boom cha, …ba cha! boom cha,….ba cha! German / Czech Republic act ANTIGEN have been going for nearly two decades,… Read more “ANTIGEN on the Central European crust punk scene, vocal melodies, and latest album ‘Dust and Ashes’.”

    6th Sep 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    ‘BLACK STRING’ of VAMPIRE talks recording new album REX, collecting obscure Eastern Bloc heavy metal, and how much you really earn being in a band…

    If you dipped the first two Entombed albums in liquid nitrogen, smashed the resulting lump with a hammer whilst listening to Somberlain by Dissection, the third and… Read more “‘BLACK STRING’ of VAMPIRE talks recording new album REX, collecting obscure Eastern Bloc heavy metal, and how much you really earn being in a band…”

    24th Aug 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    Quickfire interview with Brenton of MOLTEN CHAINS.

    A band I checked out because they were supporting TANITH at the Dev in London, November 2019, Austrians MOLTEN CHAINS play a kind of cohesively eerie, hyperactive… Read more “Quickfire interview with Brenton of MOLTEN CHAINS.”

    3rd Jun 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    Steve Allen of UK punk band DISORDER on the old days, the years between, and his new band FEAR OF THE KNOWN.

    Steve Allen was the driving force behind Bristol 80s punk legends DISORDER, a band he played guitar in for a little over a decade, culminating in a… Read more “Steve Allen of UK punk band DISORDER on the old days, the years between, and his new band FEAR OF THE KNOWN.”

    27th Apr 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    Colin Hendra of WYTCH HAZEL on Christian (dis)content, Robin Hood outfits, and valve amps.

    Knights on horseback, medieval garb, English folklore tropes and twin guitar heavy metal – what’s not to like? Well, Lancaster’s Wytch Hazel caught my eye a while… Read more “Colin Hendra of WYTCH HAZEL on Christian (dis)content, Robin Hood outfits, and valve amps.”

    22nd Apr 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    RUSSELL MENZIES of STRIBORG talks moving from Blackmetal to Blackwave, Tasmanian bush fires, and his plans for 2020.

    If you like your music to take you somewhere where you can forget you are human, defying just about all musical norms in the process – there… Read more “RUSSELL MENZIES of STRIBORG talks moving from Blackmetal to Blackwave, Tasmanian bush fires, and his plans for 2020.”

    7th Jan 202025th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle

    STIG MILLER ( AMEBIX ) talks the old days, new projects, and raising energy through the riff.

    The Amebix albums Arise ( 1985) and Monolith ( 1987) were two important recordings in my youth that, among other artists of that decade, steered me on… Read more “STIG MILLER ( AMEBIX ) talks the old days, new projects, and raising energy through the riff.”

    6th Nov 201925th Jan 2021 by oldmansmettle
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